New Jersey, from the discovery of Scheyichbi to recent times . greater fearof molestation from his former royal brethren than wasreally the case. Their reasons for supposing that hewas anxious to defend himself against surprise andcapture had some ground, for there were some strangethings about that ex-royal estate, — things that werenot known in any other part of New Jersey. Therewas a tall l)ui!(Iing called a belvedere, from which thecountry and the river might be surveyed for a longdistance in every direction ; but, stranger far than that,there were subterranean passages which led from theh
New Jersey, from the discovery of Scheyichbi to recent times . greater fearof molestation from his former royal brethren than wasreally the case. Their reasons for supposing that hewas anxious to defend himself against surprise andcapture had some ground, for there were some strangethings about that ex-royal estate, — things that werenot known in any other part of New Jersey. Therewas a tall l)ui!(Iing called a belvedere, from which thecountry and the river might be surveyed for a longdistance in every direction ; but, stranger far than that,there were subterranean passages which led from thehouse to unfrequented parts of the grounds. Thesepassages were well built, arched with brick, and highenough for people to walk upright in them ; and 209 although persons of quiet and unimaginative mindsthought that they were constructed for the purposeof allowing the occupants to go down to the lake orto the other portions of the grounds without gettingwet if it should happen to be raining, there were manypeople who believed that for sudden showers a good. - ?•^?^ff.^<(!^..
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