A negro lad went whistling down the opposite pavement, clattering a stick along the iron palings of the courthouse fence; the leaves of the trees in the courthouse yard hung motionless in the quiet atmosphere, and even the ever-busy English sparrows seemed taking a siesta.
"The Man from Jericho"
Edwin Carlile Litsey
He left his horse at the gate, securing him to one of the iron palings, and went up the drive afoot.
"The Man from Jericho"
Edwin Carlile Litsey
He turned the corner and saw Scaw House standing amongst its dark trees, with its black palings in front of its garden and the deserted barren patch of field in front of that again.
"Fortitude"
Hugh Walpole