 
 <prompt> text: ```CHAPTER XXVI. 

HAL OBTAINS ANOTHER SITUATION. 

For one moment, silence dey reign, and den Horace Sumner stop for front of Hal. 

"Another thing dey wey I fit talk," he talk. "Caleb Allen dey go, or don go, start hin own business." 

"Wetin kind of business?" Hal ask, surprised. 

"A brokerage and loan office." 

"Near here?" 

"Yes, just around the corner of Broad Street, no reach five minutes walk. E hire the place from the beginning, and I hear say he and another man don dey do business there." 

"Who be the other man?" 

"A guy wey dem dey call Parsons." 

"E get good reputation?" 

"Far from am. Dem arrest am for forgery five years ago, but hin friends cover the matter up." 

"You get the number of the place?" 

"Yes, here am. Wetin you wan do?" 

"I no know. I go check the place. E no go cause any harm. Maybe Hardwick go visit Mr. Allen." 

After small talk Hal waka comot from the private office, and waka enter Wall Street. 

E no too tey, e turn the corner enter Broad Street, the second big money center for New York, and e soon reach the building wey dey house the offices wey Allen & Parsons dey use now. 

The offices dey down three steps, and as Hal waka for the pavement above, small sign wey dey paste for the corner of the window catch hin eye: 

YOUNG MAN WANTED. RAPID WRITER. 

Hal stop sharp, e waka enter the steps, and look inside the window. One middle-aged man dey stand for the front desk, dey smoke cigar and dey write. 

Numbered questions:``` <response>: ```1. Wia loan office dey?
2. Who don go work for himself there?
3. And who else?
4. Who get bad reputation?
5. Why?
6. When?
7. Who try keep am quiet?
8. Which road Hal waka enta?
9. Which road e reach next?
10. True or False: Broad Street na di major financial center of di city.
11. Wetin be?
12. Wetin be di city wey Hal dey?
13. Wia Allen and Parsons offices dey downstairs?
14. Dem dey hire?
15. Wetin kind of worker dem want?
16. Dem want old, experienced gentleman?
17. Who dey smoke?
18. Wetin else e dey do?``` 