The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-25

SSEyR T SEEMED to Fullerton f
NR(S Colwell, Of the famous
TNkTI stock exchange house of
~ EE@HS&H Wilson & Graves, that he
kCJMSFy had done his full duty by
N% his friend Harry Hunt.
kNFM His partners left a great
(@UA deal to him, and even the
MI clerks in the office ungrudging-
a. ~ acknowledged that Mr.. Col
we'll was 1.-The hardest worked
man in the place, barring none.
Possibly the important young men
who bore witness TO Mr.. COlwelPs
industry so cheerfully did so be-
cause Mr.. Colwell was ever inquir-
ing. very courteously, and. above all.
sympathetically. into the amount of
work each man had to perform,
and suggesting, the next moment, that
the laborious amount in question was
indisputably excessive Also, it was he
who raised salaries. OF his partners.
John G. Wilson was 9 consumptive.
forever going from one health resort
to another. George r. Graves was a
dyspeptic, nervous, irritable, and TO
boot. penurious; a man whose chief
recommendation was his cheerful will
1ngness to dc all the dirty work. Fred
erick X. Denton was busy in the board
room'-the stock exchange-aH day.
executing orders, keeping watch over
the market behavior OF the stocks
with which the firm was identified, and
from time to time hearing things not
meant for his ears, being the truth
regarding Wilson & Graves.
But Fullerton F. ColweH had to do
eVerything-in the stock market and
in the office. He conducted the manipu-
laton OF the Wilson & Graves stocks
TOOK charge of the unnefarious part of
the numerous pools formed by the
firm,s customers-Mr. Graves attending
TO the other detaiIs-and had a hand
In the actual management of various
corporations. Also he conferred with
dozen people daily-chiefly big peo-
pie in Wall street parlance-who were
-about TO put though" stock market
deals He had devoted his time.
which was worth thousands. and his
brain. which was worth millions to
disentangling his careless friends af-
fairs, and when it was all over and
every claim adjusted. and he had re-
fused the executors fees, il was found
that poor Harry Hunts estate not only
was free from debt, but consisted Of
$4,000 in cash, deposited in the Trolley
mans Trust company, subject to Mrs
Hunts order. and drawing interest at
the rate of 21s Ger cent per annum
he had done his work wonderfully
well, and, in addition to the cash
the widow owned an unencumbered
house Harry had given her in his life
tipe.
tNot long after the settlement of the
estate Mrs. Hunt called at his Office
i was a very busy day The bears
were misbehaving. Alabama Coal &
IrOn-the firms great speciaity-was
under heavy fire from Sam" Sharpe's
Long Tom as well as from the room
traders Maxims. COlWell was himself
az that moment practicing that peculiar
form of financial discrimination which
amounts to singing blithely at the top
OF your voice when your beloved sack
full of gold has been ripped by bear
paws and the coins are pouring out
through the rest. Every quotation
was of Importance; a half-inch of tape
might contain an epic of disaster.
Good morning. Mr.. Colweli."
He ceased to pass the tape through |
his fingers, and turned quickly, almost
apprehensively.
All, good morning. Mrs. Hunt he
said very politely. II am very glad
indeed to see you. And how do you
do?" He shook hands, and led her, a
bit tremendously, to a huge armchair.
His manners endeared him even to the
big Wall street operators.
of course you are very we'll Mrs
Hunt. Don't tell me you are not
''Ye-es." hesitatingly. las well as 1
can hope to be since-since-''
Time alone, dear Mrs. Hunt, can
help US"