Both Storri and Mr.Harley were fond of stocks in their ups and downs, and now, being much together, they were in and out as partners in a dozen different deals.
Mr.Harley attended to most of these; and Storri learned certain peculiarities belonging to that gentleman.

Mr.Harley, for one solvent matter, was penurious to the point of dimes; also, Mr.Harley took no risks.

Mr.Harley was willing to book a joint deal in both Storri's name and his own; or in his own for the common good of Storri and himself.
But Mr.Harley would not give a joint order solely in Storri's name.
Evidently, Mr.Harley would not trust Storri to divide profits with him where the case rested only upon that Russian's honor.

No more would he draw his own check for Storri's margins; and one day our nobleman lost money because of Mr.Harley's cautious delicacy in that behalf.

The market went the wrong way, and Storri could not be found when additional margins were called for.