The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1881-02-16

Walk In, Doctor--walk I'M said he
Not that room" as Deddling mechanically
laid his hand upon the door knob of the apart
ment he usually entered. "The Railway
Committee is asitting there. This way
please"
"The Railway Committee /" echoed the
doctor. What railway committee? You
don't mean that they are actually taking an,
steps about that old idea of railway between
here and Glassville?"
Yes do" said the landlord. "Its .
committee of rich CAPITALISTS as are building
factories close to the falls and they mean tt
put up rows of tenement houses all along and
lay down line of rails, and-don't say men.
toned it, Doctor. because / only caught O
snatch here and there, when was carrying
in the plates and setting on the fruit and nuts
and wine but it's to go right through old
Miles Gray's cranberry swamp. the new rail-
road 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 10
DIR. Deddling stared.
l. !
slowly.
Could it really be fact? If so, and there
seemed very little reason for doubling it,
what fatal mistake he had made in rejecting
a bride who could bring the rich portion of a
cranberry swamp as her wedding dover.
If he had known this half an hour-one little
half hour--agol
Don't fret about him, Judith, dear; be
isn't worth it," urged honest Marmaduke
Redfeld, who had stopped on his way to the
post office to bring a message from his mo-
ther. He was always pretentional sort OF
a fellow, all for outward show, with heart
like stone, and IA nature as shallow as Dea-
con Doler's brook
Judith looked up at the clumsy, good
hearted, hard, handed farmer, and wondered
that she had never before noticed what trut
face and what clear, frank eyes he had.
Forget him, Judith" pleaded Redield.
And Judith began seriously to think tina
she would at least make the trial
"Come over to our house and stay will
mother. It's too bleak and lonesome for 20,
here--for the present at least. Spring will
be here time enouphfer YOU to come back I.
the cranberry swamp"
Judith Gray looked around at the solitar,
room, and thought Of Mrs. RedfieId's big
coy kitchen, with its bright.colored rag car.
pet, its windows lined with blooming gerani-
ums, and its shril-voiced canary bird hanging
over the workable.
DO you think" she hesitated, " that your
mother would be willing to be troubled with
such visitor as me y
Duke Redficld's face grew radiant, and be
said
"Only try her. Dear Judith, you'd be as
welcome as flowers in May I"
And the next day Mrs. Redheld 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 DR.. Dedding came to the Redfeld
farm in his own gig, with the old roam horse,
that really made quite "a good appearance
when you didn't hurry, and the road was toll
erably good, and he was free from visitation
commonly known as the "heaves."
"There amt nobody sick here, " said Julius,
the hired man, who was splitting wood at the
side of the house, as he eyed the doctor rather
suspiciously.
emo, know it f; but I've called to see Miss
Gray" said DR.. Deddling.
"Miss Gray amt noways ailin' as know
Of" persisted Julius, feeling at the edge OF
his axe and still staring hard at the medical
representative of Glassville.
II have called as friend, said DIR. Ded-
ding, with dignity.
"Oh !" said Julius.
"Will you be kind enough to let me In F"
persisted the doctor.
"'Tain't no use," said Julius, rolling a
prodigious pine knot down from the pile, and
preparing himself for stupendous effort
"there amt nobody at home"
Nobody at home Z" echod the doctor.
They've all gone TO church, explained
julius.
ITO church, manS Why, it's only Tues
day I"
Who said it wa'n'tS" retofted Julius.
"They amt gone to hear service--they is
gone to be married"
"Who p" demanded DIR. Deddling.
"Our Marmaduke and Miss Judith"
And down came the axe upon the pine knot
with crash that made the man of medicine
start back.
/ The new railroad was duly constructed, d.