The Irish standard., 1910-10-08
had full sweep unchecked and

--yOuI uduSHteT lOT SOUl0 tIiue, ana
am honored in the acquaintance of her
father and mother and your friends"
You say you have known my daugh.
ter for some time?"
II have had that pleasure"
'lf l mistake not, she said that you
had been interested in her settlement
work. Quixotic imaginations of an
enthusiastic girl. my dear sir; but /
humor her"
You do WELL" returned the other.
"And If you will give me leave to diff.
fer with you, hardly call 1t Quixotic.
! have examined into the plan thor.
oughly, and must say it strikes me as
being altogether admirable as we'll as
entirely feasible. 1 hope and believe
it will succeed"
Quite So" returned Haldane. He
was not in the least interested in the
matter. He realized, however, that it
would be wise to pretend interest that
he did not feel, after such an expires.
sion on the part of his host. "Your
judgment as to the feasibility OF the
plan, therefore, I consider most valu-
able, and am glad 1t has your appro-
baton. presume that you have"
II have assisted Miss Haldane in
every way possible" returned Gormly,
who did not propose to be questioned
as to the details of his relation to the
scheme. "Of course" he went on,
your own reputation as financier is
known to me as it is to all of New
York, and If may be permitted to say
so I am of the opinion that a large
part Of your executive ability, not to
say genius, has descended to your
daughter"
THANK you," was the answer. ell
eanor Is certainly most capable
young woman"
"And 1t must be a source of graft
| fication to you that she chooses to ex-'
/ ercise her capability in this direction
| rather than in the vain and aimless
social avocations of large and in
huential section Of our so called best
people in the city,"
Certainly, very true. .But frankly,
I could wish that there was q more
| eQuable division of time between the
-er-nigh and the low, SO to speak;
thet Eleanor could give more of her
attention to those-duties, which after
all, my dear Mr.. Gormly, however we
men of the world may deprecate them,
go to make up so large part Of life.
and leave more of the detail work of
this institution to others"
II know little about the social obi
cations of the world to which you re-
fer. 1t has not been my privilege to
have an entrance therein"
| Merely matter of choice on your
part, l am sure" murmured Haldane
deprecatingly.
Possibly" was the cool reply. II
have not hitherto been greatly inter-
ested in effecting an entrance with
in the charmed circle, nor am I es-
pecially now, saving your presence Of
course and meaning not the slightest
offense in thesworld."
"None whatever is taken, and I
pray you to proceed. You interest
me exceedingly"
"In my business, Mr.. Haldane, and
] have no doubt that the experience
is your own, / have found that what
I supervise myself is we'll done, and
what delegate to others is frequently
ill done, and sometimes not done at
ALL"
"The remark ia as old as Ben Frank
lin," laughed Haldane, land the prin-
ciple is older STILL" But surely" he
went on, "in great business such
as yours is, you can't attend personal
ly to every detail yourself"
"By no MEANS" returned the other
II have succeeded in surrounding my
self with very capable corps of sub
neutrality-suspicious. had better call
them assistants-whoh have been tried
and tested, and upon whom l have de-
volved responsibilities commensurate
with their capacities, and from whom
I expect results. But supervise ev-
cry department of the business myself.
I am in possession Of frequent reports
concerning 1t even in its details.
make regular and rigid inspections.
In short, so far as one man can do
so, ! have 1t all in my own hands,
certainly in my own mind"
"My own practise, Mr.. Gormly, with
my affairs, which are somewhat large
and extensive, is similar to yours"
~ take it, sir" was the answer.
shat we are in line with all successful
men in that"
It irked Haldane a little to be SO
calmly included in the same category
with Gormly; for he had never been
in trade and had acquired much Of the
old world prejudice against the keep
ing of store. However, It was not
worth quarreling about. Not that
Haldane had the slightest objections
to quarreling with Gormly; on the
contrary, he would have enjoyed 1t
immensely, and indeed intended In
one way or another to do that very
thing before he got through with him;
but 1t would be bad policy to do It
without more preparation for victory,
and 1t would be in execrable taste to
precipitate antagonism in the enjoy
| ment of his HOSPITALITY, Therefore he