Laura did so. Sitting sideways on the sills the girls could thrust the upper part of their bodies out and obtain an unobstructed view of this entire wall of the tower.
“See that wire?” exclaimed Eve, eagerly.
Just below the level of the windows which pierced the upper story of the tower a heavy stay-wire was fastened to a staple set in the masonry. At some time the school building had been dressed with flags and bunting and this heavy wire had never been removed. It was fastened at the other end to a ring in the roof of the main building.
“I see it, Evangeline,” admitted Mother Wit, with something like fear in her voice. “You wouldn’t do it!”
“I believe I can,” declared the country girl.
“Why—why—it would take a trapeze performer!”
“Well, Mrs. Case has had us working on the ladders and the parallel bars until we ought to be pretty fair on a trapeze,” said Eve, laughing a little.
“Oh, Eve! I wouldn’t try it,” cried Laura.
“You see,” said the other, steadily, “if I can get out of the window here, and two of you can steady me, I can drop down upon that wire——”
“But suppose you should fall to the roof!”