stock_brokers_clerk.txt

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<s> I SHOUTED </s>
<s> ONLY THAT AT THE BEGINNING BUT YOU ARE TO HAVE AN OVERRIDING COMMISSION OF ONE PER CENT ON ALL BUSINESS DONE BY YOUR AGENTS AND YOU MAY TAKE MY WORD FOR IT THAT THIS WILL COME TO MORE THAN YOUR SALARY </s>
<s> BUT I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT HARDWARE </s>
<s> TUT MY BOY YOU KNOW ABOUT FIGURES </s>
<s> MY HEAD BUZZED AND I COULD HARDLY SIT STILL IN MY CHAIR </s>
<s> BUT SUDDENLY A LITTLE CHILL OF DOUBT CAME UPON ME </s>
<s> I MUST BE FRANK WITH YOLI SAID I. MAWSON ONLY GIVES ME TWO HUNDRED BUT MAWSON IS SAFE </s>
<s> NOW REALLY I KNOW SO LITTLE ABOUT YOUR COMPANY THAT </s>
<s> QUOTE AH SMART SMART HE CRIED IN A KIND OF ECSTASY OF DELIGHT </s>
<s> YOU ARE THE VERY MAN FOR US </s>
<s> YOU ARE NOT TO BE TALKED OVER AND QUITE RIGHT TOO </s>
<s> NOW HERE'S A NOTE FOR A HUNDRED POUNDS AND IF YOU THINK THAT WE CAN DO BUSINESS YOU MAY JUST SLIP IT INTO YOUR POCKET AS AN ADVANCE UPON YOUR SALARY </s>
<s> THAT IS VERY HANDSOME SAID I. WHEN SHOULD I TAKE OVER MY NEW DUTIES </s>
<s> BE IN BIRMINGHAM TO MORROW AT ONE SAID HE </s>
<s> I HAVE A NOTE IN MY POCKET HERE WHICH YOU WILL TAKE TO MY BROTHER </s>
<s> YOU WILL FIND HIM AT ONE TWENTY SIX B. CORPORATION STREET WHERE THE TEMPORARY OFFICES OF THE COMPANY ARE SITUATED </s>
<s> OF COURSE HE MUST CONFIRM YOUR ENGAGEMENT BUT BETWEEN OURSELVES IT WILL BE ALL RIGHT </s>
<s> REALLY I HARDLY KNOW HOW TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE MR. PINNER SAID I </s>
<s> NOT AT ALL MY BOY </s>
<s> YOU HAVE ONLY GOT YOUR DESERTS </s>
<s> THERE ARE ONE OR TWO SMALL THINGS MERE FORMALITIES WHICH I MUST ARRANGE WITH YOU </s>
<s> YOU HAVE A BIT OF PAPER BESIDE YOU THERE </s>
<s> KINDLY WRITE UPON IT I AM PERFECTLY WILLING TO ACT AS BUSINESS MANAGER TO THE FRANCO MIDLAND HARDWARE COMPANY LIMITED AT A MINIMUM SALARY OF FIVE HUNDRED POUNDS </s>
<s> QUOTE I DID AS HE ASKED AND HE PUT THE PAPER IN HIS POCKET </s>
<s> THERE IS ONE OTHER DETAIL SAID HE </s>
<s> WHAT DO YOU INTEND TO DO ABOUT MAWSON'S </s>
<s> I HAD FORGOTTEN ALL ABOUT MAWSON'S IN MY JOY </s>
<s> I'LL WRITE AND RESIGN SAID I </s>
<s> PRECISELY WHAT I DON'T WANT YOU TO DO </s>
<s> I HAD A ROW OVER YOU WITH MAWSON'S MANAGER </s>
<s> I HAD GONE UP TO ASK HIM ABOUT YOU AND HE WAS VERY OFFENSIVE ACCUSED ME OF COAXING YOU AWAY FROM THE SERVICE OF THE FIRM AND THAT SORT OF THING </s>
