The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1896-07-22

the uprOOJlnR OF Jne luInlly lTOu CHe
soil of Tennessee and migration to /
the unfamiliar regions of the Texas
frontier; and her reluctance was shared
in less degree by her brother Jed. On /
the other side, however, jeff, in whom
the seed of rcstlessness had been i'm
planted on his former journey, was
anxious to be gone again; and his sto-
ries of the unrestrained life on the
border had gained him partisan in
the person of his other brother. With
this equal division in numbers, the
plans hinging upon the sale of the farm
hung in the balance until Jules opposi-
tion was finally overcome by the arrival
OF a letter from her Uncle Jed, who
described, in such glowing terms as his
limited vocabulary could furnish, the
prosperity which awaited them in the
west. This letter had opportunely
reached the cove or the day preceding
the cmissary's final visit, and its urg-
ing, together with substantial in
crease in price offered by the anlbas-
sador. had procured the reluctant con-
sent of the two obstructionists.
Having thus arrived at the threshold
of the proposed migration, the details
of it's accomplishment were arranged :
in the evening of the same day, when
the family was gathered in the kitchen
ofrthe farmhouse. Jeff and julie did
most of the talking; Jed set back in
the chimncy-cornCr, saying little; and
Bud had taken the stock from his rifle
and was swabbing the barrel in pan
of water before the wide fireplace.
"D' ye low We can get ready for to
light out by to-morrer night, Jule?"
asked jeff.
ooh, l reckon So" replied his sister,
with a dissatisfied air; "y'all amt
gwine to rest now tell we's done ton
up an gone. But how d ye reckon
we-all can go in the night? They amt
no cyars a-runnin' then"
jeff rose from his seat on the bed
and broke OFF leaf from the bunch
of tobacco hanging over the fireplace.
"NNe-all didn't low to take the cyars
at the settlement" he explained. 81
been sort O iigurn' on gcttin' squar'
with that dern crowd up on the
mounting fore we-all done lef' Tennes-
see for good, an 'tain't gwire be
healthy for none o we-all to be seen
round here afterwards. Come to think
of it, though, they amt no use O. maxim
| il. in IN
night; ye can go jest as well the mex
! day an wait for we-all at McNairville." :"
What on top o the ycth does y'-all
want to start from McNairville for?'
= she asked, in surprise.
"'Cause the cyars done leave thar
) bout three o'clock in the mo'nin', an
, VEAL can get th'oo yere an make hi
'crost the mounting fore that time"
: "An' ye was 'lowin to do that to-mor
rer night?'
= "No; that ID be too soon for what
, we's a-fgurin' on; to-morrers Thurs
day-ye can take the mar an ride ovel
} Friday, an we-all IL jine ye Frida.
night. How'll that thar do?"
: "Oh, reckon l can go one times wei
;. as another. What did y'-all do witt
:. the city feller las night?"
: Bud chuckled Scared him plum t.
death an drapped him in the hole il
; 'Possum holler."
e Didn't tote him up nothin' to eat
. did YEP"
u NO. Lowed to let him 60 hongr
Q for q spell, so t he could sort O see wha
n hit was like"
It "What y'-all gwine do with him?
+; asked Jed, speaking for the first tim'
c Reckon we'll turn him loose afte
q he's done scared up enough to min hi
J., own business" responded jeff, leisure
q ly filling his pipe with the crushed lea
II of tobacco. "'Tain't gwine hurt hil
none to stay thar day or So"
e. julie went to the cupboard in the CO.
y ner, and few minutes later left th
" room. Jed broke the silence which 70
IL lowed her departure. II done hear
:, that Tom Ludlow d put gang to worl
IL in in the McNabb ag'in to-day" h
70 said.
~ know HIT" replied JEFF. "We-a
!" II give 'em a s'prise party bout to-mo
Z rer night. reckon they'll keep gyai
:. up thar, but that amt gwine do 1
- good"
" Bud shook his head "No, they-u
don't know nothin' about the crevic
p Wonder if the city feller can hear e
a-workin'?"
le 81 reckon So" replied jeff. "Mo
III likely he's been a-hollerin' the top
u his haid off all day, a-tryin' to NAL
III out to raise somebody. 1 believe
e. was bout the worst scared-up fell
l ever did see."
Bud laughed. "He shore was.
o. trem'led jest like a gal when 1 was
,,s tyin' his arms"
IS jeff tilted his chair against the w;
m and smoked meditatively until his pi
he, went out. "D'ye know, Buddy, l cayl
ed get shet O. the idee that I've done S
49, that thar feller afore"-he knock
IT. the ashes out of the pipe and dropp
yn it into his pocket-"an' jest cayl
D. ric'lict whar-By Hick'ry! l do ri
nd lict, now!" The speaker brought
wv chair down with crash, and the otht
en- looked up with astonishment at his 81
ne den exclamation.
Of "Whar was hit, Jeff?" asked Bud.
va. "Hit was down at Waco; that's wi
DIV hit was"-he got up and paced the flC
#; excitedly-"that's jest whar hit was.
ati done told you all bout that thar ructi
mt in the express Office, when that pl'
in fool messenger lowed to stan We
me off with gun; thar wasn't no time