All of them vanished;
A mortal wants to get in.”
“Thank you,” said Harry. “Good-by, little chap. Here’s your hat,” and he tossed it to the elf, who instantly disappeared.
“Well,” thought Harry, as he entered the house, “I’ve certainly found out where the pins go.”
CHAPTER II.
TAKEN PRISONER.
One Saturday, some months after Harry’s adventure among the Pin Elves, an irresistible desire came over him to pay another visit to the little underground people; so having obtained his mother’s consent to spend the afternoon in the Park, he took the pin given him by his elfin friend, put in his pocket a little gift for him, and started off.
The rock which contained the hidden door was situated close to a footpath and when he reached it he sat down upon it as if to rest, and looked about to see if any one were watching him. No one was in sight but a Park policeman, who had just passed by, and he was disappearing from view among the shrubbery. So Harry hurriedly examined the centre of the rock, and in a few moments found the hole. Inserting the pin, he pressed upon it thrice, and repeated
“Pin, pin, let me in.
Needles are banished,
All of them vanished;