Stop and look at the Stocks.
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| - | These aren't regular stocks; they've been modified. There are six stocks all together, lined up along the side of the road. The first three are designed to hold people on their knees with their mouths at waist height, where they can best be useful. The thick wooden plank has half-circles cut out of it for neck and wrists, and comes down to meet the other plank cut to match. Strong metal latches with padlocks can be secured on either side to be sure there is no escape. | + | These aren't regular stocks; they've been modified. There are six stocks all together, lined up along the side of the road. The first three are designed to hold people on their knees with their mouths at waist height, where they can best be useful. The thick wooden plank has half-circles cut out of it for neck and wrists, and comes down to meet the other plank cut to match. Strong metal latches with padlocks can be secured on either side to be sure there is no escape. A young woman with greasy hair looks to be asleep, virtually hanging from one of the stocks. From the grease and dirt, it seems as if she must have been there for some time. |
| - | The second three are a very strange design. There are holes cut for wrists in the planks, but the center hole which should be for the neck is much larger and wider. In addition, there's a | + | The second three stocks are a very strange design. There are holes cut for wrists in the planks, but the center hole which should be for the neck is much larger and wider. In addition, there's something like a table or a shelf sticking out from each stock and two metal rings bolted in the ground below each of the wrist holes. At first, this is confusing, but then you see a man escorting a woman toward the stocks. He can only be described as a sheriff; he's wearing a cowboy hat, a thick khaki shirt complete with badge, jeans, cowboy boots, and spurs which jangle with each step. |
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Revision as of 20:15, 10 February 2013
These aren't regular stocks; they've been modified. There are six stocks all together, lined up along the side of the road. The first three are designed to hold people on their knees with their mouths at waist height, where they can best be useful. The thick wooden plank has half-circles cut out of it for neck and wrists, and comes down to meet the other plank cut to match. Strong metal latches with padlocks can be secured on either side to be sure there is no escape. A young woman with greasy hair looks to be asleep, virtually hanging from one of the stocks. From the grease and dirt, it seems as if she must have been there for some time.
The second three stocks are a very strange design. There are holes cut for wrists in the planks, but the center hole which should be for the neck is much larger and wider. In addition, there's something like a table or a shelf sticking out from each stock and two metal rings bolted in the ground below each of the wrist holes. At first, this is confusing, but then you see a man escorting a woman toward the stocks. He can only be described as a sheriff; he's wearing a cowboy hat, a thick khaki shirt complete with badge, jeans, cowboy boots, and spurs which jangle with each step.
