The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1929-10-24
Wall Street to
South Ferry
By H. IRVING KING
(Copyright.)

LIE uTn Ol OdtHerWOOQ ~ hODDlDS,
by which Charley was employed, was
run by old man Jameson, a white side
whiSkered autOcrat. Robbins had died
years and years ago; Catherwood had
died about two years before Charley
came to the firm and the business was
continued by his heirs, two sons and a
daughter, whom no one seemed to
know much about.
Now, every day at certain hour,
punctually to the minute by Trinity
church clock, for he was a methodical
person, Charley left the office,
walked up Wall street, turned down
Broadway and proceeded to South
Ferry, where he took the Ninth Ave
nue. L."
And every day as he passed a large
office building on Broadway there
emerged therefrom young woman Of
about his own age, smartly clad and to
Charleys eyes exceedingly beautiful.
The fair and efficient unknown was
always accompanied by an older wom-
an less plainly dressed. The couple
followed the same route as Charley
Broadway, Bowling Green. Whitehall
street. He watched and found that
they entered the Staten island ferry
house
They neither bowed nor spoke, of
course. But they became quite like
old friends after while. At last
the barrier fell; it fell with a little
hon1Iofx bo 10
lessly let fall and which Fosdick
picked up and restored to her with his
best bow and few well-chosen words,
to be rewarded with a bow and
smile. After that the young lady
bowed when they met; then it became
a "how do you do" and, after a long
while, the youth negotiating his APP
proaches slowly but skillfulIy, he was
permitted to Join the young lady and
her companion in the daily descent to
the ferry.
The young lady called herself Miss
Susan Knox and introduced her COM
panion as Miss White She talked
freely enough-but when Charley
came to think it over, the fact that
she was employed in the office of the
SmithsOn estate was about all the in
formation regarding her that he had
acquired. Whereas he realized that
by Skillful questions and leading re-
marks, she had extracted from him
the most minute details of his private
affairs as we'll as all the information
could afford with regard to the
business Of his firm. Regarding the
latter she seemed strangely curious
and Charley was as wax in her hands.
They were getting perilously near
the Susan" and Charley" stage when
something happened. whats been
the matter with you all the week.
said Miss Knox suddenly one day as
they were passing the Standard Oil
building. Things going wrong at the
office"
1.-THE fact Is" said Charley, II
think I'll throw up my job" And then
he told her that from things which
had come under his cognizance in the
course of his office duties, he believed
that Old Man Jameson had been US
ing the firms money to speculate with
and was about due for a smashup.
"Well, you'd better keep your job
while" said she Here we are at
the ferry. Good day"
The next day Charles Fosdick had
the shock of his life Miss Knox and
Miss White appeared at the office of
Catherwood & Robbins and were
shown in to Old Man Jameson'S prf-
vate sanctum, and Mr.. Catlin, chief Of
the office staff, a veteran employee
whom Jameson had always kept down,
was sent for. When the two women
finally left the office they were short
ly followed by jameson, who looked
neither right nor left as he went out.
Then came out of the private office
Mr. Catlin, who posted up a notice to
the effect that Mr.. Jameson having
resigned, Mr.. Catlin was appointed
manager in his place.
Miss Susan "Knox" was Miss Susan
Catherwood. Her two brothers,
Europe, had given her power of at
torney for the affairs of Catherwood
& Robbins
The Smithson estate consisted of
dwelling houses and other buildings,
left to Susan by her mother. Susan,
being of a business turn, managed
this herself, keeping for the purpose a
little office in the building from which
Charley had seen her emerge. Miss
White was her secretary.
Charley went down Broadway the
day of Susan's visit to the Gather
wood & Robbins office with his head
in a whirl No Miss "Knox" met him !;
but Miss White did and acidly com
manded him to accompany her to Sta
ten island. There, in a fine old house
overlooking the Narrows, Susan ex-
( med matters to him.
"As for jameson" she said, "his
judgment of values was sound but
as l didn't propose to have him using
the firms money for speculative pur-
poses l let him go. l propose to keep
closer supervision of the firms af-
fairs after this, so l shall not be able
to handle the SmithsOn estate. How
would you like to take my placer
No, they were not married at once
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