You never see a living soul around here, yet planks vanish and old mattresses materialise as if by magic.

😂

Fortunately, we never saw evidence of anyone near our property. I say our property...apparently we (my grandfather) didn't own the hill. Did he own the field? I don't know. My grandfather bought that place in 1953, I think. Legend has it he payed 10,000 cash for the house, which was at least a 100 years old. It was supposed to have come with 13 acres. That's the story, anyway, but he never talked to me about it, so how would I know?

In those days men would always have their rifles at a ready. I don't think vagrants or miscreants would have lasted long. It was the U. S., you know :)))