Just before he went in I had seen
the ladies go in a group toward the far end of the room--to look
down at the line of depositors on the street, which reached
around the corner from one of the trust companies, I thought. I
was making a note of an order to send into the outside office
there on the left, and had just pushed this button here under the
table to call a boy to carry it. Mr. Parker had just received a
letter by special delivery, and seemed considerably puzzled over
it. No, I don't know what it was about. Of a sudden I saw him
start in his chair, rise up unsteadily, clap his hand on the back
of his head, stagger across the floor--like this--and fall
here."
"Then what happened?"
"Why, I rushed to pick him up. Everything was confusion. I recall
someone behind me saying, 'Here, boy, take all these papers off
the table and carry them into my office before they get lost in
the excitement.' I think it was Bruce's voice. The next moment I
heard someone say, 'Stand back, Mrs. Parker has fainted.' But I
didn't pay much attention, for I was calling to someone not to
get a doctor over the telephone, but to go down to the fifth
floor where one has an office. I made Mr. Parker as comfortable
as I could. There wasn't much I could do. He seemed to want to
say something to me, but he couldn't talk.
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