Judge Elbridge

Chicago was once a mud-hole of old boots and dead rats; now a palace of trade rises where Judge Elbridge might have made a fortune. One evening, while the household laughs over dinner, young George Bodney broods alone in the office—and a man named Goyle arrives carrying a valise.

In a fast-growing Chicago, retired Judge John Elbridge has made a family of his own son, Howard, and the two children his late law partner entrusted to him. He hopes Howard will carry on his work, but the young men are newly admitted to the bar, and George Bodney is restless, dissatisfied, and drawn to the adventurer Goyle. The Judge trusts in personal freedom—and may not see the danger gathering under his own roof. What has Goyle brought, and what did Bodney’s note ask him to do?

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