Up
on the Snake River he had saved Steve's life once when he was drowning. The
boy had always been as close to him as a brother. That Steve should turn
traitor was not conceivable. He knew all his intimate plans, stood second
to himself in the company. Oh, it was a numbing blow! Ridgway's sense of
personal loss and outrage almost obliterated for the moment his
appreciation of the business loss.
The motion to revoke the receivership of the Supply Company was being
argued when Ridgway entered the court-room. Within a few minutes the news
had spread like wild-fire that Eaton was lined up with the Consolidated,
and already the paltry dozen of loafers in the court-room had swelled into
hundreds, all of them eager for any sensation that might develop.
Ridgway's broad shoulders flung aside the crowd and opened a way to the
vacant chair waiting for him. One of his lawyers had the floor and was
flaying Eaton with a vitriolic tongue, the while men craned forward all
over the room to get a glimpse of the traitor's face.
Eaton sat beside Mott, dry-lipped and pallid, his set eyes staring vacantly
into space.
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