St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1880-09-25

that a thouanG dollars IN gold pieces
represented all his boarded wealth,
with the exception of the cranberry
swamp, upon whose dreary verge
stood the house; and this drearv
property, by the terms of the will
was to be divided between his two
nieces, Judith Gray and Maria
Pytehley. AS they themselves might
agree.
"I'll take the ready money said
Mrs. Pytehley. hastily. "What
could I do with three or four miles
of cranberry swamp?'
"Or what could Judith do with
it either?" said Hobart Pvtchley
who sat whiting pine stick be-
side the fire.
"I dare say she could manage
very nicely" said Maria. I've
heard Uncle Niles say he got $50
worth of eranberries one year ont
of the swamp"
"Humpf!" grunted Mr.. Pytchley.
"And that's legal interest on
LOGO, you know" added his wife.
"W hat do you say. Judith?"
'It makes no difference to me-"
said Judith quietly.
1T does to me then!- said Mr..
Pitchley.
Because. as You know very well,
Hobart's business is in the city.
and we could do nothing at all with
n lot of swamp land down here in
the backwoods."
So Mrs. Pitchley had taken the
iion'sshare OF the old mans beguest,
and gone back to her city home.
over Hobart's grocery store.sand
voung Dr. Dedling, who had conf
IDENTIFY calculated on at least $500.
to buy surgical instruments and fit
up an office in the village adjoining
$500 rs the dowry of his bride
eleci-broke his engagement in a
fit of pique that Judith should have
so deliberately flung her fortune
away.
ga set of harpies!" cried he with
disgust.
"Stop, DR.. Dpdling!" said Judith,
coloring up. "You forget that Won
are speaking of my sister and her
husband"
"But they have no business to
impose on you thus !" exclaimed
the doctor.
81 agreed to The plan without
remonstrance.
DR.. Dedling shrugged his shoul-
ders.
I'm Shat" said he, sharply, "yon
show your lack of common sensel
Ii you have no good regard for
yourself. you might have had fo,
me?"
WAS it for money you wanted
me?" demanded Judith, stung to-
the quick.
DIR. Dedling colored and hesita-
ted.
"a man must take monetary
matters into consideration" said
he.
And so it came about that the
engagement was cancelled, and
Judith Gray was sitting there alone
in the wintry twilight. with clasped
hands and head dropped low upon
her brest.
DR.. Dedling plodded. home to.the
village, and as he passed the bril-
liant windows of the little hostelry
lie paused, remembered the bitter
cold of the wintry air and the frosty
influence of the breeze.
Il may as well go in and warm
myself" he thought.
Mine host met him with CHEEKY
air.
"Walk in. Doctor, walk in!" said
he. "Not that room," as Dedling
mechanically laid his band upon
the door knob of the department he
usually entered. 1.-The railway
committee is a-setting there. This
way, please!"
The railway committee?" echoed
Dedling. "What railway committee?
You don't mean that they re actually
taking any steps about that old
idea of railway between here and
Glassville p
"Yes,4I do" said the landlord.
''It's committee of rich capitalists
as are building factories close to
the falls; and they mean to put up
rows of tenement houses all along
and lay down line of rails; and