Lincoln High School - Quill Yearbook (Jersey City, NJ)

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No, he sighed, no good. Where's the letter? Over there on the table. Poor Ed almost sobbed as he slumped into a chair, apparently without enough strength to get me the letter. I picked it up and read: 'Dear Sir: After carefully searching the records of the United States Patent Office, we find that this type of carbureter has already been patented by the Phil' lips Oarbureter Company of Columbus, Ohio. We regret ..... ' That was all I had the heart to read. Full well I knew what that let' ter meant to Ed and his far from wellftofdo family. It meant months, indeed years, of hard work and pinching economy to buy back their modest home. I looked at Ed sitting in his old armchair with his head in his hands, the picture of misery. I did not try to cheer him, for I knew that the effort would be wasted. Our reverie was interrupted by the voice of Mrs. Johnson, from the kitchen. Ed, what was in that other letter you got? The other letter? asked Ed. Oh, yes!-I guess I didn't open it. Here, look at it yourself.-Most likely some ad.-What does it say on the outside?-Oh, yes, The Phillips Oarbure-Say! Wait a minute. There followed a ripping and crackling noise, as the letter was quickly opened, and then silence as a look of astonishment crept into my friend's face. What th-Well I'll be- 'LWhat is it? I questioned him in my anxious curiosity. Here, he shouted as he shoved the missive under my nose. With this motion he began to jump and dance around the room, singing at the top of his lungs. He went over to his wife and forcibly included her in his wild dance, while she protested loudly, demanding to know what was in the letter the while I peered at the source of all this commotion. The letter read: 'DEAR SIR: We have been notiied of your attempt to patent a carbureter employ' ing threefjet construction. No doubt you have been informed that we have already secured this patent.

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I was somewhat taken back by this change in my friend, but since I was glad to see him cheerful again, I said no more about it. Yeah, I said jokingly, 'Lthat's what you thought the last time. I started up the stairs, with Ed trailing me. - - Ik Bk Pk Pk Sk Pk wk Pk Since I was very busy at my own job, it was quite a few days before I saw him again, but in the meantime I began to hear things about him. It seems that he had taken up my suggestion of looking for backing. Almost everywhere I went in the little town, I heard o-f his trips to banks, to rich people, and to every other place where there was even the scantest hope of getting money. Finally I heard that his quest had been rewarded in the form of a mortgage on his house. On the very evening of the day on which I learned this news, I went to his house and received aflirmation of the rumor. I found him working on the plans and the necessary working model. As I went down into the old cellar, he bounded toward me to tell me the good news. A I got it! I got it! he exclaimed. The Robertstown National Bank gave me a mortgage, and look -he led me over to his bench, where there was the usual litter of tools and materials- I've almost got the model fin' ished. The plans are all drawn up, and I'm sending in my application to the patent lawyers in the morning. I was as excited as he was, looking over everything to see if all were in firstfrate condition. I found a few minor errors, which he easily cor' rected. We worked like demons, so that by twelve o'clock everything was packed and ready to go into the mail. - H4 S4 Sk wk wk P14 H4 if After that night came a long period of watchful and anxious waiting. Every evening on his arrival home from work, the first thing that Ed did was to ask if the letter had come from Washington. I was as eager as he. Every evening I would gulp down my dinner as if my life would end if I did not get over to his house before seven o'clock to see whether that message of success had come. For three months this went on and Ed, his family, and I lived like lunaf tics. Finally, one Wednesday night after he opened the door to my knock, I found the answer in his face. No good, eh? -I wanted to be certain.

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'We have also seen your model and noted its fine points. It shows ex' cellent workmanship and a perfect sense of design. 'As our company is on the lookout for some new talent to fill some vacancies, we have been authorized by the board of directors to offer you a position in our laboratories at a salary of seventyffive dollars a week, effective immediately. Hoping for a quick reply to our offer, we are In the senior class ....... I got recl marks, but... H omeworlg ...,.,.,,,,,,,,,, Yours truly, THE PHILLIPS CARBURETER CoMPANY.' Arthur Bronk. vs Song Titles Localized Doing homework ........................................................ r .... All Through the Night W .................. Anything Goes??? ........Blame It on My Youth Day ..................I'Iaunting Me Lewis Raymond .......... After graduation .,....... If I graduate ........ Till test clay ......... ...............Happiness Ahead ........I'l1 Believe in Miracles ...-...It's Easy to Remember I had to report .................. .......... J ust Once Too Often Lincoln Leader Motto .......... ,,,,,,,, L eds Spill the Beans Edward Schutt .................. ................. L ittle Colonel Lincoln Students ....... ,,,,,,,, Le arning????? Mr. Benway ............ .......... .............. .................. O 1 d Faithful I was a freshman ......... ...,,.....,,,.,..,.,,,,,,,,,.,....,,,,,,,,,,,, O nee Upon a Time Dear teacher ................ ........ W hat's the Reason I'm Not Pleasing You? The Valedzctorian ,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,A,,,,,,,,,,, Y 0113-e the Top