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So having thus tranquillized his conscience he had gone to work in his usually thorough manner, and his success had surpassed the most sanguine expectations. This is what he had done. Like many of our public servants whose labours are compensated only in niggardly fashion by an inconsiderate country, Judge Rossmore was a man of but moderate means.
It was common knowledge that the "big interests" were behind the proceedings, and that Judge Rossmore was a scapegoat, sacrificed by the System because he had been blocking their game. If Rossmore had really accepted the bribe, and few now believed him spotless, he deserved all that was coming to him. Senator Roberts was very active in Washington preparing the case against Judge Rossmore.
Besides, after the Transcontinental decision he was heard to say that he'd have Judge Rossmore off the Bench inside of a year." "And it wasn't a vain boast he's done it," muttered the judge. Shirley relapsed into silence. Her brain was in a whirl. It was true then.
Perhaps they had not believed these stories. It was only natural. He had not believed them himself. But he had taken the trouble to inquire into the matter very carefully, and he regretted to say that the stories were true. In fact, they were no longer denied by Judge Rossmore himself. The directors looked at each other in amazement.
"Joseph Antony was telling me," he said, "that they're terrible fierce, worser than any rats ever he seen." The Tortoise slipped along and was soon beyond the reach of his voice. She passed the heavy hookers at the quay side, left buoy after buoy behind her, bobbed cheerfully through a tide race at the stone perch, and stood out, the wind right behind her, for Rossmore Head.
It was the next afternoon, when Betty and Grace were having a game of tennis on the court that had been laid out back of the High School, that Alice Jallow and Kittie Rossmore came past, arm in arm. They paused for a moment to watch the game, and during a lull Alice remarked: "When does the tramping club start?"
"She knows everything," answered Stott, "and takes it very sensibly. We shall find her of great moral assistance in our coming fight in the Senate," he added confidently. "Father! Father! What have they done to you?" Realizing that the judge would like to be left alone with Shirley, Mrs. Rossmore invited Mrs.
Tracy, out for an afternoon stroll, had come unexpectantly upon his family arms displayed upon this shabby house-front. The hatchments made him smile; which was nothing, they had made the neighborhood cats do that. "Look, Hawkins, look! I'm drawing It over!" "You're drawing it sure, Rossmore. If I ever had any doubts about materialization, they're gone, now, and gone for good.
He afterwards became assistant district attorney and later, when a vacancy occurred in the city magistrature, he was successful in securing the appointment. On the bench he again met his old friend Rossmore and the two men once more became closely intimate.
Possibly they anticipated what was coming, for after the white flakes of the snowball had fallen from Will's face, and the red, caused by the impact, had died out, he became white with anger. "What did you do that for, Jake Rossmore?" Will cried. "I didn't mean to. You walked right into it!" "A likely story. I'll fix you for that," and Will sprang forward.
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