The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-01-27

ihr amount he had paid for. Al the
same time Ae received letter from
TIE secretary OF tie company explain
-hs tLlt lie additional stock was pool
stock and not 10 be marketed az the
present Tine IL Was iu the nature
or q bonus 20 which be was entitled
aH one 1f the early shareholder The
lei-ef was rull Or yerbiase and techni-
cal details or which the Judge under
r-peu nothing. but Ie thought 10 very
-.DeIal OF Tie company, and putting the
stock away ia mis- SAFE soon forgot all
about d. Had lie been a business man
ne oAlu nave scented peril He would
nave realized that lie had now IN his
possession So worth OF stock for
which he lau not paid Il cent. ana fur
tiriiAoie AHd deposited 80 when a re-
Organization came
hut Tie judge Was sincerely grateful
for hydrr's apparently disiuterested
advice. ana wrote two letters 10 him.
one iH HllsH le thanked him for The
trouble be had taken. and another In
Hich De asked him II Le was sure
LHe company was financially sound as
the investment he contemplated MAX
ing represented all his savings He
added ln the second letter that ne had
received stock for double tile amount
CI lls Investment and that being a
perfect child in business transactions
a- had been unable TO account for The
extra N1u15 worth until the secretary
DO Tie company had written him assur-
nE him that everything was iu order.
Iurse letters Ryder kept
From that time on the A Alaskan Min
ing Company. underwent mysterious
rf.ll ses. New capitalists gained con
ITol and tie name was altered 10 the
Great n northern Mining Company.
Then % became involved ia litigation.
and one suit, the outcome OF which
meant millions 70 the company. was
.H Z u
Judge hussmare was sitting. The
Judge had by THIS time forgotten all
about Tie company IN which he own
ed stock. Tie dia not even recall its
name lie only knew vaguely that
II was a mine and that II was situat-
"a IN ALASKA. Could he dream that
the Great Northwestern Mining Com
uauy and the company 20 which he
lad intTusted his few thousands were
one and the same1 In deciding on the
right seemed 10 him 10 be plainly with
the northwestern and he rendered a
decision 10 that effect II was an TIM
puTtaut decision involving a large
sum. and for a day or two II was
talked about But as ~ was the opin-
Ion ~ the most learned and honest
Judge on the bench no one dreamed
of questioning IT,
iil. very soon ugly para graphs be
san 90 appear On the newspapers. one
ilahtI asked PIT Ut were true Laat Ut AEr
ROOsmoTe owned stock in the Great
Northwestern Mining Company which
had recently benefited so sigually by
his decision. Interviewed bV q re-
porter Judge Rossmore Indignantly
denied being interested IN any way I'm
the company ThereupOn the same pa
per returned 10 the attack. stating
that the Judge. must surely be mis-
taken a 8 the records showed a sale Of
stock 10 him az the time the company
was known as the Alaskan Mining
Company. When he read this the
Judge was overwhelmed. II was true
them They had not slandered him.
il was he who had He'd. but how in
HOcentlY-hGW innoceutlyl
His daughter Shirley. who was HIS
greatest friend aud comfort. was then
IN Europe She had gone 20 the con
tineHt 10 rest. after working for
months ON a novel which she had Just
published His wife entirely without
experience tn business matters and
somewhat Of an invalid. was helpless
90 advise him. But 90 his old and
tried friend, ex-Judge Stott Judge
R0ssmore explained the facts as they