The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-01-28

And it came about that the engage
ment was cancelled, and Judith Grey was
sitting there, alone, in the wintry twilight
with clasped hands and head dropped
upon her breast.
| Doctor Dedling plodded home to the
village, and as he passed the brilliant
windows Of the hostelry, he paused, re-
Numbering the bitter cold of the win
| try air, the frosty influence Of the
breeze.
II might as well go in and warm my
f. he thought. .
Mine host met him with n very CHEEKY
air.
"Walk in, doctor--walk inr' said he
"Not that room," as Dedling laid his
hand mechanically upon the door-knob
of the apartment he usually entered.
"The railway committee is settin' there.
This way, please!n ~
''The railway committee? echoed
Oedling. ~-""What railway committee?
You don't mean that they're actually
taking any steps about that old idea of
railway between here and Glassville2'
eyes d." said the Landlord. "It's
a 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-don't say I mentioned IT,
doctor, because I only caught snatch
here and there, when l was carrying in
the plates, and setting on the fruit and
nuts-but it's to. go right through old
Miles Greys cranberry swamp, the new
railway is And the chairman of the
committee is going to offer Miss Judith
five thousand dollars in good, clean, hard
money for her share of it, z.. r..
DR.. Dedling stared.
Observation-Disclosures repeated
he slowly. .. ...,.. -r,.,.,
Could it really be a fact7 1t so-and
there seemed very little reason for doubt
ing it--what fatal mistake he had
made in rejecting a bride who could
bring the rich portion Of a cranberry
swamp as her dover. If he had known
this half an hour--one little half hour
ago.
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"Dont fret about him, Judith dear, he
isn't worth it, urged honest Marmad uke
Reddeld, who had stopped on his way to
the postoffice to bring a message from
his mother. He was always preten-
tious sort of fellow, all for outward
show, with heart Ike stone, and a
nature as shallow rs Deacon Doler's
brooke .. ...- .....,~. -.
Judith looked up at the clumsy, good
hearted, hard handed farmer, and won
dered that she never before noticed what
a true face, and what clear, frank eyes
he had.
"Forget him, JUDITH pleaded Red,
field; and she began seriously to think
that she would make the trial. s'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 here time enough for you to come
BACK to the cranberry swamp"
Judith Grey looked around at the soil
tary room and thought of Mrs. Redfeld S
big, cosy kitchen, with its bright-colorcd
rag-carpet, its windows lined with bloom
ing ge1anlums and it's shrill-voiced ca
nary-bird hanging over the ~ork-tabIe.
do you think" she hesltated,
''that your mother would be willing to be
troubled with such a guest as me2''
Duke Redfeld's face instantly became
radiant.
"OnIy try her. said he, ''dear judith,
you'd be as welcome as the flowers IN
Mayo u.s. .-s5..:
And the next day Mrs. Redfeld came
over in the old farm carry-all to claim
her guest, and the old swamp house was
LETT to its own dreary desolation and the
driving SHOWS OF January.
,I -, ~.
young DIR. Deiling came to the Redfield
| farm in his new gig, with the old roam
horse that really made quite good ap-
pearance when you did not hurry him
and when the road was tolerably good
| and he was free from visitation Of what
is commonly known as ''heaves"
"There'ain't nobody here,' said Ju-
| lius Brown, the hired man, who was split
| ting wood al the side OF the house, Us
he eyed the physician suspic1ously
"No; l know that, my man." SAID Doc
tor Dedling, but I've called to see Miss
| Grey. J[f o.. u IL.
"Miss Grey amt noways ailin' as l
knows OF, persisted julius, feeling the
edge Of his axe, and still staring very
hard at the medical representative OF
Glassvile.
Il have Called" said Doctor Dediing,
las friend"
"Ohn' said Julius. .....
"Will you be so kind as to let me in?''
persisted the doctor.
"Tain't no use,' said Julius, rolling a
prodlgous pine knot down from the pile
and preparing himself tor stupendous
| effort: "there ain t nobody to home"
Nobody at homer echoed the doc
! tor. g.. l. - 49,
"They've all gone to church, exclaim-
| ed Julius.
"To church, msns Why this is Tues
day" Il ... a. $%~&E..EF
who said it wa'n't2" retorted Julius
"They amt gone to hear service-thcy
| are gone to be married" -.----
"Who2"s .rc. e.. t"--2 .-... III
''Why, our Marmaduke and Miss Ju-
dith.' rJrrs M ..tsr
And down came the axe upon the end
| of the pine knot with a crash that made
the man of medicine start backward.
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| The new railroad was duly construct.
ed, directly across the DOGGY depth OF
old Miles Grey's cranberry swamp, and
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