For answer Zeb began to unfasten Jim’s harness, strap by strap, and to buckle one piece to another until he had made a long leather strip that would reach to the ground.

“I can climb down that, all right,” he said.

“No you can’t,” remarked Jim, with a twinkle in his round eyes.  “You may go down, but you can only climb up.”

“Well, I’ll climb up when I get back, then,” said the boy, with a laugh.  “Now, Eureka, you’ll have to show me the way to those wings.”

“You must be very quiet,” warned the kitten; “for if you make the least noise the Gargoyles will wake up.  They can hear a pin drop.”

“I’m not going to drop a pin,” said Zeb.

He had fastened one end of the strap to a wheel of the buggy, and now he let the line dangle over the side of the house.

“Be careful,” cautioned Dorothy, earnestly.

“I will,” said the boy, and let himself slide over the edge.

The girl and the Wizard leaned over and watched Zeb work his way carefully downward, hand over hand, until he stood upon the ground below.  Eureka clung with her claws to the wooden side of the house and let herself down easily.  Then together they crept away to enter the low doorway of a neighboring dwelling.

The watchers waited in breathless suspense until the boy again appeared, his arms now full of the wooden wings.

When he came to where the strap was hanging he tied the wings all in a bunch to the end of the line, and the Wizard drew them up.  Then the line was let down again for Zeb to climb up by.  Eureka quickly followed him, and soon they were all standing together upon the platform, with eight of the much prized wooden wings beside them.

The boy was no longer sleepy, but full of energy and excitement.  He put the harness together again and hitched Jim to the buggy.  Then, with the Wizard’s help, he tried to fasten some of the wings to the old cab-horse.

This was no easy task, because half of each one of the hinges of the wings was missing, it being still fastened to the body of the Gargoyle who had used it.  However, the Wizard went once more to his satchel—­ which seemed to contain a surprising variety of odds and ends—­and brought out a spool of strong wire, by means of which they managed to fasten four of the wings to Jim’s harness, two near his head and two near his tail.  They were a bit wiggley, but secure enough if only the harness held together.

The other four wings were then fastened to the buggy, two on each side, for the buggy must bear the weight of the children and the Wizard as it flew through the air.

These preparations had not consumed a great deal of time, but the sleeping Gargoyles were beginning to wake up and move around, and soon some of them would be hunting for their missing wings.  So the prisoners resolved to leave their prison at once.

They mounted into the buggy, Dorothy holding Eureka safe in her lap.  The girl sat in the middle of the seat, with Zeb and the Wizard on each side of her.  When all was ready the boy shook the reins and said: