The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1896-04-30

statement he had seriously uDlerrated
the astutenesso the genilemcn AL anes-
ton. Instead of abandoning abe at
tempt they had merely Withdrawn
from the fed for the purpose OF APP
preaching It .at a different angie. and
Ludiow's assertion only proved how
well the secreas of their plan had beea
guarded. Indeed. at the very time
when he had spoken so confidently of
the failure of the New York attorneys.
these worthy gentlemen had already
begun an attack from another quarter:
and the emissaTy Of Cincinnati
broker. who was supposed to represent
a new mining company organized in
that city, had made more than one
sstealthy visit to the farmhouse in the
aoye, driving thereto from Dunbar, the
railway station next above Tregarthen,
for the purpose of keeping himself dis
creetly in the background. This Dip
l0matic ambassador had his final inter-
view with the Rynums on The day fol-
lowing Ringbrand's excursion with the
colonel; and when. late in the after
noon. he drove back to the hotel in
Dunbar, the deed to the Bynum acres
was safely huttoned uD in the inside
pocket of his, coat. m s
II the shrewd agent congratulated
himself a little ON the success of his
mission. it was certainly pardonable,
fnr thora bol haap .l;fj;nnIt;.,c b TnIa
Bynum was obstinately opposed to the
sale from the first, because it involved
the uprooting of the family from. the
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 restlessness had been i'm
planted on his former journey, was
anxious to be gone again; aud his sto-
ries of the unrestrained life on the
border had gained him a partisan in
the person OF his other brother. With
this equal division in numbers, the
plans Ringing upon the sale of the farm
hung in the balance until Jules opposi-
ton 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 on the day preceding
the emissary's final visit, and its urg-
ing, together with substantial in-
crease in price offered by the ambas-
,, 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
of the farmhouse. jeff and julie did
most OF the talking; Jed set back in
the chimncy-corner, saying little; and
Bud had taken the stock from his rifle
and was swabbing the barrel in pan
of water before the wide fireplace. !.
! ID ye low ye can get ready for Ia
light out by to-morrer night, Jule?'
asked JEFF.
/ 'Oh, reckon So" replied his sister
with dissatisfied airs "y'all ain'i
gwine to rest now tell ives done tor
up an gone. But how d. We reckon
veal can 60 in the night? They ain't
no cyars a-runnin' then"
JEFF rose from his seat on the bed
and broke off leaf from he bunch
of tobacco hanging over the fireplace
"We-all didn't low to take the cyars
Mt the settlement" he explained. u
been sort O. figurin' on gettin' squar
with that dern crowd up on the
mounting fore veal done lef' Tennes
see for good, an faint gwine b
healthy for none O. VEAL to be seer
round here afterwards. Come to thinl
OF it, though, they amt no use O. maxim
you ride over the mounting in tn,
I night; We can 60 jest as well the mex
day an wait for we-all at McNairville.'
"What on top O. the yeth does y'-al
; want to start from McNairville for?'
she asked, in surprise.
\ "'Cause the cyars done leave tina
bout three o'clock in the mo'nin, an
j VEAL can get th'oo yere an make hi
'crost the mounting fore that time"
i "An' We was 'lowin' TO do that to-mor
! rer night?"
mo; that ID be too soon for wha
we's a.fgurin' on; to.morrer's Thurs
, day--ye can take the mar an ride owe
Friday, an we-all II jine We Frida.
, night. How'll that thar do?"
sOh, / reckon can go one times wei
as another. What did y'-all do wit
the city Teller las night?"
Bud chuckled. Scared him plum I
death an drapped him in the hole i
Postum holler."
Didn't tote him up nothin' to ca,
did ye?"
mo. Lowed to let him go hongr
for spell. so t he could sort o. see wha
hit was like" .sttf'f..f
"What y'all gwine do with him?
asked Jed, speaking for the first tim,
Reckon well turn him loose ufte
he's done scared up enough to min hi
own business" responded jeff, leisure
~ filling his pipe with the crushed lea
of tobacco. '''Tain't gwine hurt hi
none to stay thar day or So"
II julie went to the cupboard in the COZ
ner, and a few minutes later left tn
room. Jed broke the silence which 70
lowed her departure. II done hear
that Tom Ludlow d put gang to worl
in in the McNabb ag'in to-day" h
said.
IT know hit," replied JEFF. "We-a
II give 'em s'prise party bout to-no