The Red Cloud chief., 1896-11-27
CllAPTER VI.

Abbey was. and something Of the
disposition of the rooms, in order TO
follow clearly the action of the
drama that took place within its
walls. | can do no better than to
give the description by which |
brought the facts home to the com
prehension Of my blind partner.
Tell me what you sec Thornc,"
he said. as we stood on the lawn.
"An old Gothic building. tiankcd
by two later additions in the Tudor
style, that project beyond it.
1.-The great door is the center of
the old part, the dining-room is on
one side, the library on the other.
The iloor above is occupied by the
picture gallery. 1t has II gable roof,
and the bclfry rises from the middle.
The block on the right and that ON
the left are alike. The ground iloor
is divided into drawing.rooms, sit.
t~ing-rOOms, etc"
Where is the dairy. and the door
that j. left open at night for the
kid?"
AT the back of ,c house; it Il
not Oe Seen from mere.
is that in the right block or the
lcft?"
'ln the right; tho kitchen is in tho
left On the first floor are the prin.
Cipal bedrooms; the servants are
above. Our rooms are in the right
block, Sir Edmund's ana Miss Las
ccllcs' are in the left"
"What means f communication
are there? For instance. how could
sir Edmund get 10 your ro,m?'
by simply passing through the
picturc-gal!cry.'
II understand; 70 on"
There are twD uriel windows and
a bay in the end of the left block
facing rs as we stand here.
The oricl ON the left" | contin-
ucd, projects from Sir Edmund's
o that OF the right from Miss
Lascclles. There are stone multi ions
at the angles Of the oricl aud lattice
windows between, hung inside with
Venetian blinds. The oricls are sup.
ported by corbels They are per-
fcctly inaccessible from the ground
except by ladder"
But from the story abOvcP'
"Therc are no windows over the
oriel The only means of descent
would be II rope from the roof"
'Do the windows opcn"'
YES"
And what distance Is there be.
tween the windows in the bay and
Miss Lascelle's window"
Seven or eight feet ut least"
.'And the wall between is perfectly
nat?n
There is a stone molling runs
along parallel with the floor OF the
first story and the base of the oricl."
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,"
"A few inches. 1t seems to be
merely a stone gutter to carry OFF
the water from the oricl.'
ais there no ivy on the house
nothing TO 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 the gutter
what. and You tell me it is i'm
possible to get from the bay to the
window"
THE pipe Is four feet from the
bay n four feet from the oricl.
Now, suppose, ola, 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, and with one hand only.
until the other could touch the pipe,
q span Of four feet
-Four feet; that is not impossible,
unless the girl Is short limbad.'
ut is impossible, If in holding to
the mullion or the pipe the girl had
to support part Of her wi weight"
"i.et us go up and measure the
width of the ledge said Van Hoeck;
lit may appear from below less than
it is"
We went up to my bedroom in the
right block, which, as have said.
correspolded in every external re-
spect to the block on the left; and
from the oricl ! measured the width
of the stone Ledge outside. Van
Hoeck's supposition was just; it was
wider, measuring a tribe less than
my span, n ne inches. Van lloeck
placed himself Hat against the wall.
and turning out his toes until he OBJ
tanned the limit of width upon which
he could sustain his equilibrium,
babe me measure the distance be-
tween his heel and the wall, | found
it was fully three inches within my
span. and was astonished to perceive
upon how narrow a space n may
stand with safety, This settled tho
point Lola might well have passed
along the edge with safety,
.Now,n said Van Hocck, .'Druw