He was the antithesis of 'Gene Bisbee.

All honest men compelled to have dealings with him liked and trusted him.

A rich man could confide a disgraceful predicament to his keeping without fear of blackmail, and a poor man, if his cause were interesting, might command his services with a nominal fee.

He loved the work and regarded himself as an artist, inasmuch as he was exercising a highly cultivated gift, not merely pursuing a lucrative profession.

He sometimes longed, it is true, for worthier objects upon which to lavish this gift, and he found them a few years later when the world went to war.