{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/68a38e07457a24bb950853fc/68a38e1c457a24bb9508592a?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The Romance of a Busy Broker - a Classic Short Story  by O. Henry","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/68a38e07457a24bb950853fc/d0c717c90b5e62aa57f2e6b50e9273cf.jpg?height=200","description":"There are those for whom work becomes an obsession to the detriment of their personal lives. The businessman in our next story gives new meaning to the modern term “workaholic.”<br>William Henry Porter, better known as O. Henry led a short albeit intriguing life. Before he died in New York City in 1910 at age 47, Porter was a pharmacist, sheep ranch hand, draftsman, banker, and prolific author of short stories. Oh, and he was also a convicted embezzler who served time in federal prison.<p> </p>","author_name":"Short Storyverses"}