The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1888-04-27
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"Ine orlel on the left" l continued,
projects from Sir Edmund's room, that
on the right from Miss Lascelles'. There
are stone mullions at the angles of the
oriel and lattice windows between, hung
inside with Venetian blinds. 1 have
the eyes looking through. The oriels
are supported by corbels. They arc per-
fectiy inaccessible from the ground ex-
cept by a ladder"
BUT from the story above?"
There are no windows over the oriel.
The only means of descent would be by a
rope from the roof"
ARE there any other means of getting
at the Window"
None whatever that anyhuman being
could USE"
"What is this projection between the
oricls?' he asked, feeling the paper.
"a two-sided bay carried up from the
ground to the gable, pierced with latticed
windows from top to bottom. 1t gives
light to the stairs inside"
"Do the windows open?"
yes"
"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
fat?'
There is a stone moulding runs along
parallel with the floor of the first story
and the base of the oriel."
why didn't you tell me that" he
asked sharply.
Because it is perfectly impossible for
anyone to walk along it,"
What width has it,"
ga few inches. It seems to be merely
a stone gutter to carryoff the water from
the oriel."
SIS there no ivy on the house-nothing
to catch hold of"
There is no ivy, but there is a pipe
midway between the bay and the oriel;
it descends from the gable to the gutter
What! and you tell me it is impossi.
BILE to get from the bay to the windowl"
81 still mean what l said. The gutter
rs SO narrow that no one, even facing the
wall closely, could stand on it and main.
tain a centre of gravity"
"But with the aid of the piper"
"The pipe is four feet from the bay
aud four feet from the oriel. Now, sup
pose Lola, for / know whom you suspect
got from the window in the bay she
would have to advance holding to the
mullion of the window for support, anG
with one hand only, until the Other
could touch the pipe, a span of four feet.
-Four feet, that is not impossible, In.
less the girl is short limbed."
sit is impossible, if in holding to the
mullion or the pipe the girl had to sup
port part of her own weight"
Let us go up and measure the width
of the ledge" said Van Hoeck; cit may
appear from below less than it is"
We went up to my bedroom in the
right block, which, as 1 have said, cor
responded in every external respect tt
the block on the left; and from the orie
I measured the width of the stone ledge
outside. Van Hoeck's supposition wa.
just;it was wider than l expected, meas
uring a trife less than my span, which
is nine inches. Van Hoeck placed him
self fiat against q wall, and turning on
his toes until he obtained the limit O
width upon which m could sustain hi
va,r,~-r-.sus, er.c mo mcdsu10 Suo ms
lance between his heel and the wall.
found it was fully three inches With
my spar. and wa astonished to perceiv,
upon how narrow a space n may stan,
with safety. This settled the point
Lola might we'll have passed along tn,
ledge with safety.
Now" said Van Hoeck; "draw m,
a plan of the rooms, roughly and broad
ly, showing their relative position to tn,
stairs, the bay, and the picture-gallery.'
1 complied with his request, markin,
the several parts with figures, which
explained to him in the order marke,
below: