He was very careful of his health.

Ah, you bet, one had to look out for one's health.
At the office that morning he had a long talk with Beale, Jr., as to Hiram Wade's suit.

The great firm of Beale & Storey, into whose office Geary had been received, made a specialty of damage suits, and especially those suits that were brought against a certain great monopoly which it was claimed was ruining the city and the state; such a case involving nearly a quarter of a million of dollars was now occupying the attention of the heads of the firm and, indeed, of the whole office.

Hiram Wade's suit was assigned to the assistants.

Beale, Jr., was one of these, and Charlie Geary had managed to push himself into the position of his confidential clerk.