The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-08-12

home he was the tenderest
husband he most .ndulgent father
and the most charming host that
ever lived
Whatever may nave been thought
OF j. L lyman at home there is no
doubt that i'm IN" world of high fin-
ance he was estimated TO be the
shrewdest manipulation Of stocks that
ever kept Wall-se on the tenter-hooks
was adulated as the King Midas that
could make or break the fortune OF a
courtier at "A nod and was hated as
the gambler with other peoples mil
lions who held men but as the red
mud OF the earth.
The out-of-town home which Mr.
lyman had built for himself in the
Round Hills AT a cost OF 81 800 900
The profits OF a single deal in prefer
red oil-bore the modest and pastoral
name OF "COsy-noOk The sweet sim
plicity of the appellation when com.
pared with the glaring magniicence
OF the estate was in its way as great
II contrast as the lyman OF the home
and the lyman OF The Street.
Cosy nook" stood on the top OF hill
from the southern slopes of which
all the trees had been cleared so that
men might see how gorgeous pal
ace of the plutocrat lived in now. while
in the center of the cleared patch
stood log cabin some IA feet square
that had been moved To its present
position from a bottom lana in Caro-
lima In the log cabin John Patrick
had been born. and from the marble
portico OF the palace To the low door
way of the hut there ran broad,
smooth driveway. so that Mr..
lyman. when he swept down TO the
depot in his 60-hOrse power Mercedes
might get the good object lesson Of
what lyman was and lyman had be-
come-the great, good, unmistakable
lesson OF what money will do for
man.
In the furnishings OF "Cosy-nook,
also, there was good evidence of what
a good thing gold is The house was
richer in art treasures than the New
York Metropolitan museum; there
were tapestries on the walls that sur
passed those in the Louvre paintings
whose signatures ran back 20 Botti-
celli and mp 10 Whistler; and eccle-
siastical glories whose footing had
left bare spots in half the mediaeval'
churches of Europe.
To be sure artlovers--poor little
fellows whose total income in year
was not that Of Tynans in a day
had the insuTerable impudence 10
poke fun at the lyman treasures.
They quoted these details that they
had seen a German punch-bowl on "A
Japanese shrine table; that one sat
on Grand Rapids gilded chair 10
~ ut 4 n,,fa- WV lnCls. and n
on superb marble mantel- piece be-
fore which Tuscan lords had lounged
in the thirteenth century there stood
gorgeous gilt clock that had taken
prize sat the St Louis exposition.
One OF the many secrets OF Tynan's
success was his assduity He was a
tireless worker. had been tireless
worker from the day when he made
his first quarter by pulling ginseng
root from the Carolina hills up TO
these days when he was making mil
lions by the TRANSMISSION OF water In
stocks into a golden stream; nnd he
was i'm the habit Of saying tha ne
supposed he would be busy on his
death-bed President OF two banks,
director in fourteen; owning the
controlling interests in the entire sys-
lthl VI 9CuAH'ili ''i' ppNNA'
TALLY in the gas and electric plants
OF half dozen cities: a large stock
holder in the great copper and silver
interests i'm the west: and holding the
voting balance in half dozen monop.
oles OF the necessities Of existence
Il is little wonder that John Patrick
lyman was a busy man. He was al
ways busy and though this afternoon
hn haH rff1trnA1 from what had hpap
ono OF the busiest days Of his life h..
brought lis business with him
Don't get out. stay where you sre,
Dad said Janet lyman as his big
motor swept mp to the marble stair.
way thai led up from the broad ROAD
TO the rortico You look Jagged ont.
/ cts go for a spin up through the
hills.
Il can't. my dear: I can't. said ry
mar, kissing her II haven. time.
Four men are coming here thiS even
ing whom must see"
Dad. IL isn't fail to yor or TO me
that YOU should bring your business
home with you. You're getting as
wiinkled and IS bald as John And
erson. my TO-
And you look as bonny and trig
as Highland MARI" "
you look five years older than
when YOU left this morning"
You look five years yOunrcr than
when kissed YOU goodbye at break
fast Come now" said lyman, ring
ins this little litany of playful love
To an end. won get in and 30 sor a
ride and don't bother about ny bust
ness. Ii Is because bother ABOUT
my business that you need not bother
about anything.
Yes. yes. know said Janet,
"you are the dearest father that ever
lived. / don't mind your growing.
People tell me they are afraid OF you;
that The men in your office call you
thunder cloud and gimlet eyes.
They don't know"
Don't know what?' said lyman,
holding the girl from him with both
his great hands clasped around her
arms and dropping the heavy bush OF
his eyebrows over those same gimlet
eyes What is II they don't know"
he roared. What is il you know
that no one else knows?">
THAT your heart is as tender as
woman's; that you wouldn't injure
q fellow creatipe--lf 1t was to save
or make million dollars: that you
are as honest as the stars are bright
I'D here. that you have never done a
mean act I'm order to- get money. and