The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-02-12

When Dorothy discovered that Eu-
| reka was gone, there was great con-
sternation The cat vas vas nowhere ,,o,,,S 70
| Dorothy was heartrbroken at thought
of losing Eureka In that awful coun-
| try. Jim would not believe that she
| was lost, though~-or perhaps he was
just trying TO console Dorothy.
She's gone out for a walk" he said
grufny.
where? on the roof" asked the
mo; she just dug her claws into the
wood and climbed down the sides OF
this house to the ground"
she couldn't climb down, lim' said
Dorothy. "To climb means to so up
who said so?" demanded the horse,
My school-teacher said so, and she
knows a lot. Jim
ITO climb down is sometimes used
as figure Of speech remarked the
well, this was a figure of a cat"
said Jim, land she went down. any
how whether She climbed or crept,'
| Dear me! how careless Eureka 49,,
exclaimed the girl. much distressed.
Tho Gurgles will get her sure!
"Ha hal" chuckled the old cab horse ,
they're no 'Gurgles. uttle maid they're
Never mind; they'll set Eureka,
whatever they're called"
| mo they won't" said the voice OF
the kitten, and Eureka herself crawled
over the edge Of the platform and sat
down quietly upon the floor, 49,,
| Wherever have you been. Eureka
asked Dorothy, sternly.
| watching the wooden folks. They're
| too funny for anything, DofothN, JuSl
now they are all going to bed. and
what do you think?-they unhook the
hinges of their wings and put them in
Il corner until they wake up again.
What, the hinges?
No the wings
| That" said zeb. explains why this
| house is used by them for prison.
II any Of the Gargoyles act badly and
have to be put In jail, they are orouGh
here and their wings unlocked , ana
promise to he good
The Wizard had listened mtenuy TO
what Eureka had said.
Il wish We had some Of those loose
GOULD We Fly with thcm'" asked
Il think so II the Gargoyleo can
unlock the wings then power to fly
lies IN the wings themselves, and NOT
in the wooden bodies Of the people
who wear them. 50, II we had the
wings we could probably fly as well as
| they do-at least Whlle We "ie III Wv. ~
country and under the spell OF Its
"But how would It help US TO he
able TO fly" questioned the girl.
Come here" said the little man. and
took her to one OF the corners OF me
building. DO you see that pig rock
standing on the hillside Wonder he
Continued. pointing with his finger.
Yes; it's a good way off, but
| can see II - she repited.
well inside that rock, which reaches
up into the clouds, Is an arch"dy very
much like the one We entered when we
climbed the spiral stairway from thC
valley Of Voc IN get my Spyglass
and then YOU Can src II more PLAINLY.
lie fetched a small but powerful tel
escope, which had been IN his Satchel
and by it's aid the little girl clearly saw
the opening. -,..,
That | cannot tell SAID the Wizara
but we can not now he TAR oeIoV
the e,rth's surface, and that cntranc,
, may lead to another stairway that WI
bring us on top of our world again
, where We belong. So, II we had N
wings, and could escape the Gargoyles
we might fly to that rock ana b
I'm get~ycu the winGg.' said Zet
| who had thoughtfully listened to. a
I this. THAT is, II the kitten viii shoN
me where they are"
But how can you get DOWN." in
| auired the girl, wonderingly.
For answer Zeb began to untaste
Jims harness. strap by strap, and {
= buckle one piece to another until h
, | lad made long leather strip tina
! would reach to the ground
Il can climb down that, all right
HI said.
r a twinkle in his round eyes. You ma
60 down, hut YOU can only climb up.
5 well. I'll climb up when get bach
then, "s said the boy with laugh
Nov. Eureka. you'll have to sho'
me the way to those wings"
YOU must be very quiet" warnc
= the kitten. for II you make the lea'
noise the GarEoyles will wake up, The
can hear a pin drop
"rm not going to drop a pin sal
Zeb
\ He had fastened Gre end Of the stra
to wheel Of tho burEy and now Il
let the line dangle over the side
4 the house.
y BE careful. cautioned Doroth
earnestly.