The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1880-07-09

village, and as he passed the brilliant
windows of the little hostelry he paused,
remembering the bitter cold Of the winter
air, the frosty influence of the breeze.
81 may as well go in and warm my
self, !" thought he.
Mine host met him with CHEEKY air.
walk in, doctor; walk inl" said he.
. Not that room, as Dedling mechanic
ally laid his hand upon the door-knoh Of
the apartment he usually entered. 1.-THE
Railway Committee is sitting there.
This way, if you pleased"
The Railway Committeep echoed
Dedlipg. "What Railway Committee?
You don't mean that they're actually
taking any steps about the old idea of
railway between here and Glassville ?"
Yes, / do, said the landlord. "It's
committee of rich capitalists, as are
building factories close to the Falls; and
they mean to put mp row Of tenement
houses all along, and would lay down
line of rails; and don't say mentioned
it, doctor, because / only caught a snatch
here and there, when / WINS carrying in
the plates, and setting on the fruit, and
nuts, and wine--hut it's to go right
through old Miles Grey's cranberry
swamp, the railway isl And the Chair
man is going to offer Miss Judith $4,000
in good, clean, hard money for her share
in i'll"
Doctor Dedling startedi
Five--thousand dollars repeated
he, slowly.
Could it really be fact? If so-and
there seemed little reason for doubling
it--what fatal mistake he had made in
rejecting bride who could bring the
rich portion of cranberry swamp" as
her wedding dover. If he had known
this half an hour-one little half-hour-
agoi
"Don't fret about him, Judith, dear,
he isn't worth i'll urged honest Marma-
duke Redfeld, who had stopped on his
way to the postofice to bring message
from his mother. "He was always n
pretentious sort of fellow, all for outside
show, with heart like stone, and a
nature as shallow as Deacon Doler's
brook"
Judith looked up at the clumsy, good
hearted. hard-handed farmer. and won
dered that she had never before seen
what true face, and what clear, frank
eyes he had.
Forget hlm, Judith" pleaded Red
field; 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 cranberry swamp"
Judith Grey looked around at the sol
itary room, and thought of Mrs. Red,
fields cozy kitchen, with its bright
colored rag carpet, its window lined
with blooming geraniums, and its shrill-
voiced canary bird hanging over the
workable.
"Do you think" she hesitated, "that
your mother would be willing to be
troubled with such guest as q"
Duke Redfeld's face grew radiant.
"Only try her," he said; "dear
Judith, you'd be as welcome as the flow
ers in May"
And the next day Mrs. Redfield came
over in the old farm carryall to claim
her guest, and the swamp house was left
to its own dreary desolation and the
driving SHOWS Of january.
Scarcely three weeks had elapsed
when young DIR. Dedling came to Red.
field farm in his new gig, with the old
roam horse, that really made quite q
good appearance when you did not
hurry him, and he was free from vista
ton commonly known as the "heaves.
"There ain'6 nobody sick here" sald
Julius, the hired man, who was splitting
wood at the side of the house, as he eyed
the doctor rather suspiciously.
"No, / know it, said DR.. Dedling
"but have called to see Miss Grey"
"Miss Grey amt noways ailin' as
know of, persisted Julius, feeling the
edge of his ak, and staring hard at the
medical representative of Glassville.
81 have called" said DIR. Dedling
with dignity, cas- a friend"
"Oh," said julius.
"Will you be kind enough to let me
in ?" persisted the doctor.
"'Tain't no use, said Julius, rolling
prodigious pine knot down from the pile
and preparing himself for stupendoui
effort; there amt nobody to home.
"Nobody at homer" echoed the doc
tor.
"They'ye all gone to church, ex
planned Julius.
"To church. man9 Why, it's Tues
day"
"Who said it wasn't p retorted Julfus
"They ain gone to hear service-they il
gone TO be married r.
"Who?" demanded the doctor.
"Our Marmaduke and Miss Judith !!
And down came the AK upon the enc
of the pine knot with crash that mad,
the man Of medicine start back
The new railroad was duly construct
ed directly across the depth Of old Mile
Grey's cranberry swamp, and 81, 600 wa
placed to Mrs. Marmaduke Redfeld'
account in the nearest national bank
and Mrs. Pytchley thinks she made
mistake in taking the gold eagles instea'
Of the cranberry swamp; but young Dr
Dedling thinks his mistake was create
still.