stock_brokers_clerk.txt

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<s> SHORTLY AFTER MY MARRIAGE I HAD BOUGHT A CONNECTION IN THE PADDINGTON DISTRICT </s>
<s> OLD MR. FARQUHAR FROM WHOM I PURCHASED IT HAD AT ONE TIME AN EXCELLENT GENERAL PRACTICE BUT HIS AGE AND AN AFFLICTION OF THE NATURE OF SAINT VITUS'S DANCE FROM WHICH HE SUFFERED HAD VERY MUCH THINNED IT </s>
<s> THE PUBLIC NOT UNNATURALLY GOES ON THE PRINCIPLE THAT HE WHO WOULD HEAL OTHERS MUST HIMSELF BE WHOLE AND LOOKS ASKANCE AT THE CURATIVE POWERS OF THE MAN WHOSE OWN CASE IS BEYOND THE REACH OF HIS DRUGS </s>
<s> THUS AS MY PREDECESSOR WEAKENED HIS PRACTICE DECLINED UNTIL WHEN I PURCHASED IT FROM HIM IT HAD SUNK FROM TWELVE HUNDRED TO LITTLE MORE THAN THREE HUNDRED A YEAR </s>
<s> I HAD CONFIDENCE HOWEVER IN MY OWN YOUTH AND ENERGY AND WAS CONVINCED THAT IN A VERY FEW YEARS THE CONCERN WOULD BE AS FLOURISHING AS EVER </s>
<s> FOR THREE MONTHS AFTER TAKING OVER THE PRACTICE I WAS KEPT VERY CLOSELY AT WORK AND SAW LITTLE OF MY FRIEND SHERLOCK HOLMES FOR I WAS TOO BUSY TO VISIT BAKER STREET AND HE SELDOM WENT ANYWHERE HIMSELF SAVE UPON PROFESSIONAL BUSINESS </s>
<s> I WAS SURPRISED THEREFORE WHEN ONE MORNING IN JUNE AS I SAT READING THE BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL AFTER BREAKFAST I HEARD A RING AT THE BELL FOLLOWED BY THE HIGH SOMEWHAT STRIDENT TONES OF MY OLD COMPANION'S VOICE </s>
<s> QUOTE AH MY DEAR WATSON QUOTE SAID HE STRIDING INTO THE ROOM QUOTE I AM VERY DELIGHTED TO SEE YOU </s>
<s> I TRUST THAT MRS. WATSON HAS ENTIRELY RECOVERED FROM ALL THE LITTLE EXCITEMENTS CONNECTED WITH OUR ADVENTURE OF THE SIGN OF FOUR </s>
<s> THANK YOU WE ARE BOTH VERY WELL SAID I SHAKING HIM WARMLY BY THE HAND </s>
<s> AND I HOPE ALSO HE CONTINUED SITTING DOWN IN THE ROCKINGCHAIR THAT THE CARES OF MEDICAL PRACTICE HAVE NOT ENTIRELY OBLITERATED THE INTEREST WHICH YOU USED TO TAKE IN OUR LITTLE DEDUCTIVE PROBLEMS </s>
<s> ON THE CONTRARY I ANSWERED IT WAS ONLY LAST NIGHT THAT I WAS LOOKING OVER MY OLD NOTES AND CLASSIFYING SOME OF OUR PAST RESULTS </s>
<s> I TRUST THAT YOU DON'T CONSIDER YOUR COLLECTION CLOSED </s>
<s> QUOTE NOT AT ALL </s>
<s> I SHOULD WISH NOTHING BETTER THAN TO HAVE SOME MORE OF SUCH EXPERIENCES </s>
<s> TO DAY FOR EXAMPLE </s>
<s> YES TO DAY IF YOU LIKE </s>
<s> AND AS FAR OFF AS BIRMINGHAM </s>
<s> CERTAINLY IF YOU WISH IT </s>
<s> QUOTE AND THE PRACTICE QUOTE </s>
<s> I DO MY NEIGHBOUR'S WHEN HE GOES </s>
<s> HE IS ALWAYS READY TO WORK OFF THE DEBT </s>
