midnight
The day after his incarceration the girl presented herself at the office of the sheriff , asking permission to see her father . The sheriff thought wiser not and refused the request . But the night before last the girl was discovered ascending , like a squirrel , the thick growth of ivy that covers the stone structure of the jail . For nearly a month she has been tramping the Lehigh Valley railroad tracks after dark , reaching the jail at midnight , and holding converse with her father on the stone sill of his cell window , two stories above the ground . The girl was closely questioned but refused to answer , probably fearing the consequences of visiting a prisoner without the consent of the sheriff . Skinner has been removed to an inner cell , the authorities fearing some plan of escape . The girl is very pretty , with long red hair , and brown eyes , and those who have seen her say that she is like a frightened rabbit , refusing to talk with any , save a few of her kind . ''