Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-02-14
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CHAPTER YI.-lContinuedl
BY CHARLES KLEIN AND ARTHUR HoRNBLo

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CHAPTER vI.-(Continued).
1t was very evident that no help
was to be looked for in that quarter.
There was even decided hostility in
Ryder's reply. Could it be true that
the financier was really behind these
attacks upon his character, was II
possible that one man merely to make
more money would deliberately ruin
grasped in friendship? He had been
unwilling to believe 1t when his
friend, ex-Judge Stott had pointed to
Ryder as the author Of all his mis-.
fortunes, but this unsympathic letter
with it's falsehoods, it's lies plainly
written all over It's face, was proof
enough. Yes, there was now no doubt
possible. John Burkett Ryder was his
enemy and what an enemy! Many
a man had committed suicide when he
had incurred the enmity of the Colos-
sus. Judge Rossmore, completely
discouraged, bowed his head to the
inevitable
His wife, a nervous, sickly woman,
was helpless to comfort or aid him.
She had taken the misfortune as q
visitation of an inscrutable Deity. She
knew, of course, that her husband
was wholly innocent of the accuse.
tons brought against him and If his
character could be cleared and him
self rehabilitated before the, world,
she would be the first to rejoice. But
If 1t pleased the Almighty in His
wisdom to sorely try her husband
and herself and inflict this punish.
ment upon them it was not for the
finite mind to criticise the ways of
Providence. There was probably some
good reason for the apparent cruelty
and injustice of it which their earth.
" understanding failed to grasp. Mrs.
Rossmore found much comfort in this
philosophy, which gave a satisfactory
ending to both ends of the problem
and she was upheld in her view by
the rector of the church which she
had attended regularly each Sunday
for the past five years. Christian
resignation in the hour of trial, sub
mission to the will of Heaven we're,
fundamental principles of religion. He
could only hope that Mrs. Rossmore
would succeed In imbuing her husband
with her Christian spirit But when
the Judges wife returned home and
the keen mental distress of the man
who had been her compaion for
twenty-five long years, the comforter
in her sorrows, the Joy and pride OF
her young wifehood, she forgot all
about her SNUG churchly consider, and
her heart went out to her husband in
a spontaneous burst of genuine hui
man sympathy. Yes, they must dc
something at once. Where men had
failed perhaps woman could dc
something. She wanted to cable al
once for Shirley, who was everything
in their household organizer, mana
ger, adviser-but the Judge would not
hear of 1t. No, his daughter was en-
Joying her holiday in blissful ignor
ance of what had occurred. He would
not spoil it for her. They would see;
perhaps things would improve. But
he sent for his ola friend ex-Judge
Stott.
They were lifelong friends, having
become acquainted nearly thirty years
ago at the law school, at the time
when both were young men about tc
enter on public career. Stott, who
was Rossmore's junior, had begun as
lawyer in New York and soon
acquired reputation in criminal prac
tice. He afterwards became assistant
district attorney and later, when 9
vacancy occurred In the city magistra
ture, he was successful in securing
the appointment On the bench he
again met his old friend Rossmore
and the two men once more became
closely intimate. ,Ane regular court
hours, however, soon palled on mar
Of Judge Stott's nervous Temperament
and 1t was not long before he retired
to take up once more his crimina
practice. He was still young man
not vet fifty, and full of vigor and
fight. He had a blunt manner but
his heart was in the right place, and
he had record as clean as his close
shaven face He was a hard worker
a brilliant speaker and one of the
cleverest cross-examiners at the bar
This was the man to whom Judge
Roosmore naturally turned for lega
assistance.
Stott was out West when he frs,
heard of the proceedings against his
old friend, and this indignity put upor
the only really honest man in public
life whom he knew, SO incensed hin
that he was already hurrying back t.
his aid when the summons reached
him
Meantime, a fresh and more serious
calamity had overwhelmed Judge
Rossmore. Everything seemed to com
bine to break the spirit of this mar
who had dared dery the power O
organized capital. Hardly had tn,
news Of the Congres sional inquir,
been made public, than the financia
world was startled by an extraor
binary slump in Wall Street. Their,
was nothing in the news of the da,
to Justify a decline, but prices fell ant
fell. The bears had it all their owl
way, the big interests hammered
stocks all along the line, "coppers'
especially being the object of attacl,
The market closed feverishly and tn,
next day the same tactics were pur
sued. From the opening, on sellint
orders coming from no one knew
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