<s> AT LAST I FAIRLY LOST MY TEMPER </s>
<s> IF YOU WANT GOOD MEN YOU SHOULD PAY THEM A GOOD PRICE SAID I </s>
<s> HE WOULD RATHER HAVE OUR SMALL PRICE THAN YOUR BIG ONE SAID HE </s>
<s> QUOTE QUOTE I'LL LAY YOU A FIVER QUOTE SAID I QUOTE THAT WHEN HE HAS MY OFFER YOU'LL NEVER SO MUCH AS HEAR FROM HIM AGAIN QUOTE </s>
<s> DONE SAID HE </s>
<s> WE PICKED HIM OUT OF THE GUTTER AND HE WON'T LEAVE US SO EASILY </s>
<s> THOSE WERE HIS VERY WORDS </s>
<s> THE IMPUDENT SCOUNDREL </s>
<s> I CRIED </s>
<s> I'VE NEVER SO MUCH AS SEEN HIM IN MY LIFE </s>
<s> WHY SHOULD I CONSIDER HIM IN ANY WAY </s>
<s> I SHALL CERTAINLY NOT WRITE IF YOU WOULD RATHER I DIDN'T </s>
<s> GOOD </s>
<s> THAT'S A PROMISE SAID HE RISING FROM HIS CHAIR </s>
<s> WELL I'M DELIGHTED TO HAVE GOT SO GOOD A MAN FOR MY BROTHER </s>
<s> HERE'S YOUR ADVANCE OF A HUNDRED POUNDS AND HERE IS THE LETTER </s>
<s> MAKE A NOTE OF THE ADDRESS ONE TWENTY SIX B. CORPORATION STREET AND REMEMBER THAT ONE O'CLOCK TO MORROW IS YOUR APPOINTMENT </s>
<s> GOODNIGHT AND MAY YOU HAVE ALL THE FORTUNE THAT YOU DESERVE </s>
<s> THAT'S JUST ABOUT ALL THAT PASSED BETWEEN US AS NEAR AS I CAN REMEMBER </s>
<s> YOU CAN IMAGINE DOCTOR WATSON HOW PLEASED I WAS AT SUCH AN EXTRAORDINARY BIT OF GOOD FORTUNE </s>
<s> I SAT UP HALF THE NIGHT HUGGING MYSELF OVER IT AND NEXT DAY I WAS OFF TO BIRMINGHAM IN A TRAIN THAT WOULD TAKE ME IN PLENTY TIME FOR MY APPOINTMENT </s>
<s> I TOOK MY THINGS TO A HOTEL IN NEW STREET AND THEN I MADE MY WAY TO THE ADDRESS WHICH HAD BEEN GIVEN ME </s>
<s> QUOTE IT WAS A QUARTER OF AN HOUR BEFORE MY TIME BUT I THOUGHT THAT WOULD MAKC NO DIFFERENCE ONE TWENTY SIX B. WAS A PASSAGE BETWEEN TWO LARGE SHOPS WHICH LED TO A WINDING STONE STAIR FROM WHICH THERE WERE MANY FLATS LET AS OFFICES TO COMPANIES OR PROFESSIONAL MEN </s>
<s> THE NAMES OF THE OCCUPANTS WERE PAINTED AT THE BOTTOM ON THE WALL BUT THERE WAS NO SUCH NAME AS THE FRANCO MIDLAND HARDWARE COMPANY LIMITED </s>
<s> I STOOD FOR A FEW MINUTES WITH MY HEART IN MY BOOTS WONDERING WHETHER THE WHOLE THING WAS AN ELABORATE HOAX OR NOT WHEN UP CAME A MAN AND ADDRESSED ME </s>
<s> HE WAS VERY LIKE THE CHAP I HAD SEEN THE NIGHT BEFORE THE SAME FIGURE AND VOICE BUT HE WAS CLEAN SHAVEN AND HIS HAIR WAS LIGHTER </s>
<s> ARE YOU MR. HALL PYCROFT HE ASKED </s>
<s> YES SAID I </s>
