"I've been thinkin' a good many things lately," she said.

"Some of 'em was even more crazy than that sounds." The inside of the house having been thus thoroughly inspected they explored the yard and the outbuildings.

The barn was a large one, with stalls for two horses and a cow and a carriage-room with the remnants of an old-fashioned carryall in it.
"This is about the way it used to be in Cap'n Abner's day," said Captain Obed.

"That carryall belonged to your uncle, the cap'n, Mrs.Barnes.
The boys have had it out for two or three Fourth of July Antiques and Horribles' parades; 'twon't last for many more by the looks of it." "And what," asked Thankful, "is that?
It looks like a pigsty." They were standing at the rear of the house, which was built upon a slope.

Under the washshed, which adjoined the kitchen, was a rickety door.