Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-04-21

"'The oriel on tho left" | continued.
projects from Sir Edmund's room, that
on the right from Miss Lascelles'. There
are stone mulllons at the angles of the
oriel and lattice windows between. hung
inside with Venetian blinds. l have
marked a cross where Miss Lascelles saw
the eyes looking through. The oricls
are supported by corbcls. They are per
fectly inaccessible from the ground ex-
cept by n ladder"
but from the story above?~
"There are no windows over the oricl.
The only means Of descent would be by d
rope from the roof"
Are there any other means of getting
at the Window
"None whatever that any human being
could use."
"What is this projection between the
orielsy' he asked, feeling the paper.
"a two-sidcd bay carried up from the
ground TO the gable. pierced with latticed
windows from top 10 bottom. 1t gives
light to the stairs inside"
"Do the windows open!'
Eyes"
"And what distance is there between
the windows in the bay and Miss Las
celles' window
Seven or eight feet at least
And the wall between is perfectly
flat
There is n stone moulding runs along
parallel with the floor of tho first story
and the base of the oriel."
why didn't you tell mo that's" he
asked sharply.
'Bccau%e it is perfectly impossible for
anyone to walk along it."
What width has lt?'
"a few inches. 1t seems TO be merely
a stone gutter 10 carry off the water from
the oriel."
us there TO ivy OF the h~ouse-nothing
70 catch hold OFF,
There is no ivy, but there is a pipe
midway between the bay and the oriel:
it descends from the gable To thegutter."
What. and you tell me it il impossi-
bic to get from the bay to the window
81 still mean what / said. The gutter
is 80 narrow that no one, even facing the
wall closely. could stand on il and main
tain n centre Of gravity"
But with the aid Of the piper e.
1.-THE pipe is four feet from tho bav.
and -four feet from the Oriel. Now, sup
pose Lola, for l know whom you suspect,
would have TO advance holding to the
iAAaiioi VI tiAt a " |Al'l''Abs Nv
with one hand only, until the other
could touch the pipe, aspan Of four feet
-Four feet, that is not impossible, un-
less the girl is short limbcd."
ut is impossible, if in holding to tho
muilion or the pipe the girl had to sup
port part OF her own weight"
Let rs go up and measure tho width
Of the ledge" ssid Van Hoeck: lit NAV
appear from below less than it s."
We went mp to my bedroom in the
right block. which, ~ J have fuid, cor
responded III every external respect to
the block on the le! and from the oriel
| measured the width of the stone ledge
outside. Van lloocG's suppositicn was
lus.:it was wider than | expected, meas
urinr q trifln less than NV span. which
is nine inches. Van Hoeck placed him
SELF flat against n wall, and turning II
ms ocs urii! he obtained the limit %
width upoo Whirl h c.so}6 e"s.ajr III.
o%qunrnrTlnl, naGe me measure .ne ~ly-
tancv between his heel and the wall. |
found it ~as fully three inches within
ny spar and was aStoni,hcd 60 perceive
unon how narrow a space one may stand
with safety. This settled the point.
Lola might well have passed along the
ledge with safety.
Now" said Van Hocck; "draw mo
a plan Of the rooms. roughly and broad
", showing their relative position to the
stairs, the bay, and the picture-gallery.'
l complied with his request, marking
the several parts with figures, which |
explained TO him in the order marked
below: