Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-02-14

IN the market had been principally
directed against its securities, and
after vainly endeavoring to check the
bear raid, It had been compelled to
declare itself bankrupt It was heavi.
| ly involved, assets nil stock worth
less. 1t was probable that the credi-
tors would not see ten cents on the
dollar. Thousands we're ruined and
Judge Rossmore among them. All the
savings of lifetime-nearly $4,000
were gone. He was practically pen.
niless, at q time when he needed
money worst 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 modeSt competence. AS
to his salary, of course he could not
touch that SO long as this accusation
was hanging over his head And il
he were impeached 1t would stop al,
together. The salary, therefore, was
not to be counted on. They must
manage as best they could and live
more cheaply, taking small house
somewhere in the outskirts of the
city where he could prepare his case
quietly without attracting attention.
Stott thought this was the best
thing they could do and he volunteer.
ed to relieve his friend by taking on
is own hands all the arrangements OF
the sale of the mouse and furniture
which cffcr the judge accepted only
too gladly. Meantime, Mrs. Rossmore
went to Long Island to see what
Nn11lA hn hod oh - 10
little village OF Massapequa just what
they were looking fora commodious
neatly-furnished two-story cottage at
a modest rental. OF course, it was
nothing like what they had been &C
customed to, but it was clean and
comfortable, and es Mr.. Rossmore
said, rather tactlessly, beggars cannot
be choosers. Pcrhaps 1t would not he
for long. instant possession was tc
be had, SO depe sit was pnid on the
spot and few days later tho Ross
mores loft their mans-on on Madison
avenue and took up their residence in
Massapequa, where their advent Gre
ated quite a f1uster In local social cir
cles.
Massapequa is one Of the thousand
and one flourishing communities
scattered over Long Island, all cl
which are apparently modelled after
the sanlc pattern. Each is an exact
duplicate OF its neighbe in every
thing except name-the same untidy
railroad station, the Same sleepy
stores, the Same attracl-ve little frame
residences, built for the most part o.,
the "WEy pay Rent? Own your owI
Home" plan. A healthy boom in rea
estate imparts plenty of life to then
all and Massc pequn &c particularly
famed as being the place where the
cat jumped to WHOM Manhattan had
to seek an outlet for its congestet
population and everincreasing army
OF nome seekers. Formerly large
tracts of flat farm lands, only sparsles
shaded by trees. Massapequa, in com
mon with other villages of it's kind
was utterly destitute OF any natural at
fractions. There was the one princi
pal street leading to the station, with
few scattered stores on either side
church and a bank. Happily, too
for those who were unable to survive
the monotony of the place. it boosted
Of pretty cemetery. There were al
so a number of attractive cottages
with spacious porches hung will
honeysuckle and of these the Ross
mores occupied one of the less pre-
tentious kind.
But although Massapequa, theoreti
cally speaking, was situated only z
stones throw from the metropolis, i
might have been situated in the Grea
Sahara so far as its inhabitants tool
ally active interest in the doings o.
gay Gotham. Local happenings natrr
ally had first claim upon Massapequa's
attention-the prowess of the loca
baseball team, Mrs. Robinson's tes
party and the highly exciting session!
Of the local Pinochle Club furnishing
food for unlimited gossip and scandal
The newspapers reached the village
Of course, but only the local news
items aroused any real interest, while
women folk usually restricted theil
readings to those pages devoted tt
Daily Hints for the Home, Mrs
Sayre's learned articles on Health
and Beauty and Fay Stanton.
Daily Fashions. 1t was no
surprising, therefore, that the fame o
Judge Rossmore and the scandal il
which he was at present involved hat
not penetrated as far as Massapequ,
and that the natives were considerabl,
mystified as to who the new arrivals
in their midst might be-
!. Stott had been given a room in TIL,
cottage so that he might be near a
hand to work with the Judge in tn,
preparations for the defense, and b,
came out from the city every evening
4 It was now June. The Senate woull
not take action until it convened il
December, but there was a lot 0
work to be done and no time to b,
lost.
4 The evening following the day O
i their arrival they were sitting on tn
porch enjoying the cool evening al
after dinner. The Judge was smoking
\ He was not a slave to the weed, bu
4 he enjoyed quiet pipe after meals
4 claiming that it quieted his nerve
and enabled him to think more cleal
i ly. Besides, it was necessary to kee]
at bay the ubiquitous Long Islam
mosquito. Mrs Rossmore had remain
ed for moment in the dining-roon
to admonish Eudoxia, their new an
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