I had thought it marvelous when I saw them arrange themselves as bridges, walks, handrails, buttresses, and sign-boards along the columns; but this new absorption of environment, this usurpation of wood and stone, this insinuation of themselves into the province of the inorganic world, was almost too astounding to credit.
"Edge of the Jungle"
William Beebe
For greater safety, he fastened ropes as handrails all around it from one branch to another.
"David Elginbrod"
George MacDonald
The traffic cop whirled and looked, the motorman on the car waiting beside her leaned far out and craned, and the conductor grasped both handrails and took a step down that he might see the better.
"The Thunder Bird"
B. M. Bower