If Judge Bigelow had stood alone, the nephew would have been too
strong for him. But he had a clear-seeing, honest mind to throw
light upon his way, and a young and vigorous arm to lean upon in his
hour of weakness and trial. And so Ralph Dewey, to his surprise and
alarm, found it impossible to bend the Judge from his resolution.
Then followed several weeks, during which time Dewey was flying back
and forth between New York and S----, trying to re-adjust the
disturbed balance of things. The result was as Mr. Wallingford had
anticipated. There was too much at stake for the house of Floyd,
Lawson, Lee, & Co., to let matters fail for lack of Judge Bigelow's
endorsements. Some other prop must be substituted for this one.
The four months that followed were months of anxious suspense on the
part of Judge Bigelow and his true friend, who was standing beside
him, though invisible in this thing to all other eyes, firm as a
rocky pillar. No more endorsements were given, and the paper bearing
his name was by this time nearly all paid.
"Right, so far," said Mr.
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