<s> OH </s>
<s> I WAS EXPECTING YOU BUT YOU ARE A TRIFLE BEFORE YOUR TIME </s>
<s> I HAD A NOTE FROM MY BROTHER THIS MORNING IN WHICH HE SANG YOUR PRAISES VERY LOUDLY </s>
<s> I WAS JUST LOOKING FOR THE OFFICES WHEN YOU CAME </s>
<s> WE HAVE NOT GOT OUR NAME UP YET FOR WE ONLY SECURED THESE TEMPORARY PREMISES LAST WEEK </s>
<s> COME UP WITH ME AND WE WILL TALK THE MATTER OVER </s>
<s> QUOTE I FOLLOWED HIM TO THE TOP OF A VERY LOFTY STAIR AND THERE RIGHT UNDER THE SLATES WERE A COUPLE OF EMPTY DUSTY LITTLE ROOMS UNCARPETED AND UNCURTAINED INTO WHICH HE LED ME </s>
<s> I HAD THOUGHT OF A GREAT OFFICE WITH SHINING TABLES AND ROWS OF CLERKS SUCH AS I WAS USED TO AND I DARESAY I STARED RATHER STRAIGHT AT THE TWO DEAL CHAIRS AND ONE LITTLE TABLE WHICH WITH A LEDGER AND A WASTE PAPER BASKET MADE UP THE WHOLE FURNITURE </s>
<s> DON'T BE DISHEARTENED MR. PYCROFT SAID MY NEW ACQUAINTANCE SEEING THE LENGTH OF MY FACE </s>
<s> ROME WAS NOT BUILT IN A DAY AND WE HAVE LOTS OF MONEY AT OUR BACKS THOUGH WE DON'T CUT MUCH DASH YET IN OFFICES </s>
<s> PRAY SIT DOWN AND LET ME HAVE YOUR LETTER </s>
<s> I GAVE IT TO HIM AND HE READ IT OVER VERY CAREFULLY </s>
<s> YOU SEEM TO HAVE MADE A VAST IMPRESSION UPON MY BROTHER ARTHUR SAID HE AND I KNOW THAT HE IS A PRETTY SHREWD JUDGE </s>
<s> HE SWEARS BY LONDON YOU KNOW AND I BY BIRMINGHAM BUT THIS TIME I SHALL FOLLOW HIS ADVICE </s>
<s> PRAY CONSIDER YOURSELF DEFINITELY ENGAGED </s>
<s> WHAT ARE MY DUTIES </s>
<s> I ASKED </s>
<s> YOU WILL EVENTUALLY MANAGE THE GREAT DEPOT IN PARIS WHICH WILL POUR A FLOOD OF ENGLISH CROCKERY INTO THE SHOPS OF A HUNDRED AND THIRTY FOUR AGENTS IN FRANCE </s>
<s> THE PURCHASE WILL BE COMPLETED IN A WEEK AND MEANWHILE YOU WILL REMAIN IN BIRMINGHAM AND MAKE YOURSELF USEFUL </s>
<s> QUOTE HOW </s>
<s> FOR ANSWER HE TOOK A BIG RED BOOK OUT OF A DRAWER </s>
<s> THIS IS A DIRECTORY OF PARIS SAID HE WITH THE TRADES AFTER THE NAMES OF THE PEOPLE </s>
<s> I WANT YOU TO TAKE IT HOME WITH YOU AND TO MARK OFF ALL THE HARDWARE SELLERS WITH THEIR ADDRESSES </s>
<s> IT WOULD BE OF THE GREATEST USE TO ME TO HAVE THEM </s>
<s> SURELY THERE ARE CLASSIFIED LISTS </s>
<s> I SUGGESTED </s>
<s> NOT RELIABLE ONES </s>
<s> THEIR SYSTEM IS DIFFERENT FROM OURS </s>
<s> STICK AT IT AND LET ME HAVE THE LISTS BY MONDAY AT TWELVE </s>
<s> GOOD DAY MR. PYCROFT </s>
<s> IF YOU CONTINUE TO SHOW ZEAL AND INTELLIGENCE YOU WILL FIND THE COMPANY A GOOD MASTER </s>
