The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1896-05-28
gT-- V-ses VII &sE.ssr7

~ VII. +aH
r. XcAsE OF NECESSITY.
Mr.. Thomas Ludlow said what he be-
lieved to be the truth when he told his
wife that the efforts of the companys
attorneys to purchase the Bynum farm
had come to naught, but in making the
statement he had seriously moderated
the astuteness of the gentlemen in ques.
tion. Instead of abandoning the at
tempt, they had merely withdrawn
from the field for the purpose of APP
proaching it at different angle, and
Ludlow's assertion only proved how
well the secrets of their plan had been
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 cmissary of n Cincinnati
broker, who was supposed TO represent
new mining company organized in
that city, had made more than one
stealthy visit to the farmhouse in the
cove, driving thereto from Dunbar. the
railway station next above Trcgarthen.
for the purpose of keeping himself dis
creetly in the background This dip
lomatic ambassador had his final inter-
view with the llynums on the day fol-
loving Ringbrnnd's excursion with the
colonel; and when, late in the after
noon. he drove back TO the hotel I'm
Dunbar, the deed to the Bynum acres
was safely buttoncd up in the inside
pocket of his coat.
If the shrewd agent congratulated
himself n little on the success of his
mission il was certainly pardonable,
for there had been difficulties. julie
Bynum was obstinately opposed to the
Gale from The first, because il involved
the uprooting of the family from the
goil of Tennessee and migration to
the unfamiliar regions of the Texas
frontier; and her reluctance was shared
ia "a less degree by her brother Jed. On
lac other side, however. jeff in whom
thc seed of restlessncss had been inn
planted on his former journey. was
vuNious TO be gone again; and his sto-
rics of the unrcstrained life on the
border had gained him 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 ,hc balance until jules opposi-
ton was Orally overcome by the arrival
of q letter from her Uncle jed. who
dcacribed. in such glowing terms as his
limited vocabulary could furnish, the
prosperity which awaited them in tho
west. This letter had opportuucly
reached the cove on the day preceding
the cmissary's final visit, and IFS 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 OF the threshold
of the proposed migration, the detail.
of its Accomplishment were ARRANGED
! in the evening OF the same day. Vhcr
the family was gathered in the litchot
| of the farmhouse. jcif and julie die
most of the talking; Jed set back il
| the chimucy-corncr, saying little; an,
| Bud had taken the stock from his riil,
md was swabbing the barrel in apai
of water before the wide fireplace.
~ We low We can get ready for Il
light out by to-morrcr night, julie p
/ asked JEFF.
ooh, ! reckon so" replied his sister
with n dissatisfied air; ''y'all ain
/ rwinc TO rest now tell we's done tor
Up an gone. But how d. yc reckon
wc-all can go in the night2 They aim
| no cyars n-runniu' then
jeff rose from his seat ON the bed
and broke or a leaf from the bunch
of tobacco hanging over the fireplace.
"Wc-all didn't low to take the cyars
at the settlement ho explained. 81
| been sort o. hgurin' on gcttin' squar
with that dern crowd up on the
mounting fore veal done lcf' Tonnes
sec for good, an faint gwine be
| 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 thu
night; We can so jest as well the mex
| dny an wait for veal at MEANWHILE.
what on top o. the yeth does val
want TO start from McNaiville for?
she asked, in surprise.
"'Cauac the cyars done leave tina
bout three o'clock in the mo'nin', an
,yc-all can get th'oo ycrc an make hi
'crost the mounting fore that time"
can We was 'lowin' to do that to-mor
rcr night?'
mo: that d be too soon for wha
! we's u-fgurin' on; to-morrer's Thurs
day-ye can take the mar an ride owe
Friday, an veal II iine We Frida.
night. How'll that thar do?'
"Oh, Ireckon | can go one times wei
as another. What did y'-all do wit
the city Teller las night2'
Bud chuclIled. "Scared him plum b
death an drapped him in the hole i
Postum holler,'
"Didn't tote him up nothin' to eat
did YEP"
mo. Lowed 20 let him go hongr
for spell, so t he could sort o see wha
hit was like"
what y'-all gwine do with him
asked jed, speaking for the first tim
Reckon wen turn him loose aftC
he's done scared up enough 90 min h
own business" responded Jeif, leisur'
~ dlling his pipe with the crushed le'
OF tobacco. "'Tain't gwine hurt hi
none to stay thar q day or So"
Jnle went to the cupboard in the co
ner, and few minutes later left II
room. Jed broke the silence which 70
lowed her departure. ~ done hear
that Tom Ludlow d put a gang 10 wor
in in the McNabb agin to-day" }
said
~ know hit" replied Jeff. "We-1
II give 'em s'prise party bout to-mo
rer night. / reckon they'll keep gyal
nm thnr. hut that amt gwine do