I`ve read the story "The Romance of a Busy Broker" and this great literary work written by O. Henry impressed me greatly. It is an interesting and realistic story, maybe because it is true to nowadays life. Shame on me, but I didn`t read it earlier and was really surprised cause I never encountered this story. My expectations about the plot and events were correct, but not about the end. Of course, I know that O. Henry is very talented in writing stories with unpredictable and surprise endings, but still. 

    There was a period in author`s life, which he spent in "the city of dreams" - New York and this influenced the settings of most of his stories. He wrote about average people`s life living in NYC and "The Romance of a Busy Broker" is not an exception. O. Henry created the main character from his own experience, as like himself, he also used to work as a bank teller in Austin, Texas. So, such a busy life is familiar to the author. Generally, I liked it because just like the protagonist most of people, so do I, sometimes are very busy and tend to forget the most important and obvious things.

     The "The Romance of a Busy Broker" is worth reading.

I suggest you also read this story http://americanliterature.com/author/o- henry/short-story/the-romance-of-a-busy-broker