November 18, 1910 - November 25, 1910
commercially made, lined paper notebook
6 1/8 x 3 7/8 inches
“is how to get in.” For there was a padlock on the door. He was suddenly struck with an idea.
“Let me have your knife” he asked. But the blade proved to be too wide for his purpose. He had intended using it somewhat as a skeleton key is used.
“If we only had a piece of wire” was the next outcome of his pondering. I managed to get a piece from the chicken netting of the rabbit-pen. This also proved a failure, and after failing to persuade the door to part company with the hinges, we stood there staring at the building as though where an object of wonder. It was to us an object of hatred.
Our next move was to go around the building to look for more wind-