The dove does not mate with the hawk.
"Do you really believe this, that John Ryder deliberately concocted the bribery charge with the sole purpose of ruining my father ?" demanded Shirley when she had somewhat recovered.
"There is no other solution of the mystery possible," answered Stott.
"The Trusts found they could not fight him in the open, in a fair, honest way, so they plotted in the dark.

Ryder was the man who had most to lose by your father's honesty on the bench.

Ryder was the man he hit the hardest when he enjoined his Transcontinental Railroad.
Ryder, I am convinced, is the chief conspirator." "But can such things be in a civilized community ?" cried Shirley indignantly.

"Cannot he be exposed, won't the press take the matter up, cannot we show conspiracy ?" "It sounds easy, but it isn't," replied Stott.

"I have had a heap of experience with the law, my child, and I know what I'm talking about.