John Adams High School - Clipper Yearbook (Ozone Park, NY)

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,1 tm' ea 6? 3 ' wks ,Q,g,,,,rf.w1-fe'f comrng rnto hrs possessron but he strll could not understand hrs fathers generosrty He Fdward receryrng such a grft after runnrng away almost fifteen years ago He was strll glad he had done rt Not qurte out of college he had owned two cars but wanted a thrrd Hrs father refused That thrrd car seemed almost yrtally necessary to hrm at the trme so he threatened to cut hrmself off from the funrly Hrs father cl ared hrm The frrst thrng he gy drd after gorng was W xxx: to LIIIIIEC hrs IIHIHC As Iidw ard Drgby hrs busrness career had met success almost rmmedr ately He had a good mrnd and used rt to the best adyantage at all trmes Some of hrs assocrates had had therr toes stepped upon whrle he was on the w ay up but ambrtron rs rnabrtron If he had st ryed home he would probably be nothrng more than a manager rn hrs father s company As rt was he w as the head of hrs own concern wrth branches rn all the rmport ant crtres of the coun try Hrs hobby was rnakrng moncy and he enjoyed collectrng bank books wrth large hgures rn them He could sell hrs fathers estate to some nerghbor for a great sum Hrs Crncrnnatr branch could haye that addrtron rt had needed for so long He drdnt begrudge that It meant more money for hrs own pocket XVrth the money left oy er he could refurnrsh hrs New York offrces and strll haye some left for further use As far as he knew there had been no attempt to get rn touch wrth hrm Hrs father had gone south for the past wrnter and the mansron would be closed Heart attacks are subtle and swrft and the old man had dred rn Florrda XX hen the army of lawyers were hnrshed and he Ldwud was found to be the legatee they found that all the money had been lost rn stock market speculatron and the only thrnr lcft for ldw ard w rs ohn Iorth rrghts estate It was just lrke the old oo to lose eyery cent lf he 1 rnyested rt rn the Drgby Corpor atron he would h aye made moncy The dashboard lrght rllumrn ated a leer on the man s face He w as gettrng closer to the place now He had travelled far that nrght to apprarse rt and he began to recog nrze some of the features of the land The wood on the rrght w ts separated from the road by a tall sprked fence now He had to watch for a ate leadrng rnto the grounds It was not much futher He told me th lt he w as gorng to stay rn the house for the nrght and that I mrght yorn hrm rf I wrshed I agreed and we rode on rn srlence Ihere rt w as The gate He rm med on the br rkes and brought the car to a skrddrng sprayrng stop 'Ihe ram bcat down on the steel top of the car hllrng the rnsrde wrth a dull roar He backed the car and after some churnrng the wheels took a hold and whrpped through the gate A new sound Caught my ears The wheels were gorng oyer gravel now He slow ed down The drrve w as flanked by wrllows and the branches trarled oy er the car top wrth a scratch ang sound The mournful trees lent an eerre look to the scene He pulled hrs collar a brt hrgher Maybe rt was the cold He could see a long royy of loyy houses on hrs lcft They wcre the kennels Tlacre h ad not been any dogs rn thcm srnce he had hast entered Hgh! ' L , . 4 2 ' ' 2 D ' , r- 1 I . 4 4 4 . . . . . Y, , , , . , , . V1 . , . , I . 4 4 , , L v , 2 1 2 Q - 'Z - 7 ,L ' 4 . I Il . I L c 4 , ' 1 I ' 2 . , , -V , . - , ' . y a L 7 ' ' ' , -, - , , : ,, .. I . 1 . . . . , . . . J . . Q . - 1 - ' 4 Z I 1 - Q I ' - f 1 V V Q aaa 7 I Q 1 , . ' v ' ' y v I - -2 ' K 1 A v H f , ' ' , . v . - 1 ry I' f - C Yu L L ' IZ' c ' -Q, , , ' , ' ' ' , , fa ' f- ' - ' 5'-I 4 . '31 ' ' ' Q' . will? 'J..' 'xt . L l',' - ,,'?.-Q ' .- , ' . 'gjfy x ,X the-r: :A rg If 4 . - A. -. faaf akg ,W I , , J, .X 4- A ? .'. R- I Y , 4 Q J ff! , K If K -, EN- a .wt 1 1 , 1 'ff' 1, X, f'f xi ,N-0, -.f ' .lf-f - . 1. - . .,w , , ,- -V. - - . , - , - 'H- ' ' - Yi'-, - , -I-z 7 , , , , - , gfkyy ' ' .lxbc 'A Q ,I BKT' 2.-ix L V. c 4 4 4 ' I Ca - -:I I 'I' I-H 'fulfil' ' 'r 'Y ' ' ' A a f- M .,-, . . ,, X all . , , - fffw ,w Oa r' V-I ' I . ' L ,V ft, , '-an 1 . . . , fQ'la I 'V J y ' 3 l, y . . ,f a a . . . lil 'lf - ' ' 'I r ' I ' V V1 1 'I I ,y VI, 'B I, ,V fy! ,N 4 1 yyina If r , a v lf, ' - Q ,K gy, I X f , ., - www V l. 4 ay, . 4 4 Q4 9 U N . I r r ' 51 Qso f':Z Q ' , 7' ' , ' h - N f a A E' f 1 ' . . - : - -1 wg. -,,,1 ' g , 1 ' 4 Z , ,, ' h 4 4 L y L ,Z . . 1 v 2 . Z Z ' 2 'y ' ' ' ' 1' . 1, ' v 2 r ' ' . , , , ' ' , .' bf. . . . ' '- 2 . 4 . 14 ' . c - , , ,, , , ., , , . 4 . , 4 4 L L L7 ' , I ' 1' 2 ' J, 2 I . 2 ' I ' 'L 'Z ' y ' ff 1 -' I y -, . ' ' 7 ' ' y' 1 o 1 L f v - 1 2 V - . 2 , - . 1 Q ' ' 7 V I ' Y ' - I v v L c. ' L7 1 ' 1 1 v . g . ' ' , ' f v r I -4 ' t 1 , , ' V . . . . L , , , . I ' r V v- ' C 1 ' I , v -, V - 2 - 1 r - ' ' - a K - 1 - ' ' L v , - f- I 4 . . - 1 1 . ' Y 2 Y . 1 fc ' . , , , , . , 4' - , . V 4 , c . K 4. ' ' . 2 4 I ' I . ' 2 L , - , f - V ya . - - , - - L L

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