Litchfield enquirer., 1879-10-23
steps about that old idea of railway be- tween here and Glassville?"

tween nere and GiasSVllleY
 "Yes, I do," said the landlord "It's committee of rich capitalists. as are build ing factories dose to the Falls: and' they mean to put up tenement-houses all along, and lay down line of rails, and-don't say as mentioned it, doctor, because I only caught snatch here and there, when I was 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 chair man of the committee is goin' to offer Miss Judith five thousand dollars in good, clean, hard money for her share in it!"
 Doctor Dealing stared.
 "Five-thousand-d repeated he, slowly.
 Could it really be fact2 If so-and there seemed very little reason for doubting it-what fatal mistake he had made in re- jecting bride who could bring him the rich portion of a "cranberry swamp" as her wedding4dower.is If he had known ago!
 
 "Dont fret about him, Judith, dear; he isn't worth it!" urged honest Marmaduke Redfeld, who had stopped in on his way to the post-ofice to bring a. message from his mother. "He was always pretentious sort of fellow, all for outward show, with heart like stone, and 8 nature as shallow as Deacon Doler's brook!"
 Judith looked up at the clumsy, good hearted, hard-hand farmer. and won- dered that she had never before noticed what a-true face, and what clear, frank eyes he had
 Forget him, Judith" pleaded Redfeld; and she began seriously to think that she would at least make the trial. "Come over to our house, and stay with mother It's too bleak and lonesome for you here-for the present, at least. Spring will be time enough for you to come back to the cran- berry swamp"
 Judith Grey looked around at the solitary room, and thought of Mrs. Redfeld's big, cosy kitchen, with it's bright-colored rag carpet, it's windows lined with blossoming geraniums, and it's shrill- voiced canary bird hanging over the workable.
 ''Do you think" she hesitated, "that your mother would be willing to be trou- bled with such guest as me?"
 Duke Redfeld's face grew radiant
 "Only try her," said he. Dear Ju- dith, you'd be as welcome as flowers in May"
 And the next day Mrs. Redfeld came over in the old farm carryall to claim her guest, and the Swamp House was left to it's own dreary desolation and the driving snows of January. Scarcely three weeks had elapsed, when young Doctor Dealing came to the Redfeld farm in his new gig, with the old roan horse, that really made quite good ap- pearance when you didn't hurry him, and the road was tolerably good, and he was free from visitation commonly known as "heaves."
 ''There ain't nobody sick here," said Julius, the hired man, who was splitting wood at the side of the house, as be eyed the doctor rather suspiciously.
 "No, know it," said Doctor Dealing; "but I've called to see Miss Grey"
 "Miss Grey ain't noways ailin', as I know of," persisted Julius, feeling the edge of his axe, and still staring hard at the medical representative of Glassyille.
 II have called" said Doctor Dedling with dignity, ''as friend"
 "Oh," said Julius.
 "Will you be so kind as to let me in?" persisted the doctor.
 ''Taint no use," said Julius, rolling prodigious pine-knot down from the pile, and preparing himself for stupendous eff. fort; "there ain't nobody to home"
 "Nobody at home?" echoed the doctor. They've all gone to church ?" explained Julius.
 "To church, man2 Why, it's Tuesday," "Who said it wa'n't?" retorted Julius. "They ain't gone to hear sarvi:e-they is gone to be married"
 "Who?" demanded Doctor Dedling
 "Our Marmaduke and Miss Judith" And down came the axe upon the end of the pine knot, with @ crash that made the man of medicine start back.
 
 The new railroad was duly constructed, directly across the boggy depth of old Miles Grey's cranberry swamp. and the $5, ,OOO was placed to Mrs. Marmaduke Red fields account in the nearest national bank; and Mrs. Pytchley thinks she made mistake in taking the gold eagles instead of the cranberry swamp-b young Doctor Dealing thinks his mistake was greater still