The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1896-04-23

Tho Colonel VrOCoedtu 70 meto out n meaeufo OF
chsstisement.
out 10 the younger man such measure
of chastiscment rs he thought the case
demanded, paying for his satisfaction
n few DAYS later with broken arm,
shattered by the bullet OF an ambushed
enemy. This incident was conducive
to another interval of peace, for two
reasons--it taught the colonel that un-
less he were willing TO adopt the un-
scrupuious tactics OF his antagonists he
was likely to lose his life in an unequal
contest: and the Bynums were re-
strained from further immediate ar
grcssions by fear OF some such conse-
ouences as had overtaken their father
Col. Latimer was quite as popular in
his way MS had been the squire; and
there had been ominous threats of an
other outburst OF public indignation
after the breaking of the coloners arm
threats which were loud enough TO
cause the elder Bynum TO disappear for
Il time, rumor said in Texas.
The FIRE of cnmity, however, was
never suffered TO die. There were Mt
full bursts of fame from time TO time.
and fresh fuel was added when the
sleepy village of Tregarthen nwolc one
morning 70 find itself the headquarters
of the Tregnrthcn Coal & Iron com
pany. All OF tho coal and iron land on
the mountain belonged originally TO
the Latimer estate, but the Dynums had
disputed with the colonel the owner
ship TO one OF the coal veins which
cropped out near the boundary OF Nc
Nabb's cove. They were defeated in tho
| litigation that followed, and the old
| feud lost none of It's rancor by the de-
cision OF the courts. When its right 90
the McNabb vein had been established
the company had underworld to open II,
but the overhanging stratum of sand
stone proved 10 be singularly intracta-
able, and the further development of
the vein was postponed until such time
as the depth of the other workings
would make II less costly 10 timber the
Nc Nabb tunnel. Opinions varied rs
20 the cause of the difficulty in the
McNabb Expert mining engineers
had declared that the sandstone form
ing the roof OF the tunnel w1s ps
tenacious rs that everything the other
veins. and that there was no apparent
reason why IL should require timber
ing; but the indubtable fact remained
While the work Of development was in
progress, the miners frequently found
the labor of week undone In single
night by n cavlng of the roof which
filed the tunnel with broken rock.
Ludlow had it's own theory about these
mysterious accidents, but he kept IL to
himself. II was suggested by the smell
Of black powder which he detected
one morning when he was examining
the debris that had fallen during the
previous night, II struck him as be-
ing curious, because he knew that the
miners were using dynamite; and ii led
TO series OF casual inquiries among
the jewellers In Harmony Valley near
est 20 the entrance 20 McNabb's Cove.
The replies were not entirely convinc-
ing, because the nocturnal noises heard
by the valley folk might have been
nothing more than the conclusion of
the falling rock; but Ludlow heard
enough to make him believe that when
il became necessary 70 take coal from
the McNabb vein night-guard az the
tunnel would possibly avert disaster
more efficiently than the most elaborate
system of timbering.
IL was during the progress Of the
lawsuit that JEFF Bynum returned 10
the fnrm In McNabb's Cove; and the
rumor which had pointed to Texas as
the objective of his migration was con-
firmcd by his own story of his wander
ings. Not contented, however, with
this tribute TO its veraoity, gossip again
busted itself with his affairs, and there
were vague hints Of lawless sojourn
in the Lone Star state, coupled with a
still more indefinite intimation that his
career in the west had terminated In
open crime.
One other element OF discord had
been added by the passing years 10 the
Latimer side Of the feud, In the person
of the colonels son Henry. The boy E
mother, 10 whose gentle influence the
fireside gossips of Tregarthen ascribe
the cessation OF feudal strife during her
short life at "The Laurels," died while
Hester and Henry were children; and
the boy had early learned the lesson
of vindictiveness from the lips OF over
loyal servants. Uniting with Q hasty
and imperious temper . contempt OF
restraint curious in descendant of the
conservative old Virginian, his rashnes;
became a constant menace TO the pre-
carious truce existing between the two
families; and as Henry grew TO man
! hood, the colonel was often reluctant
ly compelled to take the side OF peace
for the sake of setting an example be
fore his son,
In the case OF the daughter, educa
ton in boarding-school, where sh'
had spent the greater portion of he
girlhood, and. later, association will
the Ludlows, had done much TO modif,
her childish ideas of feudal vengeance
but she was still enough of partisan
10 be very warm in her defense OF th,
Latimer rights, and, In common will
her brother, she could never believ,
that anything but vindictiye malic
actuated tho doings of the family II
McNabb's Cove. ~
Don't you think you ara little In
clined TO judge them hsrshly my dear /?
Mrs, Ludlow had once yentured to ask
when Hester had been expressing he
contempt for the Bynums and every
thing connected with them.