Katharine Pyle

The Wonder Clock Katharine Pyle

here was a king travelling through the country, and he and those with him were so far away from home that darkness caught them by the heels, and they had to stop at a stone mill for the night, because there was no other place handy. While they sat at supper, they heard a sound in the next room, and it was a baby crying. The miller stood in the corner, back of the stove, with his hat in his hand. "What is that noise?" said the king to him. "Oh! it is nothing but another baby that the good storks have brought into the house to-day," said the miller.