<s> I WENT BACK TO THE HOTEL WITH THE BIG BOOK UNDER MY ARM AND WITH VERY CONFLICTING FEELINGS IN MY BREAST </s>
<s> ON THE ONE HAND I WAS DEFINITELY ENGAGED AND HAD A HUNDRED POUNDS IN MY POCKET ON THE OTHER THE LOOK OF THE OFFICES THE ABSENCE OF NAME ON THE WALL AND OTHER OF THE POINTS WHICH WOULD STRIKE A BUSINESS MAN HAD LEFT A BAD IMPRESSION AS TO THE POSITION OF MY EMPLOYERS </s>
<s> HOWEVER COME WHAT MIGHT I HAD MY MONEY SO L. SETTLED DOWN TO MY TASK </s>
<s> ALL SUNDAY I WAS KEPT HARD AT WORK AND YET BY MONDAY I HAD ONLY GOT AS FAR AS H. I WENT ROUND TO MY EMPLOYER FOUND HIM IN THE SAME DISMANTLED KIND OF ROOM AND WAS TOLD TO KEEP AT IT UNTIL WEDNESDAY AND THEN COME AGAIN </s>
<s> ON WEDNESDAY IT WAS STILL UNFINISHED SO I HAMMERED AWAY UNTIL FRIDAY THAT IS YESTERDAY </s>
<s> THEN I BROUGHT IT ROUND TO MR. HARRY PINNER </s>
<s> QUOTE THANK YOU VERY MUCH SAID HE I FEAR THAT I UNDERRATED THE DIFFICULTY OF THE TASK </s>
<s> THIS LIST WILL BE OF VERY MATERIAL ASSISTANCE TO ME </s>
<s> IT TOOK SOME TIME SAID I </s>
<s> AND NOW SAID HE I WANT YOU TO MAKE A LIST OF THE FURNITURE SHOPS FOR THEY ALL SELL CROCKERY </s>
<s> VERY GOOD </s>
<s> AND YOU CAN COME UP TO MORROW EVENING AT SEVEN AND LET ME KNOW HOW YOU ARE GETTING ON </s>
<s> DON'T OVERWORK YOURSELF </s>
<s> A COUPLE OF HOURS AT DAY'S MUSIC HALL IN THE EVENING WOULD DO YOU NO HARM AFTER YOUR LABOURS </s>
<s> HE LAUGHED AS HE SPOKE AND I SAW WITH A THRILL THAT HIS SECOND TOOTH UPON THE LEFT HAND SIDE HAD BEEN VERY BADLY STUFFED WITH GOLD </s>
<s> SHERLOCK HOLMES RUBBED HIS HANDS WITH DELIGHT AND I STARED WITH ASTONISHMENT AT OUR CLIENT </s>
<s> QUOTE YOU MAY WELL LOOK SURPRISED DOCTOR WATSON BUT IT IS THIS WAY QUOTE SAID HE QUOTE WHEN I WAS SPEAKING TO THE OTHER CHAP IN LONDON AT THE TIME THAT HE LAUGHED AT MY NOT GOING TO MAWSON'S I HAPPENED TO NOTICE THAT HIS TOOTH WAS STUFFED IN THIS VERY IDENTICAL FASHION </s>
<s> THE GLINT OF THE GOLD IN EACH CASE CAUGHT MY EYE YOU SEE </s>
<s> WHEN I PUT THAT WITH THE VOICE AND FIGURE BEING THE SAME AND ONLY THOSE THINGS ALTERED WHICH MIGHT BE CHANGED BY A RAZOR OR A WIG I COULD NOT DOUBT THAT IT WAS THE SAME MAN </s>
<s> OF COURSE YOU EXPECT TWO BROTHERS TO BE ALIKE BUT NOT THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE THE SAME TOOTH STUFFED IN THE SAME WAY </s>