<s> HA NOTHING COULD BE BETTER SAID HOLMES LEANING BACK IN HIS CHAIR AND LOOKING KEENLY AT ME FROM UNDER HIS HALF CLOSED LIDS </s>
<s> I PERCEIVE THAT YOU HAVE BEEN UNWELL LATELY </s>
<s> SUMMER COLDS ARE ALWAYS A LITTLE TRYING </s>
<s> QUOTE I WAS CONFINED TO THE HOUSE BY A SEVERE CHILL FOR THREE DAYS LAST WEEK </s>
<s> I THOUGHT HOWEVER THAT I HAD CAST OFF EVERY TRACE OF IT </s>
<s> SO YOU HAVE </s>
<s> YOU LOOK REMARKABLY ROBUST </s>
<s> HOW THEN DID YOU KNOW OF IT </s>
<s> MY DEAR FELLOW YOU KNOW MY METHODS </s>
<s> QUOTE YOU DEDUCED IT THEN QUOTE </s>
<s> CERTAINLY </s>
<s> AND FROM WHAT </s>
<s> FROM YOUR SLIPPERS </s>
<s> I GLANCED DOWN AT THE NEW PATENT LEATHERS WHICH I WAS WEARING </s>
<s> HOW ON EARTH I BEGAN BUT HOLMES ANSWERED MY QUESTION BEFORE IT WAS ASKED </s>
<s> YOUR SLIPPERS ARE NEW HE SAID </s>
<s> QUOTE YOU COULD NOT HAVE HAD THEM MORE THAN A FEW WEEKS </s>
<s> THE SOLES WHICH YOU ARE AT THIS MOMENT PRESENTING TO ME ARE SLIGHTLY SCORCHED </s>
<s> FOR A MOMENT I THOUGHT THEY MIGHT HAVE GOT WET AND BEEN BURNED IN THE DRYING </s>
<s> BUT NEAR THE INSTEP THERE IS A SMALL CIRCULAR WAFER OF PAPER WITH THE SHOPMAN'S HIEROGLYPHICS UPON IT </s>
<s> DAMP WOULD OF COURSE HAVE REMOVED THIS </s>
<s> YOU HAD THEN BEEN SITTING WITH YOUR FEET OUTSTRETCHED TO THE FIRE WHICH A MAN WOULD HARDLY DO EVEN IN SO WET A JUNE AS THIS IF HE WERE IN HIS FULL HEALTH </s>
<s> LIKE ALL HOLMES'S REASONING THE THING SEEMED SIMPLICITY ITSELF WHEN IT WAS ONCE EXPLAINED </s>
<s> HE READ THE THOUGHT UPON MY FEATURES AND HIS SMILE HAD A TINGE OF BITTERNESS </s>
<s> I AM AFRAID THAT I RATHER GIVE MYSELF AWAY WHEN I EXPLAIN SAID HE </s>
<s> RESULTS WITHOUT CAUSES ARE MUCH MORE IMPRESSIVE </s>
<s> YOU ARE READY TO COME TO BIRMINGHAM THEN </s>
<s> CERTAINLY </s>
<s> WHAT IS THE CASE QUOTE </s>
<s> YOU SHALL HEAR IT ALL IN THE TRAIN </s>
<s> MY CLIENT IS OUTSIDE IN A FOUR WHEELER </s>
<s> CAN YOU COME AT ONCE </s>
<s> IN AN INSTANT </s>
<s> I SCRIBBLED A NOTE TO MY NEIGHBOUR RUSHED UPSTAIRS TO EXPLAIN THE MATTER TO MY WIFE AND JOINED HOLMES UPON THE DOORSTEP </s>
<s> YOUR NEIGHBOUR IS A DOCTOR SAID HE NODDING AT THE BRASS PLATE </s>
<s> YES HE BOUGHT A PRACTICE AS I DID </s>
<s> QUOTE AN OLD ESTABLISHED ONE QUOTE </s>
<s> JUST THE SAME AS MINE </s>
<s> BOTH HAVE BEEN EVER SINCE THE HOUSES WERE BUILT </s>
<s> AH THEN YOU GOT HOLD OF THE BEST OF THE TWO </s>
<s> I THINK I DID </s>
<s> BUT HOW DO YOU KNOW </s>
<s> QUOTE BY THE STEPS MY BOY </s>
<s> YOURS ARE WORN THREE INCHES DEEPER THAN HIS </s>
