Config constructor ignores ConfigFile contents

I'm trying to get a Config object from a file, but the constructor for 
Config() ignores the file's contents.

If I run the following code:

    java.io.File file = new java.io.File("multiserver.conf");
    com.lutris.util.ConfigFile configFile = new 
com.lutris.util.ConfigFile(file);

    java.io.File outFile = new java.io.File("/tmp/conftest");
    java.io.FileOutputStream outStream = new 
java.io.FileOutputStream(outFile);
    configFile.write(outStream);

    com.lutris.util.KeywordValueTable blah = new 
com.lutris.util.KeywordValueTable();
    blah.set("first", "a");

    com.lutris.util.Config conf = new com.lutris.util.Config(blah, 
configFile);

    org.apache.log4j.Logger.getRootLogger().error("Properties: " + 
conf.toString());


It prints out the following:

     [java] 626 [main] ERROR root  - Properties: {first=a}


It is completely ignoring the data in multiserver.conf.  If I try the 
constructor that takes only the config file, it also ignores the file 
contents.
I've verified that the ConfigFile is reading the file by checking the output 
file /tmp/conftest.