<s> HE BOWED ME OUT AND I FOUND MYSELF IN THE STREET HARDLY KNOWING WHETHER I WAS ON MY HEAD OR MY HEELS </s>
<s> BACK I WENT TO MY HOTEL PUT MY HEAD IN A BASIN OF COLD WATER AND TRIED TO THINK IT OUT </s>
<s> WHY HAD HE SENT ME FROM LONDON TO BIRMINGHAM </s>
<s> WHY HAD HE GOT THERE BEFORE ME </s>
<s> AND WHY HAD HE WRITTEN A LETTER FROM HIMSELF TO HIMSELF </s>
<s> IT WAS ALTOGETHER TOO MUCH FOR ME AND I COULD MAKE NO SENSE OF IT </s>
<s> AND THEN SUDDENLY IT STRUCK ME THAT WHAT WAS DARK TO ME MIGHT BE VERY LIGHT TO MR. SHERLOCK HOLMES </s>
<s> I HAD JUST TIME TO GET UP TO TOWN BY THE NIGHT TRAIN TO SEE HIM THIS MORNING AND TO BRING YOU BOTH BACK WITH ME TO BIRMINGHAM </s>
<s> THERE WAS A PAUSE AFTER THE STOCK BROKER'S CLERK HAD CONCLUDED HIS SURPRISING EXPERIENCE </s>
<s> THEN SHERLOCK HOLMES COCKED HIS EYE AT ME LEANING BACK ON THE CUSHIONS WITH A PLEASED AND YET CRITICAL FACE LIKE A CONNOISSEUR WHO HAS JUST TAKEN HIS FIRST SIP OF A COMET VINTAGE </s>
<s> RATHER FINE WATSON IS IT NOT SAID HE </s>
<s> THERE ARE POINTS IN IT WHICH PLEASE ME </s>
<s> I THINK THAT YOU WILL AGREE WITH ME THAT AN INTERVIEW WITH MR. ARTHUR HARRY PINNER IN THE TEMPORARY OFFICES OF THE FRANCO MIDLAND HARDWARE COMPANY LIMITED WOULD BE A RATHER INTERESTING EXPERIENCE FOR BOTH OF US </s>
<s> BUT HOW CAN WE DO IT </s>
<s> I ASKED </s>
<s> QUOTE OH EASILY ENOUGH QUOTE SAID HALL PYCROFT CHEERILY </s>
<s> YOU ARE TWO FRIENDS OF MINE WHO ARE IN WANT OF A BILLET AND WHAT COULD BE MORE NATURAL THAN THAT I SHOULD BRING YOU BOTH ROUND TO THE MANAGING DIREETOR </s>
<s> QUITE SO OF COURSE SAID HOLMES </s>
<s> I SHOULD LIKE TO HAVE A LOOK AT THE GENTLEMAN AND SEE IF I CAN MAKE ANYTHING OF HIS LITTLE GAME </s>
<s> WHAT QUALITIES HAVE YOU MY FRIEND WHICH WOULD MAKE YOUR SERVICES SO VALUABLE </s>
<s> OR IS IT POSSIBLE THAT HE BEGAN BITING HIS NAILS AND STARING BLANKLY OUT OF THE WINDOW AND WE HARDLY DREW ANOTHER WORD FROM HIM UNTIL WE WERE IN NEW STREET </s>
<s> AT SEVEN O'CLOCK THAT EVENING WE WERE WALKING THE THREE OF US DOWN CORPORATION STREET TO THE COMPANY'S OFFICES </s>
<s> IT IS NO USE OUR BEING AT ALL BEFORE OUR TIME SAID OUR CLIENT </s>
<s> QUOTE HE ONLY COMES THERE TO SEE ME APPARENTLY FOR THE PLACE IS DESERTED UP TO THE VERY HOUR HE NAMES QUOTE </s>
<s> THAT IS SUGGESTIVE REMARKED HOLMES </s>
<s> BY JOVE I TOLD YOU SO CRIED THE CLERK </s>
<s> THAT'S HE WALKING AHEAD OF US THERE </s>