<s> BUT THIS GENTLEMAN IN THE CAB IS MY CLIENT MR. HALL PYCROFT </s>
<s> ALLOW ME TO INTRODUCE YOU TO HIM </s>
<s> WHIP YOUR HORSE UP CABBY FOR WE HAVE ONLY JUST TIME TO CATCH OUR TRAIN </s>
<s> THE MAN WHOM I FOUND MYSELF FACING WAS A WELL BUILT FRESHCOMPLEXIONED YOUNG FELLOW WITH A FRANK HONEST FACE AND A SLIGHT CRISP YELLOW MOUSTACHE </s>
<s> HE WORE A VERY SHINY TOP HAT AND A NEAT SUIT OF SOBER BLACK WHICH MADE HIM LOOK WHAT HE WAS A SMART YOUNG CITY MAN OF THE CLASS WHO HAVE BEEN LABELLED COCKNEYS BUT WHO GIVE US OUR CRACK VOLUNTEER REGIMENTS AND WHO TURN OUT MORE FINE ATHLETES AND SPORTSMEN THAN ANY BODY OF MEN IN THESE ISLANDS </s>
<s> HIS ROUND RUDDY FACE WAS NATURALLY FULL OF CHEERINESS BUT THE CORNERS OF HIS MOUTH SEEMED TO ME TO BE PULLED DOWN IN A HALF COMICAL DISTRESS </s>
<s> IT WAS NOT HOWEVER UNTIL WE WERE IN A FIRST CLASS CARRIAGE AND WELL STARTED UPON OUR JOURNEY TO BIRMINGHAM THAT I WAS ABLE TO LEARN WHAT THE TROUBLE WAS WHICH HAD DRIVEN HIM TO SHERLOCK HOLMES </s>
<s> WE HAVE A CLEAR RUN HERE OF SEVENTY MINUTES HOLMES REMARKED </s>
<s> I WANT YOU MR. HALL PYCROFT TO TELL MY FRIEND YOUR VERY INTERESTING EXPERIENCE EXACTLY AS YOU HAVE TOLD IT TO ME OR WITH MORE DETAIL IF POSSIBLE </s>
<s> IT WILL BE OF USE TO ME TO HEAR THE SUCCESSION OF EVENTS AGAIN </s>
<s> IT IS A CASE WATSON WHICH MAY PROVE TO HAVE SOMETHING IN IT OR MAY PROVE TO HAVE NOTHING BUT WHICH AT LEAST PRESENTS THOSE UNUSUAL AND OUTRE FEATURES WHICH ARE AS DEAR TO YOU AS THEY ARE TO ME </s>
<s> NOW MR. PYCROFT </s>
<s> I SHALL NOT INTERRUPT YOU AGAIN </s>
<s> OUR YOUNG COMPANION LOOKED AT ME WITH A TWINKLE IN HIS EYE </s>
<s> THE WORST OF THE STORY IS. SAID HE. THAT I SHOW MYSELF UP AS SUCH A CONFOUNDED FOOL </s>
<s> OF COURSE IT MAY WORK OUT ALL RIGHT AND I DON'T SEE THAT I COULD HAVE DONE OTHERWISE BUT IF I HAVE LOST MY CRIB AND GET NOTHING IN EXCHANGE I SHALL FEEL WHAT A SOFT JOHNNY I HAVE BEEN </s>
<s> I'M NOT VERY GOOD AT TELLING A STORY DOCTOR WATSON BUT IT IS LIKE THIS WITH ME </s>
<s> QUOTE I USED TO HAVE A BILLET AT COXON AND WOODHOUSE'S OF DRAPER GARDENS BUT THEY WERE LET IN EARLY IN THE SPRING THROUGH THE VENEZUELAN LOAN AS NO DOUBT YOU REMEMBER AND CAME A NASTY CROPPER </s>
<s> I HAVE BEEN WITH THEM FIVE YEARS AND OLD COXON GAVE ME A RIPPING GOOD TESTIMONIAL WHEN THE SMASH CAME. BUT OF COURSE WE CLERKS WERE ALL TURNED ADRIFT THE TWENTY SEVEN OF US </s>
<s> I TRIED HERE AND TRIED THERE BUT THERE WERE LOTS OF OTHER CHAPS ON THE SAME LAY AS MYSELF AND IT WAS A PERFECT FROST FOR A LONG TIME </s>
