Judge Rossmore is too strong a man to be got rid of so easily." The speaker sat down and another rose, his arguments being merely a reiteration of those already heard.

Ryder did not listen to what was being said.

Why should he?
Was he not familiar with every possible phase of the game?
Better than these men who merely talked, he was planning how the railroad and all his other interests could get rid of this troublesome judge.
It was true.

He who controlled legislatures and dictated to Supreme Court judges had found himself powerless when each turn of the legal machinery had brought him face to face with Judge Rossmore.

Suit after suit had been decided against him and the interests he represented, and each time it was Judge Rossmore who had handed down the decision.