<s> HE POINTED TO A SMALLISH DARK WELL DRESSED MAN WHO WAS BUSTLING ALONG THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROAD </s>
<s> AS WE WATCHED HIM HE LOOKED ACROSS AT A BOY WHO WAS BAWLING OUT THE LATEST EDITION OF THE EVENING PAPER AND RUNNING OVER AMONG THE CABS AND BUSSES HE BOUGHT ONE FROM HIM </s>
<s> THEN CLUTCHING IT IN HIS HAND HE VANISHED THROUGH A DOORWAY </s>
<s> THERE HE GOES CRIED HALL PYCROFT </s>
<s> THESE ARE THE COMPANY'S OFFICES INTO WHICH HE HAS GONE </s>
<s> COME WITH ME AND I'LL FIX IT UP AS EASILY AS POSSIBLE QUOTE </s>
<s> FOLLOWING HIS LEAD WE ASCENDED FIVE STORIES UNTIL WE FOUND OURSELVES OUTSIDE A HALF OPENED DOOR AT WHICH OUR CLIENT TAPPED </s>
<s> A VOICE WITHIN BADE US ENTER AND WE ENTERED A BARE UNFURNISHED ROOM SUCH AS HALL PYCROFT HAD DESCRIBED </s>
<s> AT THE SINGLE TABLE SAT THE MAN WHOM WE HAD SEEN IN THE STREET WITH HIS EVENING PAPER SPREAD OUT IN FRONT OF HIM AND AS HE LOOKED UP AT US IT SEEMED TO ME THAT I HAD NEVER LOOKED UPON A FACE WHICH BORE SUCH MARKS OF GRIEF AND OF SOMETHING BEYOND GRIEF OF A HORROR SUCH AS COMES TO FEW MEN IN A LIFETIME </s>
<s> HIS BROW GLISTENED WITH PERSPIRATION HIS CHEEKS WERE OF THE DULL DEAD WHITE OF A FISH'S BELLY AND HIS EYES WERE WILD AND STARING </s>
<s> HE LOOKED AT HIS CLERK AS THOUGH HE FAILED TO RECOGNIZE HIM AND I COULD SEE BY THE ASTONISHMENT DEPICTED UPON OUR CONDUCTOR'S FACE THAT THIS WAS BY NO MEANS THE USUAL APPEARANCE OF HIS EMPLOYER </s>
<s> YOU LOOK ILL MR. PINNER HE EXCLAIMED </s>
<s> YES I AM NOT VERY WELL ANSWERED THE OTHER MAKING OBVIOUS EFFORTS TO PULL HIMSELF TOGETHER AND LICKING HIS DRY LIPS BEFORE HE SPOKE </s>
<s> WHO ARE THESE GENTLEMEN WHOM YOU HAVE BROUGHT WITH YOU </s>
<s> ONE IS MR. HARRIS OF BERMONDSEY AND THE OTHER IS MR. PRICE OF THIS TOWN SAID OUR CLERK GLIBLY </s>
<s> THEY ARE FRIENDS OF MINE AND GENTLEMEN OF EXPERIENCE BUT THEY HAVE BEEN OUT OF A PLACE FOR SOME LITTLE TIME AND THEY HOPED THAT PERHAPS YOU MIGHT FIND AN OPENING FOR THEM IN THE COMPANY'S EMPLOYMENT </s>
<s> QUOTE VERY POSSIBLY VERY POSSIBLY QUOTE CRIED MR. PINNER WITH A GHASTLY SMILE </s>
<s> YES I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT WE SHALL BE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING FOR YOU </s>
<s> WHAT IS YOUR PARTICULAR LINE MR. HARRIS </s>
<s> I AM AN ACCOUNTANT SAID HOLMES </s>
<s> AH YES WE SHALL WANT SOMETHING OF THE SORT </s>