The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-10-12

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village, and be passed the brilliant win.
dows of the little hostelry, he paused,
remembering the bitter cold of the
winter air, the frosty influence of thu
breeze.
81 may as well go in and warm my.
SELF" he thought.
Mine host met him with a cherry air
Walk In, doctor-walk inl" said he
Not that room, as Dedling mechanic
ally laid his hand upon the door-knol
Of the apartment he usually entered
"The Railway Committee is a-settin
there. This way, pleasel'
1.-THE Railway Committeel'' echoed
Dedling. "What Railway Committed
You don't mean that they are actually
taking any steps about that old idea Of
a railway between here and Glassvillep'
"Yes, I do" said the landlord. SITS
a committee Of rich capitalists, as arr
building factories close to the falls; and
they mean to put up tenement house.
all along, and lay down q line of rails,
and-don't say as I mentioned 1t, doc.
tor, because I only caught a snatch
here and there, when I "a carrying In
the plates and setting ON the fruits, and
nuts, and wine-but it's to go right
through old Miles Grey's cranberry
swamp, the new railway isl And the
chairman of the committee is goin' to
offer Miss Judith five thousand dollars
in good, clean, hard money for her
share in itin
Doctor Dedling stared.
"Five-thousand- -dollars!,' repeated
he, slowly. :.
Could it really be a fact2 If so-and
there seemed very little reason for
doubling it-what a fatal mistake he
had made in rejecting u bride who
could bring him the rich portion of q
cranberry swamp" rs her wedding
dover. If he had known this half an
hour-one little half hour-agol
=
Don't fret about him, Judith, dear;
he isn't worth It'll" urged honest Mar
maduke Redfeld, who had stopped in
on his way to the post-ofice to bring a
message from his mother. HE was al.
WAYS a -pretentious sort of fellow. all
for outward show, with a heart like
stone. and a nature as shallow "a Ten.
con Doler,s brook,n
Judith looked nm at the clumsy. good.
hearted hearted. bard.banded farmer
and th,t .ha h,a roror ~
fore noticed what a true face and what
clear. frank ewes he had
..Forpet him. Judith. y pleaded Red.
field; and she began seriously to think
that she would at least make the trial
"Come over tn our bonse and stav viii
mother. It's too bleak and lonesome
for YOU here-for the present. at least
sprinp will he time enough for vou N
come back to the cranberrv svamn !,
Judith Grew looked around at the
solitary room and tbopoIt Of Mrs
Red6eld,s big. cosv kitcken with lis
br~iobt-colored rao carnet n.
lined with Observation-Disclosures and
its sbrill-voiced caparv bird banoino
over the work.table.
"Do YOU think. y she besitated ..tbat
your mother won,J be WILING 70 bs
troubled with inch a guest 40 me2n
Duke Red6eld,s lace grew radiant.
"Only try her - said he uDe,r Tn.
ditb. Won ID be as welcome as Ao1yers in
Mavn
And the next day Mrs. Redaeld came
over In the old farm carrvall 70 claim
her guest. and the swamn bouse was
left to its own drearv desolatiop and the
driving shows of .~Januarv
Scarcely three weeks had e,ansed
when Young Doctor Dealing "a me- 70 tbe
Redaeld farm in his new oig with the
old roam horse hat really made onite
q oood annearancs whon ro,, d;a,,yt
hurry him and the road WAC to,er,h1v
GOOD and he was frae from, q v,s;,at;nn
commonly known as ..beaves
where a,n,t robodv stct bera ,, oo,d
Julius. the hired man, who was snlit.
ting wood at the side of the bopse 40
he eyed the doctor rather ,usnic,ouslv
"No. I know i. u said Doctor ned
ling: "but i've called to see Miss Grew ),
"Miss Grew amt nowavs ail;n, as 7
know of. ), persisted Julius feeling the
edge of his axe. and still starring hard
at the medical ,enresentative of Glass.