<s> I HAD BEEN TAKING THREE POUNDS A WEEK AT COXON'S AND I HAD SAVED ABOUT SEVENTY OF THEM BUT I SOON WORKED MY WAY THROUGH THAT AND OUT AT THE OTHER END </s>
<s> I WAS FAIRLY AT THE END OF MY TETHER AT LAST AND COULD HARDLY FIND THE STAMPS TO ANSWER THE ADVERTISEMENTS OR THE ENVELOPES TO STICK THEM TO </s>
<s> I HAD WORN OUT MY BOOTS PADDLING UP OFFICE STAIRS AND I SEEMED JUST AS FAR FROM GETTING A BILLET AS EVER </s>
<s> AT LAST I SAW A VACANCY AT MAWSON AND WILLIAMS'S THE GREAT STOCK BROKING FIRM IN LOMBARD STREET </s>
<s> I DARE SAY E. C. IS NOT MUCH IN YOUR LINE BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT THIS IS ABOUT THE RICHEST HOUSE IN LONDON </s>
<s> THE ADVERTISEMENT WAS TO BE ANSWERED BY LETTER ONLY </s>
<s> I SENT IN MY TESTIMONIAL AND APPLICATION BUT WITHOUT THE LEAST HOPE OF GETTING IT </s>
<s> BACK CAME AN ANSWER BY RETURN SAYING THAT IF I WOULD APPEAR NEXT MONDAY I MIGHT TAKE OVER MY NEW DUTIES AT ONCE PROVIDED THAT MY APPEARANCE WAS SATISFACTORY </s>
<s> NO ONE KNOWS HOW THESE THINGS ARE WORKED </s>
<s> SOME PEOPLE SAY THAT THE MANAGER JUST PLUNGES HIS HAND INTO THE HEAP AND TAKES THE FIRST THAT COMES </s>
<s> ANYHOW IT WAS MY INNINGS THAT TIME AND I DON'T EVER WISH TO FEEL BETTER PLEASED </s>
<s> THE SCREW WAS A POUND A WEEK RISE AND THE DUTIES JUST ABOUT THE SAME AS AT COXON'S </s>
<s> AND NOW I COME TO THE QUEER PART OF THE BUSINESS </s>
<s> I WAS IN DIGGINGS OUT HAMPSTEAD WAY SEVENTEEN POTTER'S TERRACE </s>
<s> WELL I WAS SITTING DOING A SMOKE THAT VERY EVENING AFTER I HAD BEEN PROMISED THE APPOINTMENT WHEN UP CAME MY LANDLADY WITH A CARD WHICH HAD ARTHUR PINNER FINANCIAL AGENT PRINTED UPON IT </s>
<s> I HAD NEVER HEARD THE NAME BEFORE AND COULD NOT IMAGINE WHAT HE WANTED WITH ME BUT OF COURSE I ASKED HER TO SHOW HIM UP </s>
<s> IN HE WALKED A MIDDLE SIZED DARK HAIRED DARK EYED. BLACK BEARDED MAN. WITH A TOUCH OF THE SHEENY ABOUT HIS NOSE </s>
<s> HE HAD A BRISK KIND OF WAY WITH HIM AND SPOKE SHARPLY LIKE A MAN WHO KNEW THE VALUE OF TIME </s>
<s> MR. HALL PYCROFT I BELIEVE SAID HE </s>
<s> YES SIR I ANSWERED PUSHING A CHAIR TOWARDS HIM </s>
<s> LATELY ENGAGED AT COXON AND WOODHOUSE'S </s>
<s> QUOTE YES SIR </s>
<s> AND NOW ON THE STAFF OF MAWSON'S </s>
<s> QUITE SO </s>
<s> WELL. SAID HE THE FACT IS THAT I HAVE HEARD SOME REALLY EXTRAORDINARY STORIES ABOUT YOUR FINANCIAL ABILITY </s>
<s> YOU REMEMBER PARKER WHO USED TO BE COXON'S MANAGER </s>
<s> HE CAN NEVER SAY ENOUGH ABOUT IT </s>
<s> OF COURSE I WAS PLEASED TO HEAR THIS </s>
