There was a sense of security in his very presence.

He soon began to call Brother George's attention to the condition of certain accounts, making suggestions as to their possible liquidation or discontinuance, which pleased that individual greatly.

He saw a way of lightening his own labors through the intelligence of this youth; while at the same time developing a sense of pleasant companionship with him.
Brother Henry was for trying him on the outside.

It was not always possible to fill the orders with the stock on hand, and somebody had to go into the street or the Exchange to buy and usually he did this.
One morning, when way-bills indicated a probable glut of flour and a shortage of grain--Frank saw it first--the elder Waterman called him into his office and said: "Frank, I wish you would see what you can do with this condition that confronts us on the street.

By to-morrow we're going to be overcrowded with flour.