The Washington times., 1907-02-24
CHAPTER VI Continual

when both were young men about 20
enter ON public career. StUtt. who
was ROssmore's Junior had begun as
a lawyer iu New York and soon ac-
quired n reputation i'm criminal prac-
tee. He afterwards became assistant
district attorney and later. wheE a va
caucv occurred I'm the city maglstrat-
ere, he was successful ia securing the
appointment. ON the bench he met his
old friend ROssmOre and the two men
once more became closely intimate
The regular court hours. however.
soon palled on a man OF Judge StOtts
nervous temperament. and II was not
long before he retired o. take mp once
more his criminal practice. He was
stIll young man. not yet htty. and
fun Of VigOr ana fight. lie had blunt
manner. but his heart was In the right
place, and he had a record as clean as
his close shavcn face. re was hard
worker, brilliant speaker. and one or
the cieVerest crcss-cSominerS az the
bar This was the man TO whom
Judge Bossmore naturally turned for
legal assistance.
st0tt was out West when nc first
hoard OF lhe proceedings against his
old friend, ana THIS iudignity put upon
the only really honest man IA puDilc
life whom he knew. so inceused MIN
that he was already hurryinS back %
bis aid when the summons reached
him.
Meantime. a fresh and more serious
calamity had overwhelmed Judge
ftOEsmorc- Everything seemed to COM
hinc 10 break the spirit OF this man
who had dared defy the power OF or
ganized capital Hardly bad the news
Of the Congressional inquiry been
made public. than the financial world
was startled by an extraordinary
slump I'm Wall Street. There was
nothing IN the news OF the Jay 20
Justify n decline, but prices fell and
fell. The bears had it all their own
way. TIC big interests hammered
stocks an along the llne "coppers
especially being the object Of attack
The market closed fcverishly and the
next day the same tactics were pur-
sued. From the opening. on selling or
ders coming from no one knew where.
prices fell 90 nothing. a stampede fol-
lowed and before long Il became n
panic Pandcmouium reiEned on the
floor or tho stock Exchange White
faced. disheveled brokers shouted and
struggled ike men possessed 70 eX-
ecute the orders of their clients Big
financial houses, which stood 70 lose
millions on n falling market. rallied
and by rush orders 20 buy attempted
70 stem the TIDE, but all 20 no purpose.
One firm after another went by The
board una bic 90 weather the tempest,
until just before closing time. the
stock ticker announced the failure Of
the Great Northwestern Mining Com
pany The drive IN the market had
been principally directed against
It's securities, and after vainly
endeavoring TO check the bear
raid. II had been compelled
TO declare itself bankrupt. It was
heavily involved. assets nil. stock al
most worthless. II was probable that
the creditors would not see ten cents
on the dollar. Thousands were mined
and Judge RossmCrc among them. All
The savings OF Il lifetime-uearly SIS 600
were gone. He was practically pennl-
less. at time when he needed money
most. Ho stiH owned his house IN
NIHHH HHnrnH 4
20 90 10 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. ne could not touch that so long
as this accusation was hanging over
MS head And III he were Unmatched
u would stop altogether. The salarv.
therefore. was not 20 be counted on
Ihey must manage MS best they could
ana live more cheaply. taking a small
hcuse somewhere IN the outskirts or
the city where he could prepare his
case quietly without attracting atten-
.,Stott thought this was the best thing
5ney could do and he volunteered 10
leueEe DIS friend by taking on HIS own
hands all the arrangement 81 tbc
sale OF the house and furniture vvbjcb
oitcF inc Judge accepted OrIv too Glad
~ meantime. Mrs. RoSsmOrn went
70 Long Island TO sec what could no
mao and she found at the Iffflo ,-fII,r.o
tooNinE fora COmmOdious. neatly
furnished two-stOry cottage at n mod
gst rental OF course. IL was nofbfDr-
~ ,Ne What they had been accustomed
20. Dut II was clean and COmfortablo
dhu as Mrs. ROSsmorc said rather
,actlessly, beggars cannot be choosers
ernapS II would not be for long. In
sltIt possession was To be had. so de-
post was paid on the spot and n fov,
Gays later the ROssmnros left ibti-
mansion on Madison avenue ana tool
no their residence IN B1assapeGua.
lleIe tneif ADVENT created quite a
nister Tn local social circles
Mass9pequa IS one Of tho thousand
.-l one uourlshlnE communities scat
f'red over Long Island. ill of which
pr. apparently modelled after the same
Ittletn- Zach Us an exact duplicate
or It's neiEhbor I'm everything except
INC namc-the same untidv railroad
station, the same sleepy stores. tho
,,i19e 4tJr3ctive little frame residences.
nnnlIt Tor tho most part on the WHY
ray kcntt own Your Own Horne''
plan. a healthy boom In real estate
l,mpdrts plenty OF lifo 20 them all and
Mars1Douul is particularly famed ne
being tho place where the cat inT1ncd
To when Manhattan had to seek an
outlet Tor It's congcsted population and
.Nei-lnc rcdSln- army OF home seekers
Formerly large tracts OF fiat farm
lands. ONLY sparseIv shaded Inv t;,eos
oassapequa. ir common with ofb9r
villages or its kind. was utterly dcsti-
lulc OF any natural attractions There
was tho enc principal street lcadine-
70 inc station. WITH q fcw scattered
siotcS on either side. n church and a
nanE. Happily. too. FOR those who
were un9rie 90 survive tho monOtonv
or tho place. 10 holstcd OF n pretty
cemetery. There were also a number
OF attractive cottages with spacious
pOfcheS hung with hOuCvsuClyln and OF
these the ltoSsmOrcs occupied one of
the less preteutious kind
But although Nfass1uoQua. fhrorcif-
caliT speaking was situated cn1v n
stone throw from tho metropolis IL
might have been situated I'm tho Great
sahIra Sut Tar 2e its inhabitants took
any active interest I'm the doinEs OF
gay Gotham. Local happenings mar
urally had trst claim upon Massage
qua atteutlon-jhe prowcss OF the
local baseball team Mrs Eobinsou's
tea party. and the highly exciting Sos
sious ol The local Biuorhlc Club FUR
nishiu- food for unlimited gossip and
scandal. The newspapers reached the
village. o. course. but only the local
news Items aroused any real interest.
while the women folk usually restrict
cd their -eaduCq 10 those pages de-
voted 90 Daily Hints for the Home
Mrs. Sayrc learned articles ON
Health and Beauty" and Fay Stan
ton s. Daily Fashions tt was not sur,
urisin~. therefore. that the fame Of
Judge Rosgmorc and tho scandal I'm
which De was ut present involved had
NOT penetrated AS FAR as AIasscpcqua
and that the natives were considerably
mysuned as TO who the now arrivals
iu their midst might be
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