The Prince of the Pin Elves

HIS MAJESTY.
THE
PRINCE OF THE PIN ELVES
BY CHARLES LEE SLEIGHT
Illustrated by AMY M. SACKER
BOSTON L. C. PAGE AND COMPANY (INCORPORATED) 1897
Copyright, 1897 L. C. Page and Company (INCORPORATED) Colonial Press: Electrotyped and Printed by C. H. Simonds & Co. Boston, Mass., U. S. A.
The Prince of the Pin Elves
“I wonder where all the pins go,” said Harry to himself, as he examined the lapel of his coat, where he was sure he had stuck two or three that very morning.
Of course Harry was not the first boy who had thus wondered, but it was the first time the question had ever occurred to him. If he wanted a pin the only sure place to find one was on his mother’s cushion, because that was kept filled with new ones. But what became of all the old ones? He himself would sometimes lose several in a day, and yet he hardly ever found one, no matter how carefully he might look.
Just now, however, he saw one lying in the path before him, and was about to pick it up, when suddenly it vanished from sight. He rubbed his eyes and looked again, but it was certainly gone.
“That’s funny!” he thought; “I’m sure it was there.”