"There
goes Dick Sanderson," he said, pointing to a dapper young man with a
handsome, smooth-shaven face. "He represents the New Jersey Southern
Railroad. And one day another lawyer who met him at dinner remarked,
'I am going to bring a stockholders' suit against your road
to-morrow.' He went on to outline the case, which was a big one.
Sanderson said nothing, but he went out and telephoned to their
agent in Trenton, and the next morning a bill went through both
houses of the Legislature providing a statute of limitations that
outlawed the case. The man who was the victim of that trick is now
the Governor of New York State, and if you ever meet him, you can
ask him about it."
There was a pause for a while; then suddenly the Major remarked,
"Oh, by the way, this beautiful widow you have brought up from
Mississippi--Mrs. Taylor--is that the name?"
"That's it," said Montague.
"I hear that Stanley Ryder has taken quite a fancy to her," said the
other.
A grave look came upon Montague's face. "I am sorry, indeed, that
you have heard it," he said.
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