<s> I HAD ALWAYS BEEN PRETTY SHARP IN THE OFFICE BUT I HAD NEVER DREAMED THAT I WAS TALKED ABOUT IN THE CITY IN THIS FASHION </s>
<s> YOU HAVE A GOOD MEMORY SAID HE </s>
<s> QUOTE PRETTY FAIR I ANSWERED MODESTLY </s>
<s> HAVE YOU KEPT IN TOUCH WITH THE MARKET WHILE YOU HAVEBEEN OUT OF WORK HE ASKED </s>
<s> YES </s>
<s> I READ THE STOCK EXCHANGE LIST EVERY MORNING </s>
<s> NOW THAT SHOWS REAL APPLICATION HE CRIED </s>
<s> THAT IS THE WAY TO PROSPER </s>
<s> YOU WON'T MIND MY TESTING YOU WILL YOU </s>
<s> LET ME SEE </s>
<s> HOW ARE AYRSHIRES </s>
<s> A HUNDRED AND SIX AND A QUARTER TO A HUNDRED AND FIVE AND SEVEN EIGHTHS </s>
<s> AND NEW ZEALAND CONSOLIDATED </s>
<s> QUOTE A HUNDRED AND FOUR </s>
<s> AND BRITISH BROKEN HILLS </s>
<s> SEVEN TO SEVEN AND SIX </s>
<s> WONDERFUL HE CRIED WITH HIS HANDS UP </s>
<s> THIS QUITE FITS IN WITH ALL THAT I HAD HEARD </s>
<s> MY BOY MY BOY YOU ARE VERY MUCH TOO GOOD TO BE A CLERK AT MAWSON'S </s>
<s> THIS OUTBURST RATHER ASTONISHED ME AS YOU CAN THINK </s>
<s> WELL SAID I OTHER PEOPLE DON'T THINK QUITE SO MUCH OF ME AS YOU SEEM TO DO MR. PINNER </s>
<s> I HAD A HARD ENOUGH FIGHT TO GET THIS BERTH AND I AM VERY GLAD TO HAVE IT </s>
<s> POOH MAN YOU SHOULD SOAR ABOVE IT </s>
<s> YOU ARE NOT IN YOUR TRUE SPHERE </s>
<s> NOW I'LL TELL YOU HOW IT STANDS WITH ME </s>
<s> WHAT I HAVE TO OFFER IS LITTLE ENOUGH WHEN MEASURED BY YOUR ABILITY BUT WHEN COMPARED WITH MAWSON'S IT'S LIGHT TO DARK </s>
<s> LET ME SEE </s>
<s> WHEN DO YOU GO TO MAWSON'S </s>
<s> QUOTE ON MONDAY </s>
<s> HA HA </s>
<s> I THINK I WOULD RISK A LITTLE SPORTING FLUTTER THAT YOU DON'T GO THERE AT ALL </s>
<s> NOT GO TO MAWSON'S' </s>
<s> NO SIR </s>
<s> BY THAT DAY YOU WILL BE THE BUSINESS MANAGER OF THE FRANCO MIDLAND HARDWARE COMPANY LIMITED WITH A HUNDRED AND THIRTY FOUR BRANCHES IN THE TOWNS AND VILLAGES OF FRANCE NOT COUNTING ONE IN BRUSSELS AND ONE IN SAN REMO </s>
<s> THIS TOOK MY BREATH AWAY </s>
<s> I NEVER HEARD OF IT. SAID I </s>
<s> VERY LIKELY NOT </s>
<s> IT HAS BEEN KEPT VERY QUIET FOR THE CAPITAL WAS ALL PRIVATELY SUBSCRIBED AND IT'S TOO GOOD A THING TO LET THE PUBLIC INTO </s>
<s> MY BROTHER HARRY PINNER IS PROMOTER AND JOINS THE BOARD AFTER ALLOTMENT AS MANAGING DIRECTOR </s>
<s> HE KNEW I WAS IN THE SWIM DOWN HERE AND ASKED ME TO PICK UP A GOOD MAN CHEAP </s>
<s> A YOUNG PUSHING MAN WITH PLENTY OF SNAP ABOUT HIM </s>
<s> PARKER SPOKE OF YOU AND THAT BROUGHT ME HERE TO NIGHT </s>
<s> WE CAN ONLY OFFER YOU A BEGGARLY FIVE HUNDRED TO START WITH </s>
<s> QUOTE FIVE HUNDRED A YEAR </s>