The Irish standard., 1896-02-29
A CASE OF NECESSITY:

Mr.. Thomas Ludlow said what he be-
1iered to be the truth hen he told his.
wife that the. efforts of the conlpany's
attorneys to purchase the Rynum farm
had come to naught, but in maEing.the
statement he had seriously moderated
the astuteness of the gentlemen in ques-
ton. Instead of abandoning the at
tempt, they had merely Withdrawn
from the field for the purpose OF APP
proaching it at different angle. and
ILudlow'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
begunran attack from anoa her quarter:
and the enlissary of a Cincinnati
broker, who was supposed to represent
a 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 Fregarthen,
for the purpose of keeping himself dis
creetly in the chground.s This dip
lomatic bassador had his final inter-
view with the Bynu1ns on the day fol
lowing Ringbrand's excursion with the
noon, he drove back to the hotel in
Dunbar, the deed to the Byntm acres
was safely buttoned UP in the inside
pocket of his coat. .+ s#
If the shrewd agent congratulated
himself a little on the success of his
mission, it was certainly pa'donab.e,
for there had been difficulties. julie
: Rynum was obstinately opposed to the
sale from the first, because it involved
the uprooting of the family from the
soil of Tennessee and a. migration to
the unfamiliar regions Of the Texas
frontier; and her reluc lance. wa shared
in less degree by her brother Jed. On
g 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; and his sto-
RES of he.=unrestrained life on the
border had gained him bipartisan 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 letter from. her Uncle Jed, who ..
described, in such glowing terms as his
) limited vocabulary conld furnish, the,
prosperity which awaited them:in the
west. This; letter. had OPPORTUNITY
reached the cove OH tho 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 obs tructionists.
Having thus arrived at the threshold
of the proposed migration, the details
Of it's accomplishments 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 chin'ney-corner, saying little; and
Bud had taken the stock from his rifle
and was swabbing the. barrel in a pan
of water before the3wida fireplace: ii
''D' We Josv we can get ready for to !
light out by to-morrer night, sJu le @
asked jeff. Fi*sl .*fs :, 81:
ooh. 1 reckon So, replied HIS sister,
with dissatisfied air;; a.'a1I amt
g,wine to rest; now tel. we's done ton
Up an gone. But; how q, We reckon
we-all can go in the night .Theyain't
I'D cyars a-runnin' then =. So. .las.;
JEFF rose fronr his seat ON the bed !
and broke OF lent fromsthe bunch