He did not even recall its name.

He only knew vaguely that it was a mine and that it was situated in Alaska.

Could he dream that the Great Northwestern Mining Company and the company to which he had entrusted his few thousands were one and the same?
In deciding on the merits of the case presented to him right seemed to him to be plainly with the Northwestern, and he rendered a decision to that effect.

It was an important decision, involving a large sum, and for a day or two it was talked about.

But as it was the opinion of the most learned and honest judge on the bench no one dreamed of questioning it.
But very soon ugly paragraphs began to appear in the newspapers.
One paper asked if it were true that Judge Rossmore owned stock in the Great Northwestern Mining Company which had recently benefited so signally by his decision.