"let me see him," said the young man, and then he smiled and shook his head, and said, "it can scarcely be the same, but it reminds me of something that happened to one of my tin soldiers when i was a little boy." and then he told his wife about the old house and the old man, and of the tin soldier which he had sent across, because he thought the old man was lonely; and he related the story so clearly that tears came into the eyes of the young wife for the old house and the old man. "it is very likely that this is really the 