Show most glorious annl of professions 88 by FANNIE HURST 6 by mcclure Nos newspaper paper syndicate service UT of four brothers myron 0 brown alone turned his face toward intellectual pur pursuit sult or at least he turned his face at the age of seventeen toward his states university graduated there at twenty one and without any particular intent oi or purpose drifted into teaching at twenty five he was vas holding down the chair of english history in the university from which he had graduated his three brothers thrown on their own resources at early age as lie he had been drifted the two younger ones and the third ills twin into business pursuits that were ultimately to cast them all into the destiny of big affairs harold n rold and steve the younger boys struck it well in the radio industry while the vast industry was astl still 11 in its infancy bartlett Bait lett myrona twin was reputed at twenty five to be worth three quarters of a million dollars from fortunate investments in copper the three brothers successful all at an early age were none the loss less prideful of myron he represented the intellectual tel status of the family lie lent and distinction had he be permitted it the three brothers would willingly and generously have aided and abetted his modest earnings as professor that however was not necessary scale of life fitted and pleased him well A pleasant suite in a boys dormitory where he be incidentally held the position of dean varied if modest summer vacations going tourist fashion to europe or camping in the north of canada with two or three of the members of the faculty books good music from the second gal galleries I 1 erles odthe of the concert conceit halls balls pleasant leisure campus quiet mild intellectual liver tl among the members of the teaching staff all in all there was little in opinion that his brothers could contribute to ills his then too there was this difference the business boys had all married there were three attractive and personable sisters in law and five or six sit nelces and nephews in whom kyrou felt a sort of benign impersonal pride but the domestic aspect of the lives of his successful brothers helped to further estrange him from the walks they had chosen for themselves christmas new years and birthdays they met and on one occasion more for the sake of quieting their imbor timings than anything else myron had accompanied as guest two of his brothers and their families to europe there acting as guide and interpreter to the cultural pursuits of the wives and children but in the main myron remained not necessarily aloof for he was a gregariously inclined fed fellow but more or less secluded among his own kind I 1 and the books that as the years marched on he was accumulating about himself in a modest library then one new year which he was spending in new york where tile the annual gathering of his clan took place myron stimulated by all the wall street gossip which he heard among his brothers but which never was oven even intended for his ears took what lie he called a flyer in a stock which he selected for the euphonious quality of its name he bought one thousand thousand shares of green agate copper stock for seven hundred and fifty dollars took it home without even revealing the purchase to his brothers who would have joked him locked it in a desk drawer practically forgot it until the next annual visit with h hla p be brothers others when once more mole mol e his interest stimulated stimulate for the I an moment yuen t by their bear and bull talk 1 vile he remembered his big flyer in green agate two days later before his return to college he be sold ills his green agate one thousand shares for twenty thousand dollars creating among his brothers a furore of hilarity at his acumen the shrewdness they called it of a babe in the wood it turned out to be more than that with that twenty thousand dollars as his cornerstone myron was destined for a career in high finance that was far more spectacular than the career of any one of ills his brothers even of his twin who already was reputed repute a to te le twice a millionaire by the time myron wits was thirty five his teaching career lay behind himas him as dim as a dream and tile the library which he had accumulated in his home in on hudson was estimated by itself to be worth as much as a his brother steves or hla his brother harolds entire holdings it was one of those spectacular ev grything he touched turning to gold successes myron simply made money hand band over fist in coppa in steam ship stock in general generah Alo motors tors in hotel stock in coffee in real estate even in books frequently achieving bl eving a first edition at high price and turning it over tit at fabulous profit strange too apparently temperamentally unfitted for the competitive race of the ilie business world lie he took to it as the proverbial duck takes to water business men financiers bankers magnates industrial captains found him quick sympathetic shrewd and eager to match his wits against theirs ile he was the surprise of their lives to his three brothers lie ile was more than that he was apparently a surprise to himself because more and more as ag his fortune climbed and his authority in the business world became more established myron found himself too dazed when he tool took time to contemplate on template to quite realize what it all was about aboul lle ile was rich ile he was influential ile he was in a position to gratify ills his ellms for travel books erudition music and cultural pursuits of any and all kinds lie ile was a person miles removed from the college professor and yet at heart and soul lie he was that college professor strangely endowed with a power which seemed to be no part of him it was not unpleasant there was never a time when he found himself consciously hankering for the old days of the simple suite in tile alio boys dormitory where he had acted as sort of overseer of their conduct that was all passed now the innocuous professor since those days had endowed the very university where lie he had taught english history with a library of books on that special subject said to be the finest in the world and it was more than possible that similar gifts from him would be forthcoming no as ag myron grew older and more influential and certainly richer it could not be said of him that he entertained regrets for those simple teaching days that were gone except every time he made a noticeable disposition of his money it found its way into college coffers col dormitories for men college libraries of one sort or another then when he was fifty eight and reputed to be worth more than ten millions of dollars myron unmarried drew up tip his last will and testament it was a simple will because it diverted all 01 this huge fortune in one direction ten million dollars as a permanent fund to help keep the male teacher in that most glorious of professions by allowing him an income over and above his modest salary and so make speculation and adventure into bustness business as remote a possibility as might be |