Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-01-25

Mine host met him with n very CHEEKY
air
walk III, doctor-walk in" said he
Not that room," us Dedling laid his
hand mechanically upon the door-knot
of the apartment he usually entered
The railway committee Is settin' there
THIS way, please
The railway committed 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 Glassyille?'
Yes do" said the Landlord. "Its
a committee IF 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 a line of
rails, and-dou't say | mentioned 1t,
doctor, because l only caught snatch
here and there, when | was carrying in
the plates, and setting on the fruit and
nuts-but it's to go right through old
Miles Grey's 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,
DR.. Dedling stared.
Observation-Disclosures. repeated
he slowly.
Could it really be fact? If so-and
there seemed very little reason for doubt
ing it-wbat fatal mistake he had
made in rejecting a bride who could
bring the rich portion of cranberry
swamp as her dover. If be had known
this half an hour-0ne little half hour
ago.
Don't fret about him, Judith dear, he
isn't worth i" urged honest Marmaduke
Redfeld, who had stopped on his way to
the postofiice 10 bring message from
his mother. He was always preten-
tious sort Of fellow, all for outward
show, with p heart lte stone, and a
nature rs shallow rs Deacon Doler's
brooke"
Judith looked up at the clumsy, good
hearted, hard 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. '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 soli-
tary room and thought of Mrs. Redfield's
big, cosy kitchen, with its bright-colored
carpet, It's windows lined with bloom
ing geranlums and its shrill-voiced ca
nary-bird hanging over the workable.
"Do you think" she hesltated,
that your mother would be willing to be
troubled with such a guest as me?"
Duke Redfeld's face instantly became
radiant.
"Only try her." said he, "dear Judith,
you'd be as welcome as the flowers IN
Maym
And the next day Mrs. Redfield came
over in the old farm carry-all to claim
her guest, and the old swamp house was
left to its o~n dreary desolation and the
driving SHOWS OF January.
Scarcely three weeks had elapsed when
young DR.. Dedling came to the Redield
farm in his new gig, with the old roam
horse that really made quite a good ap-
pearance when you did not hurry him
and wheR the road was tolerably good,
and he was free from visitation of what
is commonly known as sheaves.H
"There amt nobody here said Ju-
Illus Brown, the hired man, who was split
ting wood III the side of the house, as
he eyed the physician suspiclously.
NO; know that, my man. SAID Doc
toi Dedling, but I've called to see Miss
Grey.
"Miss Grey amt noways ailin' as
knows of, persisted Julius, feeling the
edge of his axe, and still staring very
hard at the medical representative OF
Glassvilie.
II have called" said Doctor Dedling,
"as friend
"Oh!" said Julius.
''Will you be so kind as TO let me ins'
persisted the doctor.
"Tain't no use" said Julius, rolling a
prodigous pine knot down from the pile;
and preparing himself for a stupendous
effort: "there amt nobody to home"
Nobody at home!" echoed the doc
tor.
They We all gone to church," exclaim-
ed Julius
ITO church, man: Why this is Tues
day"
WHO said it wa T." retorted julius.
'They amt gone to hear service-they
are gone 70 be married"
"Who?"
"Why, our Marmaduke and Miss Ju-
dith.''
And down came the ave upon the end
OF the pine knot with a crash that made
the man OF medicine start backward
The new railroad was duly construct
ed. directly across the DOGGY depth Of
old Miles Grey's cranberry swamp, and
the $4,000 was placed to Mrs. Marina
duke Redfeld's account in the nearest
national bank, and Mrs. Pytchley
thinks she has made mistake in TAX
ing the gold eagles instead OF the cram
berry sWamD-but yOunu Doctor Dpd-