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Updated: May 26, 2025
The old City Companies have their treasure chests still; and boxes studded over with iron nails and fitted with large hasps and locks are pointed out in many old houses as passports to family standing. The household curios which a collector seeks include objects of utility and ornament.
He found that the door was secured by two ponderous hasps to which were fitted heavy padlocks, but the solid wooden shutter which closed the square hole in the gable that served as a window was fastened by a hasp and peg. He withdrew the peg, opened the shutter, and the judge's face, wreathed in smiles, appeared at the aperture. "The blessed sky and air!" he murmured, breathing deep.
The boxes were iron-bound, and were furnished with stout lids which were capable of being secured by means of strong padlocks which hung in the hasps, with the keys still in them.
"This," said she, "is what I brought you for; take care not to injure it with the spade." When the gardener took up the box, he gave it into the princess's hands, who, as it was only fastened with neat little hasps, soon opened it, and found it full of pearls of a moderate size, but equal and fit for the use that was to be made of them.
He secured the window shutter again, tied up the fallen door on rude bark hinges, and fastened it on the inside with a stick hasps for the bar were there yet but before retiring he took a long look in the direction in which Albert and their camp lay. A great range of mountains lay between, but Dick felt that he could almost see his brother, his camp fire, and the pine alcove.
They went down the staircase quietly, fearing to wake the porter, and kept close to the north wall till they reached the further end of the courtyard. When they had passed the outer door at the head of the winding staircase, Malipieri told Masin to lock it after them. "We cannot padlock the other door from the inside," he explained, "for there are no hasps.
He also split a new bar from one of the young ash trees and strengthened the hasps on the inside. He felt now that when the bar was in place not even the heaviest grizzly could force the door. The task of mending the roof was more difficult. He knew how to split rude boards with his ax, but he had only a few nails with which to hold them in place.
They managed to drag it out from the wall, bringing with it masses of black cobwebs and the dust of many years. Alan's idea was a good one; but there were no hinges to be seen. "I believe the lock and the hasps are nothing but false ones to put people off the scent," said Alan. "What a beastly mess," rubbing the cobwebs off his hands on to his knickerbockers.
Her hair hung in unkempt stringiness about her bent shoulders, and her feet were covered with old arctics, many sizes too big, from which the soles hung loose. Beside the little figure was a chest of dark wood, with curiously wrought hasps. From this depended a stout strap by which it could be carried over the shoulders.
"Pass Adrian's proofs? I? I wouldn't presume to do such a thing." "Well, here they are, anyway," said Jaffery. And to the bewilderment of Barbara and myself, he snapped open the hasps of his suit-case and drew out a great thick clump of galley-proofs fastened by a clip at the left hand top corner, which he deposited on Doria's lap.
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