The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-04-20

The orlel on the left, L continued,
projects from Sir Edmunds room, that
on the right from Miss Lascelles'. Tn ere
are stone mullions at the angles OF the
orel and lattice windows between, hung
inside with Venetian blinds. | have
marked cross where Miss Lascelles saw
the eyes looking through The oriels are
supported by colbels. They are perfectly
inaccessible from the ground except 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 any human being
could use.
What is this projection between the
oriels?" 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 Lascelles'
window"
Seven or eight feet at east"
And the wall betv zen is perfectly
flat?"
There is stone mo, ling runs along
parallel with the door of tn first story and
the base of the o.;el.
why didn't you tel me Il at?" he asked,
sharply.
Because it is perfectly impossible for
any one to walk along it,"
What width has it?"
"A few inches. 1t seems to be merely a
stoIe gutter to carry off water from the
oriel.
as there no ivy on the house-nothing
to itch hold Off"
There is no ivy, but there is a pipe
midway between the by and the oriel;
it descends from the gable to the gutter. !"
What! and YOU tell me it is impossible
to get from the bay to the window"
Il still mean what | said. The gutter
is so narrow that no one, even facing the
wall closely, could stand on it and main
tain q center of gravity"
But with the aid of the pipe?"
The pipe is four feet f.om the bay and
four feet from the oriel Now. suppose
Lola, for l 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, aud with one
hand ly, until the other could touch the
pipe, span of four feet.
"Four feet; that is not impossible, I'M
less the girl is short limbei."
1T Is impossible, if in holding to the
mullion or the pipe the girl had to support
part of her own weight.
Let US go up and measure the width of
the ledge" said Van Hoeck; ii may APP
pear from below less than ii is"
We went up to my bedroom in the right
block, which, as have said, correspondent
in every external respect to the block on
the left; and from the oriel / measured the
width of the stone ledgs out ide Van
Hoeck's suppOsition was Just; it was
wider than | expected, measuring n trite
less than my spun, which is nine inches
Van Hoeck placed himself flat against n
wall, and turning ont his toes until he
obtained the limit of width upon which he
could sustain his equilibli I'M, babe me
measure the distance betwee his heel and
the wall. | found it was fully three inches
within my span, and was astoni5hed to
perceive upon how narrow a space one
may stand with sa ETY. This settled the
point. Lola might well have passed along
the ledge with safety.
Now" said Van Hoeck, draw me n
plan of the rooms, roughly and broadly,
showing their relative position to the
stairs, the bay, and the picture gallery"
/ complied with his request, marking
the several parts with figures.