Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-07-11
By CHARLES KLEIN.

the only really honest man In public
life whom he knew, so incensed him
that he was already hurrying back to
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 man
who had dared defy the power of or
ganized capital. Hardly had the news
of the congressional inquiry been
made public, than the financial world
was startled by an extraordinary
slump In Wall street. There was moth
ing in the news of the day to justify
a decline, but prices fell and fell. The
bears had it all their own way, the big
interests hammered stocks all along
the line, ''coppers" especially being the
object of attack. The market closed
feverishly. and the nextaday the same
tactics were pursued. From the open
ing, on selling orders coming from no
one knew where, prices fell to nothing,
a stampede followed, and before long
1t became a panic.
Pandemonium reigned on the floor Of
the Stock Exchange. White faced di-
sheveled brokers shouted and struggled
like men possessed to execute the or
ders Of their clients. Big financial
houses which stood to lose millions on
a falling market rallied and by rush
orders to buy attempted to stem the
tide, but all to no purpose. One firm
after another went by the board, I'M
able to weather the tempest. until just
before closing time the stock ticker
announced the failure Of the Great
Northwestern Mining company. The
drive In the market had been princi-
pally directed against its securities,
and after vainly endeavoring to check
the bear raid it had been compelled to
declare itself bankrupt. 1t was heav-
lily involved, assets nil, stock almost
worthless. 1t was probable that the
creditors would not see 10 cents on the
dollar. Thousands were ruined, and
Judge Rossmore among them. All the
savings of a llfetime-nearly $55,O0O-
We're gone. He was practically pennl-
less at time when he needed money
most. He still owned his house in
Madison avenue, but that would have
to go to settle with his creditors. BY
the time everything was paid there
would only remain enough for a mod
est competence. As to his salary. of
course he could not touch that so long
as this accusation was hanging over
his head, and if he were impeached 1t
would stop altogether. The salary.
therefore, was not to be counted on
They must manage as best they could
and live more cheaply, taking a small
house somewhere in the outskirts OF
the city, where he could prepare his
case quietly without attracting atten
ton.
Stott thought this was the best thing
they could do, and he volunteered to
relieve his friend by taking on his own
hands all the arrangements Of the sale
If the house and furniture, which Of
Ter the Judge accepted only too gladly.
Meantime Mrs. Rossmore went to
Long Island to see what could be had,
and she found at the little village of
just what they were look
ng fora commodious, neatly furnish
I'd two story cottage at modest rent
n. OF course it was nothing like
what they had been accustomed to,
but it was clean and conf ,rtahle, and.
As Mrs. Rossrnore said, rather tactless-
", beggars cannot be choosers. Per
haps 1t would not be for long. Instant
possession was to be had, so a deposit
was paid on the spot, and a few DAYS
later the Rossmores left their mansion
On Madison avenue and took up their
residence in Massapequa, where their
advent created quite fiuster In local
social circles.
Stott was given a room in the cot
tage SO that he might be near at hand
10 work with the judge in the prepara-
ton of the defense, and he came out
from the city every evening. 1t was
aow June. The senate would not take
action until 1t convened IN December,
but there was a. lot of. work to be done
and no time to- be lost.
The evening following the day OF
their arrival they were sitting on the |
porch enjoying the cool evening air aft
sr dinner. The judge was smoking.
He was not a slave to the weed, but he |
enjoyed quiet pipe after meals, claim
ng that it Quieted his nerves and en-
abled him to think more clearly. Be |
'ides, 1t was necessary to keep at bay
he ubiquitous Long Island mosquito. |
Mrs. Rossmore had remained for a
in the dining room to admon-
sh Eudoxia, their new and only maid
II all work. not to wreck too much of |
he crockery when she removed the din
Ter dishes. Suddenly Stott. who was pc.
using an evening paper, asked:
by the way. where's your daugh-
er? Does she know Of this radical
,hange In your affairs2'
Judge Rossmore' started. By what
mysterious agency had this man pene-
rated his own most intimate thoughts? |
lie was himself thinking Of Shirley /
hat very moment, and by some mex !