O. Henry’s “The Romance of a Busy Broker” is about how a man involves himself in his business and forgets about his personal life. Harvey Maxwell is a broker in the New York Stock Exchange. He has a young beautiful secretary, Miss Leslie since last year. Mr. Pitcher is his personal clerk. Every day, Maxwell dashes to his desk and plunges into the letters and telegrams waiting for him. One fine morning Miss Leslie enters the office with Harvey Maxwell, blushing and looking happy. Unlike her usual routine, she hovers around Maxwell’s desk, trying to get his attention. But Maxwell, bombarded by phone calls, is so busy like a machine. Harvey Maxwell like sailors during a storm has passed a really busy day with telephone calls and people. It is like a hurricane, a landslide, and volcanoes. The previous day, he asked Pitcher to hire another secretary. But when the candidate arrives, Maxwell dismisses her. He says that he did not have any intention of hiring a new secretary,