Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-07-05
never ask him where he got It."

never ask MIN WHGTe ne got IL
Ryder was well acquainted with
Judge Rossmore's private means. The
two men had met at dinner, and, al
though Ryder had tried to cultivate
the acquaintance, he never received
much encouragement. Ryder's son
Jefferson, too, had met Miss Shirley
Rossmore and been much attracted to
her, but the father having more am
bilious plans for his heir quickly dis
couraged all attentions In that direc-
ton. He himself, however, continued
to meet the judge casually, and one
evening he contrived to breach the
subject of profitable investments. The
Judge admitted that by careful hoard
ing and much stinting he had managed
to save few thousand dollars which
he was anxious to invest In something
good.
Quick as the keen eyed vulture
swoops down ON its prey the willy
financier seized the opportunity thus
presented And he took so much trou-
BILE in answering the judges mexper.-
enced questions and generally made
HlLuSNII ST. uSICChnAC th0b kaiO I1N9N
found himself regretting that he and
Ryder had by force of circumstances
been opposed to each other in public
| life so long. Ryder strongly recon-
mended the purchase of Alaskan Min
| ing stock, a new and booming enter
prise which had lately become very
active In the marlaet. Ryder said he
had reasons to believe that the stock
| would soon advance, and now there
was an opportunity to get it cheap.
A few days after he had made the
investment the judge was surprised to
receive certificates Of stock for double
the amount he had paid for. At the
same time he received letter from
the secretary of the company explain
ing that the additional stock was pool
stock and not to be marketed at the
| present time It was In the nature of
bonus to which he was entitled as
one Of the early shareholders, The Let.
ter was full Of verblage and technical
details of which the, Judge understood
nothing, but he thought 1t very liberal
OF the company and, putting the stock
away In his safe, soon forgot all about
It. Had he been a business man he
would have scented peril, He would
have realized that he had now In his
POSSESSION $4,000 worth of stock for
which he had not paid a cent and Aur-
thermore had deposited 1t when reor-
Ea4iaation came. .as.,
But the judge was sincerely gratseul
for Ryder's apparently disinterested
advice and wrote two letters to him,
one in which he thanked him for the
trouble he had taken and another In
which he asked him IL he was sure the
company was ananciaIlv sound, as the
Investment be contemplated making
represented all hfs savings. He ad9ed
In the second letter that he had re-
ceiyed stock for double the amount of
his Investment and that. being a per-
feet child In business transactions he
had been unable to account for the ex-
ira $4,000 worth until the secretary os
the company had written him assuming
hlm' that everything was in order.
These letters Ryder kept.
From that time on the Alaskan MN
ing company underwent mysterious
changes. New capitalists gained con-
troi and the name was altered to, the
Great Northwestern Mining eomnanv
Then 1t became involved In 'liti9ation
ana one suit. the outcome of which,
meant millions to the company, was
carried to the supreme court, where
Judge Rossmore was sitting. The
Judge had by this time forgotten ali
about the company In which h OWNED |
stock He did not even recall its Mans,
He only knew vaguely that It was 4
mine and that 1t was situated in Ala&.
ka. Could he dream that the Great
Northwestern Mining company and
the company to which he had intrust.
90 mis- Few thousands were one ana the
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