HumorUs Stories — Classic and Original Funny Stories

The Romance of a Busy Broker — A Classic Humorus Story by O. Henry

October 5, 2026·10 min
Episode Description from the Publisher

Wall Street, a spring morning at the turn of the century. The ticker is running hot, the telephone won’t quit, and Harvey Maxwell, broker, is handling it all like a man with springs where his heart should be. His clerk thinks the boss is slipping. His stenographer has something on her mind. Then a window opens, and somebody on the Exchange starts clubbing the stuffing out of Union Pacific.O. Henry at full gallop, in a nine-minute comedy from The Four Million, read by Don McDonald.HumorUs is part of the Short Storyverses network of fiction podcasts. More stories, more feeds, at shortstoryverses.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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