Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1883-12-01

upon her breast.
DR.. Dedling plodded home to the vii
lage, and as he passed the brilliant
windows of the little tavern, he paused,
remembering the bitter cold of the win
ter air, the frosty influence of the
breeze.
sI may as well 90 in and warm my
self" thought he.
Mine host met him with Il eheery air.
"Walk in, doctor, walk in said he.
"Not that room," Dedling mechanically
turned toward the apartment he usually
entered. "The railway committee is
sitting there"
"The railway committee' echoed
Dedling. "You don't mean that they
are taking any steps about the old idea
of building a railway between here and
Glassville"'
eyes, do" said the landlord. "1ts
committee of rich capitalists, as are
building factories close to the falls ;
don't say l mentioned it, doctor. be-
cause | only caught a snatch here and
there, when was carrying in the plates ;
but it's to 90 right through old Miles
Grey's cranberry swamp, the railway
is! And the chairman is going to offer
Miss Judith five thousand dollars in
clean, hard cash for her share in it,"
DIR. Dedling started.
olive thousand dollars" he said
slowly.
Could it be trueP If so, what fatal
mistake he had made in rejecting Il
bride who could bring the rich portion
of cranberry swamp as her wedding
dover. If he had known this half an
hour-one little half hour ago!
"Don't fret about him, Judith dear,
he isn't worth it," urged honest Mar
maduke Redfield, who had stopped on
his way to the postotiice to bring mes
sage from his mother. "lie was al
ways pretentous sort OF a fellow, all
for outward show, with hard heart
and Il shallow nature"
Judith glanced up at the clumsy
hard-handed farmer, and wondered that
she had never before seen what true
face and what clear, frank eyes he had
az loved him-once," she faltered.
"Forget him, Judith" pleaded Red
field; and she began seriously to think
that she would at least try to do SO
"Come over to our house and stay with
mother. 1t is rather lonesome for you
here, for the present, ut least. Spring
will be time enough for you to come
back to the cranberry swamp"
Judith thought of Mrs. Redfield's cosy
kitchen, with its bright carpet, its win
dows lined with geraniums, and its
shrill-voiced canary hanging over the
workable.
''Do you think that your mother
| would be willing to be troubled with
such a guest as II" she asked hesita
tingly.
Duke Redfeld's face was radiant.
"Dear Judith, you'd be as welcome
us the flowers in May"
The next day Mrs. Rediield came
over in the old farm carryall to claim
her guest, and the swamp was left to III
| dreary desoation and the driving SHOWS
| of January.
Scarcely three weeks had elapsed
when young Or. Dedlng came to Red
| field farm in his new gig, with the old
roam horse, which really made quite &
| fine appearance when you did not hurr,
him, and he was free from visitation
commonly known as the "heaves."
"There amt nobody sick here" said
Julius, the hired man, who was split
ing wood at the side of the house.
| "No, | know it," said DIR. Dedling
81 want to see Miss Grey"
"Miss Grey amt no ways ailin' as
know of, persisted julius, testing the
edge of his AK and staring hard ut the
doctor.
81 have called as FRIEND" said DR.
Dedling, with dignity.
"Oh," said julius.
"Will you be kind enough TO let me
in?' persisted the doctor.
"Taint no use," said julius, rolling
prodigious pine knot down from the
pile, and preparing himself for II stu
pendous effort; "there amt nobody te
home"
"Nobody at home?"
"They've all gone to church," ex
claimed julius.
"To church, man? Why, it's Tues
day.
"Who said it wasn't?" retorted Julius
"They amt gone to hear service-they
are gone to be married!"
"Who?"
"Our Marmaduke and Miss Judith !"
Down came the AK upon the end o
the pine knot with a crash that made
the man of medicine start back.
The new railroad was duly constructed
directly across the depth of Miles Grey's
cranberry swamp, and five thousand
dollars were placed to Mrs. Marmaduke
Redfields account in the nearest ma
tional bank; and Mrs. Pytchley thinks
she has made mistake in taking the
money instead of the cranberry swamp
but young DR.. Dedling thinks his mis-,
take was greater still.
IDEAS 60 YEARS AGo.-I remember
the roars of laughter which the dis
cussion of Martins bill for the preven
\ /. - Il