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The Lion and the Mouse in a Corporate Age
A dramatic novel excerpt mingles a powerful rail baron John Ryder with Judge Rossmore in a collision of wealth and law. Ryder schemes to crush a righteous judge career and a public lands dispute, while Rossmore’s integrity resists bribery. The leaders Roberts and Ryder plot behind a court case that tests justice against money power.
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Charles Klein
John Ryder
John
Ryder
Chayter I. Tere
New York
Southern and Transcontinental Railroad Company
Lower Broadway
Southern
Transcontinental Railroad Company
Judge Rossmore
Benels
Supreme Court
Abraham Lincoln
Great Northwestern
Gibraltar
Railroad
John Burkett Ryder
Pennsylvania
Isis
Polossus
Empire Trading Company
Napoleon
Finance
Jefferson
Southern and Transcontinental Railroad
Rossarore
United States Circuit Court
Senator Roberts
Tie
Wisconsin
Beca
Fionally
Congress
United States Senate
Washington Ms
John Tickett Ryder
Bach
Qualia
Syder
Senate
Roberts
Kate
Jefferson Ryder
Menimness
Mr. Lane
Mr. Ryder
The
Colossus
John Tyder
Lombroso
John Syder
Hin
John Ryders
Maggie
Tollo
Kite
Semuter Roberts
Auburndale
Judie Rossmore
Gael
Legisliuires
Rossmore
Shirley
Vassar
Styder
Judge Rossmere
Shirley Rossmore
Finnncier
Ryders
Qidvice
Law Taken
Hyder
Great Northwestern Minti Company
Wats
Wide Bossiere O
Alaska
Great Northwestern Mining Company
Northwestern
Rossmere
Alaskan Mining Company
Europe
Ilis
Stott
John B. Ryder
Basrman
Washington
District of Columbia
Ono
Tad Ryder
Eleeve
Elias