The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-06-10
Judge Eagan' $
Paper Deal
Why Wealthy Client Bought q
Moribund Paper and Made a
Handsome Profit.

Moribund Paper and Made a
Handsome Profit.
"Andrew Jackson fought duels with
several men who cast aspersions upon
his wife," said Judge Eagan, "and killed
one of them-a man named Dickinson,
a prominent lawy er, 1 elieve. A client
of mine pursued different course in a
similar cause.
"During the civil war there lived in
Virginia very promlne mt family-rich
and powerful. 1t was in fact one of the |
First Families of Virginia. The father
and two sens entered the Confederate
service and were killed in lattle. The
mother and two daughters were left at
home and after their great loss and be-
reavement tteir entire fortune was
swept away by the vicissitudes of war.
The young ladies were beautiful, high
ly accomplished aud of great promise
socially. However, with the stern ne
cessity of earning their daily bre ad fac
ing them, the mother converted her
home into fashionable Southern
boarding house and soon had as many
boarders as she could accommodate.
The young ladies assisted their mother
in every way possible to tighten the
burdens of looking after household
nd hoi inf
forgotten more or less through their
busy hours
"The younger of the two sisters, q
bright, charming, vivacious young miss,
whom l will refer to as Miss Bessie,
fell in love with one of the young
gentlemen boarders and against the ad-
vice of her mother married him. With
| in few " ars baby boy was born
but the husband turned out to be d
drunken n and worthless vagabond who
brought disgra upon the family
through his wild orgies and debt-incur-
/ ring habits and the mother finally con-
cluded to sell out, which she did, and
removed to frontier town in Texas
The young lady referred to obtained a
divorce from her worthless spouse, re-
tanning possession of the boy.
"In the frontier town of Texas the
mother opened small commercial no.
tel and her two daughters assisted hel
as they had done in Virginia. At that
time great trunk line railroad had
just been completed to that point and
, few days thereafter, the President Of
the railroad company arrived at tha,
place on tour of inspection. He alG
his party stayed for several days, of
and on, at the hotel conducted by tht
Virginia family. The President, one O1
the best known men in America, wa
attracted by the gre 1t beauty, vivacit!
and general ladylike accomplishment
of the young grass widow. Thus th'
= President of the railroad compan,
found occasion to make inspection
| trips in the vicinity of that frontie
Texas town for several months until h
!, carried the young grass widow off t,
! New York as his bride. And the bo.
went with them.
"The railroad magnate referred t
:. was exceedingly rich, his wife was YER
| beautiful and accomplished and he
: great ambition was to break into ex
elusive New York society. She CAV
swell receptions-the finest that ha'
ever been attempted in the metropolis
invited members of the 400 with whom
her husband had business relations bu
!. none of them came.
"The great sin of which she wa
guilty was that she and her mothe
had conducted boarding in Vii
ginia and a commercial hotel In Texal
: And yet the leader of the 400 in Ne
York at that time was Mrs. Para
Stevens, q former mill girl of Lowell
and her husband had been in the hot'
business for years unto the day of b
y death. Here was pretty how-de-d
" "In the meantime scandalous gossi
re was circulated regarding the magnate
n wife. She had been unfortunate in
love affair-and the result wasa son