Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1880-01-29
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"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, pleaser'
"The railway committed echoed
Dedling. "What railway committed
You don't mean that they're actually
taking any steps about that old idea of
railway between here and Glassville9'
Eyes do" said the Landlord. Its
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 1t,
doctor, because 1 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 Grey's cranberry swamp, the new
railway isl 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-what a fatal mistake he had
made in rejecting bride who could
bring the rich portion of cranberry
swamp as her dover. If be had known
this half an hour-one little half hour
ago.
"Don't fret about him, Judith dear, he
isn't worth il, urged honest Marmaduke
Redfeld, who had stopped on his way to
the postofice to bring message from
his mother. He was always a preten-
tious sort of fellow, all Tor outward
show, with heart like stone, and a
nature as shallow as 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. "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-colored
rag carpet, its windows lined with bloom
ing geranlums and its shrill-vOiced Ca
nary-bird hanging over the workable.
"Do you think" she hesitated,
''that your mother would be willing to be
troubled with such guest as me?"
Duke Redield's face instantly became
radiant.
"Only try her." said he, "dear Judith,
you'd be as welcome as the flowers IN
Mayw
And the next day Mrs. Redfeld came
over in the old farm carry-all to claim
her guest, and the old swamp house was
left to its own dreary desolation and the
driving SHOWS OF January.
Scarcely three weeks had elapsed when
young DR.. Dedling came to the Redfeld
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 ''heavcs.'
"There amt nobody here,' said Ju-
Illus Brown, the hired man, wtro was split
ting wood at the side of the house, as
he eyed the physician suspiclouslY.
"No; know that, my man." SAID Doc
to1 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
Glassville.
II have called" said Doctor Dedling,
Gas friend"
"Ohl" said Julius.
"Will you be so kind as to let me in?'
persisted the doctor.
faint no use," said Julius, rolling a
prodigous pine knot down from the pile
and preparing himself for stupendous
effort; F'there ain nobody to home"
Nobody at homer echoed the doc
tor.
They've all gone to church." exclaim-
ed Julius.
ITO church, man3 Why this is Tues
dayT
"Who said it wa'n't2" retorted Julius.
''Thev amt gone to hear service-they
are gone to be married"
"Who2"
"Why, our Marmaduke and Miss Ju-
dith.'
And down came the axe upon the end
of the pine knot with crash that made
the man OF medicine start backward.
The new railroad was duIy construct