The lock grated, and Henry Duryea's footsteps sounded on the Planked floor.
"Doom of the House of Duryea"
Earl Peirce
Mrs Barclay had bidden her walk as far as the pier, and in all obedience she had done as she was told, reaching the pier entrance; and then, attracted she knew not how or why by the darkness and silence, she turned on to the wooden edifice, and began to walk swiftly along the Planked floor.
"The Master of the Ceremonies"
George Manville Fenn
You see, I went on to 'Frisco as you advised, and Planked down a check for five hundred dollars the minute I got there.
"Stories of the Foot-hills"
Margaret Collier Graham