1Upon his return to America d**k Shemwell, sometime known as Kid Murray Hill, naturally gravitated to Wall Street. The high finish he had acquired in the fashionable set at Haleton University added to his uncommon good looks and natural grace of manner, produced an ornamental article that strongly appealed to stockbrokers, and he soon found himself installed as order clerk in the outer office of Messieurs Emory and Grassette. This was a high-class firm with handsome offices opening off the main corridor of the International Express Building in lower Broadway.
The outer office was arranged somewhat in the manner of a theatre with rows upon rows of comfortable mahogany chairs; but instead of a stage it was a gigantic bulletin board that the chairs faced, covered with green tickets bearing h
