Las Vegas daily optic., 1907-04-24

StEs9s~2 years &SD ] as EEA10A1ea
fEom Harvard My eaa&Sasmae A.
eAGm. lob Rruwnaey. of Raehnn0nA
Va. ~as graduated with me lie was
class po@t. I. yaFd marshal Ne -
been foaF years together M - P4afu
previous % catering Harvard se
girl and lover wese foaaeE thaa No O.
each other
Ny seopie lad aO1ey snd 60 spare,
aad With IL . hard heated. EoTthern
horse sense, The Brownleys we're
poor rs church mice. bas thsy had the
brilliant. virtle blood Of the Old
southern olisarcAy and the romantic.
's&aaamaono0ne" Dsxis-land pride os
befoEe-theSa days. when southern
prodigalIty and hospitality were found
wherever women were lair and men'
mirrors IN the bottom Of their iulep.
glasses
Bob's father. one Of the hag. white
pillars Of southern aFisioeEacy. had
gone through congress and the senate
ut his country 20 the tune Of Spend
and Not Spare. which left his widow
and three younger daughters and a
small son depeadent upon bob, his
eldest
Many a warm summer afternoon.
As Bob and | padded down the
Charles. and often on a cold. crispy
night as we sat In my shooting box on
the Cape Cod shore. had We matched
up for our future vas TO have the
inside run of the great banking bust.
nses OF Randolph Il Randolph. aud
lob was eventually to represent my
fathers Arm on the floor Of the stock
exchange. I'D die la an oflce." Bob
used to say. and the door of the
stock exchange is Just the chimney
place To roast my hoecake in" So
when our college days were over my
able old father stood us up against the
wall Ia his Offiee. and tried Us By his
tests. and proud We both were when
dad said: Jim. you and Rob have
chosen well, You, Jim. are Just the
chap 10 step into my shoes. and Rob In
cut 10 a thirty second and sixty fourth
Tor the floor" Proud We were. not
so much because OF what my fathers
decision meant for our future, for
We knew We should get into the bust.
ness all right. but because our juds,
ment was indorsed by one we both
thought as near infallible as man
could be In anything pertaining TO
business affairs.
Bob was then % and | a year old.
er-l one OF your raw boned New Eng.
land lads. not much for prettiness,
but willing 10 weigh In race-day with
any OF them for Steadincss and stay,
Ing qualities. Bob as handsome as
they made them six feet tall In his
sym sandals straight as an arrow. with
the form Of an Indian. and one OF
those clean. brave. allfOr heart. moth.
Ing for'pOltcy. smiling faces 10 which
men yield willing frcndliness, and
women. id0latry, Bobs eyes were as
big and round and purple brown as an
English bulldogs. unfahomable, at
once mild and stern. with a childish
me,andgo perplexity. his nose as
straight as though chiseled By a mas.
ter for Greek medallion. with thin
curved lips to correspond. and a hiSA.
broad forehead. whose Wilderness was
set on by luxurlanCe Of hair that
seemed jet-black. but was of the same
rare purple brown as his eyes nut
1t was the poise OF Ilob's head that
gave his good looks their crown Who.
ever has seen bunch Of two, year old
colts In a l0ng,grass Kentucky pad.
dock. when the darky boy lets loose
his shrill whistle at taking up time" ="
Is sure to remember one that threw
up its head and kept II poised to
make sure 1t had caught the call
Grace. strngth and Embarrassed way.
ward leadership are there personified.
Some such suggestion was ever In the
carriage OF Bob's shapely head and
vigorous figure. and duh indeed would
be the man or woman who failed to
recognize the mans rare distinction
and masterfulness
Indeed. as l said a bit back, Bob
! Brownley was by all odds one Of the
handsomest men | have ever seen.
but besides that. he was a sterling,
manly. unaffected fellow, as true as
steel, as brave as a lion and the
best comrade friend ever had.
Perhaps 1t was because his fathers
death had saddled Bob's youth with
the heavy responsibilities of husband.
Ing and directing his family's slim
finances that he took to business as a
swallow to the air We entered the
office OF Randolph & Randolph on the
same day, and on its anniversary, a
year later. my father summoned US
into his Office for a sort of tally.up
talk. Neither of US quite knew what
was coming. and we thrilled with
pleasure when he said:
Jim, you and Bob have fairly out.
done my expectations have had nv
eye on both Of you and want YOU
to know that the kind of industry and
business intelligence you have shown
here would have won you recognition
In any banking house on the street
! want you both In the firm-Jim to
learn his way round SO he can stem
into my shoes; you. Bob, to take one
OF the firms seats on the stock ex.
change"