The Irish standard., 1896-02-15

, There'll be fight, too, when we try to
open; the McNabb vein; and | hope we
can keep the Latimers out tsof it. !"
But you mustn't get into it your
self, Tom," interposed Mrs Ludlow.
Ludlow smiled tyri1nly. You think
/ wouldn't cut much Of a fgure as a
fire eater. don't you? Well, now, You
lust wait and see. When the time
comes Ill not go out of my way to pick
quarrel or to avoid one; but if those
fellows interfereswitl the work they'll
have to stand from under. And they'll
find that they haven't whole-souled,
irascible. generous southernc1 to deal
with, either
It was during the summer of Ring
brands visit to Tregarthen- that the
question Of resuming work in the aban-
tloned tunnel came up again. JeH
Bynum heard the news in the store in
the village, and he told his brother Jed
when they were driving back to the
cove in the evening.
"Does you-all aim to low hit?" asked
the younger Bynum. s
"Not much! --they-all done beat us
out O. the coal mine, but it amt gwine
do them no good
"What dye 'low for rott1o, jeff"
"Nev' you mind; yo,l-aii jest wait an
see. Ye can be plum shore O one thing,
though; theyan amt new gnine take
no coal out O that Vein" '..; \
Don't ye reckon OF Latimer's put
'em up to do hit?'
"I dunno an don't keer; h,st- jest
tell ye that thar crowd upon the noun
tings gwine to let OH like they heard
somethin' drap: we-a1l t,'e KEEP quiet
for pretty tol'able spell, now, an I
reckon Latinaer lows we done forgot
II reckon julie wouldn't let. nobody
forgit; she does hate the "a .Latimers
right; but then she'd ought to-she
was big enough to ric'leet when daddy
was killed. Jed Bynun1 was the
youngest of the three brothers, and he
had never quite shared the bitter ami
mostly of the others.
Ireckon." rejoined jeff, sullenly, dull
flush reddening his sallow cheeks. II.
ain't likely to forgit the day when Lat
inner put the. cowhide on to me, an I
low he remembers bout the broken
arm, too. I new could tell what made
MY ham shake that thar time. Ididn't
aim to break his arm"
"I s'pect hits sort O lucky we didn't
aim no better" replied jed. ''Thar was
heap O talk about gettin' ye for what
ye did do ..... as. s..,.. ,4- -.-
The talk was interrupted by their
arrival at the farmhouse in the cove,
but it was resumed again at the supper
table when julie and Bud were told of
the threatened resumption of work in
the McNabb tunnel.
.'That's some more q Latimer's do
ms, ye can jest chalk that up on the
dol" exclaimed the woman, vindictive-
ly. "Thar'll new be no peace for we-
all 8 long as thar's ary one of EN- left"
''Thar's like to he one more of 'em
fore they's any less, / reckon" said
JEFF, making a harpoon Of his fork and
spearing another corn pone from the
dish ON the other side of the, table.
"How dye make that aataDS inquired
Bud. = ..-a: ~ .rso a"i5os 'n
II done saw young feller a4ridin'
round with the coloneI this s. eettenin',
an when asked Jim Dobles bout him
he said he was mighty thick with the
Latimers--'lowed maybe he's a-shinin'
up to the gal" ..s. T.
II didn't see him." said Jed. What
for kind o. lookin' feller was he?"
sort O. biggity-lookin', like he
.,f In,
has a middlin' heavy musstache, an
wears his beard whitfield down to
pint. That's about all notice, 'ceptin'
that he looks at ye mighty hard, sort o
like catfish Seem like done met up
with him somewhars afore, but cayn't
ric'lect when r. whar."
"City feller, reckon" said Jed, with
contempt in his tone.
"Oh, sure; don't believe he ever did
lick o. work in his life; don't look as if
he ever did, nohow.'
81 don't see what gal like Hester
Latimer lows to find in fel1er O. that
sort,' said Jed, passing his cup for more
coffee.
"What do you-all know bout Hester
.Latilner's likes an dislikes?" demand
ed his sister, pausing with the cup and
coffee-pot suspended.
ga good deal less n nothin', I s'pose;
but I've got eyes, an reckon can use
'em same's anybody. sa -gs.4 m
"Well. don't ye go an forgit that they
amt no sleeps eyes, retorted julie, an-
grily. 'You amt got no call to be th'ow-
in 'em round at anybody that's kin to-
the Lati1ner tribe.''s: II afsFtiF>@ s-
A ravenous silence followed this re-
mark, and when Bud left the table he
said to jeff: "Want to see ,ye bime-by;
come outside when ye get th'oo.' '''rr., %.
jeff lighted his pipe moment later
and followed his younger brother to the
barn. "What was ye wantin', Buddy9"
!, he asked. .~a<. ,.|it,, ..-
Bout that thar city feller--don't
We reckon we-all could ghe him a sort
of scare that d run him backwhar he
come from?''
II dunno. Why?" =, A. -
ooh. jest reckoned hit d be1 better.
If we-all ever do what we was ta1kin'
bout spell back, hit'H be some easier
if they amt SO many of 'em."
You're plum right about that; but
then thar amt nothin' shore 'bot1t what
j i'm Dobles was a-sayin; he only lowed:
maybe that's what was a-goin' on
t'That don't make no difference, no.
how argued Bud. eff he's got any
fight in him. he'll stand up for his