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Updated: May 27, 2025
In the mean time, the youth left nigh the postern set about the accomplishment of the task he had undertaken, in sober earnest. Instead of descending in a direct line to the palisadoes, he also ascended, and made a circuit among the out-buildings on the margin of the acclivity.
This may be a physiological explanation of what afterwards was spoken of as a supernatural kind of possession, leading him to his doom. A strong high stone wall bounded this grass-grown mouldy yard on two sides; the house, and some unused out-buildings, formed the other two.
The station at Skogstad is a solitary farmhouse lying far up on the bare hillside, with its barns and out-buildings grouped around a central courtyard, like a rude fortress. The river travels along the valley below, now wrestling its way through a narrow passage among the rocks, now spreading out at leisure in a green meadow.
There were only three slated houses on the property, hardly any out-buildings, only seven miles of road under contract, and about twenty acres planted. By 1880 the landlord had expended £30,000 on improvements, there were over one hundred slated houses, about sixty miles of roads, and over four hundred acres planted. Under the Land Act of 1881 the rent was reduced to £3600.
In the meantime, from the castle and the wings, which had caught fire from the out-buildings, thick columns of smoke were rising heavenward.
While the examination of the boy was going on in the dwelling, a keen scrutiny had taken place in the out-buildings, and in the adjacent fields.
If you have no spare planking, I have no doubt that one of the out-buildings will supply what we require." Mr Twigg of course agreed to this, and, lantern in hand, led the way to a building at a little distance from the house.
The lieutenant, who had provided himself with a rifle on the piazza, followed the grove in the direction of the stable, outside of all the out-buildings, while the other three proceeded the opposite way. There were no trees between the mansion and the stable; but Deck made his way to the hayloft, which commanded a view of all the windows of the former.
The boats dashed up the creek, and Francisco hastened back to the house. "Now, my lads," said he, as he sprang up the ladder, "you must be resolute; we have to deal with desperate men. I have heard the voices of the captain and the chief mate; so there is no doubt as to its being the pirate. The boats are up the creek and will land behind the out-buildings.
The boats dashed up the creek, and Francisco hastened back to the house. 'Now, my lads, said he, as he sprang up the ladder, 'you must be resolute; we have to deal with desperate men. I have heard the voices of the captain and the chief mate; so there is no doubt as to its being the pirate. The boats are up the creek and will land behind the out-buildings.
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