Townsend Harris High School - Crimson Gold Yearbook (Flushing, NY)

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'B One Foggy Knight By SEYMOUR Gkoss T was twrlrght and the enveloprng gloom combrned wrth a deep mrst that was blowmg 1n from the sea softened the usual hard outl1nes of New York s skyline mto mere shad ows and suggest1ons of huge tower mg shapes Here and there t1ny lrghts appeared and then drsappear ed makmg the whole rsland of Manhattan seem l1ke a cloudy sky whose stars were trylng to peep through the clouds The sound of many fog horns and the fresh twang of the salt a1r were wafted 1nto shore on the cool Aprrl breeze where they mmgled wrth the smell of the docks and the norses of the streets All these noises created an 1rregu lar melody but the lappmg of the waves agarnst a certa1n wharf pro vrded a bass or even tempo to accompany this melody of the rrver front An excepnonally staccato note of a nearby fog horn was accom panled by a s1m1lar movement of part of a shadow that was creeprng along the edge of the wharf When thrs prece of blackness reached the end of the shadow of a shanty rt hesrtated a second and then fitted across a patch of l1ght comrng from the watchmans lamp through the wrndow of the shanty and agaln merged into the darkness of the end of the wharf The last traces of the sun had dis appeared and all was rnky blackness Only the ted and green prlot lrghts of an exceptionally near by tug penetrated the fog and made them selves vrsrble to the dark figure huddled at the end of the wharf Soon the watchmans l1ght moved farther away and was lost rn the fog The huddled figure suddenly stood erect and peered out 11'1IO the foggy rrver It gave a l1ttle shrver and a cough was heard in a muffled fem 1n1ne vorce The owner of the vorce leaned over as rf to jump 1nto the dark lapprng river when two strong hands suddenly prnroned her from behind The grrl screamed both from frrght and anger both of wh1ch emot1ons she betrayed when she sar Let me go let me go I was Oh no you don t srster no you don t tonlght IS too cool a night for me to be fishm you out of that cold water And the girl looked up 1nto the not unhandsome or unkrndly face of a polrceman Then he drew her to a s1tt1ng pos1t1on on the edge of the wharf and took a flashllght from hrs pocket The glrl had suddenly be come subm1ss1ve and when the l1ght flashed on she was look1ng at the kn1ght of the law w1th nothrng but gratltude 1n her eyes As he awkwardly began to talk If was ev1dent that he was surprrsed at the appearance of the grrl How come he sa1d how come a grrl wrth your looks and dress wants to k1ck the bucket? Why you got evetythmg to l1ve for She lowered her eyes as she spok 0 L . . 1 - , . . , . 7 , 7 n d. u or te 1 - 7 , . . . ' x n 0 . 7 7 , . . 9 ' n , u ar ' rr ' 7 7 , - - xr .. ' P V7 Page Fifty-eight

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a lrttle laugh Im becomrng a krnd of poet myself Yet that fellow the Peasant speaks sound common sense too Bus1ness IS not guldens only There IS a romance and a joy and a beauty rn makrng nature your slave tarns and conquerrng seas Well I don t know It 1S not easy to Judge He became pensrve Fznzr Suddenly the moon crept from out the shadow of a cloud and sent a glorrous beam down upon the shad ow of the lrttle hut The Old Man leaped to h1s feet and searched the skres Please God he sard let me be as blrnd as nerther but let me have the eyes of both ' 7 ' 9 3 I I ' 7 3 There is a thrill in leveling moun- H H , H ' ' s y 7 . , s a y . . l .,, 7 Page Fifty-:eve

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at first hardly rn a whrsper but takrng on courage as she went along My story ISU t any drfferent from the ones others must have told you and hundreds of other cops rrght here at the foot of Forty fourth Street Most of the others though drdnt tell rt rn person but rt was read I suppose rn a note whrch they must have left rrght here If you et bored stop me Im sorry you came because rt took a lot of thrnkrng to reach the decrsron and now that youve stopped me I know that I won t have the nerve to do lf agarn The knrght of the law looked at the grrl rntently Then If your story begrns rn a small town and up to yesterday you were tramprng from Zregfeld s to Shubert s and they told you that they could use a mard for a walk on but then you weren t the type Well I guess I can supply the detarls when I have more trme The grrl laughed hysterrcally Yes That s the story but rt hurts when you make If so matter of fact Ive starved rn your detarls ve wntten home of my great success They ve found out Iwe been d1s owned Im a farlure a farlure- even he turned on me but then he dred and we hadn t spoken and he dred wrthout forgrvrng or berng forgrven Oh God' why should I lrve why why 'Ihe words were rnterrupted by sobs and as she began to lose complete control of herself the knrght of the law took her by the shoulders and turned her tear starned face towards s Wart grrlre wart I got a heart dont thrnk I havent got a wrfe and two krds too and I get rotten breaks but do I go around jumprng rnto IIVCISQ I should say not' I strck on the job Even tonrght Im rn danger of losrng rt There IS a bootlegger named Gazettr who has been makrng nrghtly shrpments around here and rf he gets through agarn me and five other guys wrll be demoted The realrzanon that others had struggled seemed to cheer the grrl up for Well I guess you re rrght offxcer Ill grve lrfe another chance But rf I dont succeed thrs trme well You better get home now grrlre I can t stay here all nrght rnter rupted the offrcer G replred the grrl dont worry about me Im afrard to try If agarn I just want to stay here alone and thrnk thrngs over Well goodbye sard the knrght of the law youll feel better rn the mornrng And he arose and walked off rnto the fog The grrl sat motronless for awhrle and then suddenly leaned over the prer and sard O K Gazettr the coast rs c ear And a loaded boat slrd from under the wharf A knrght of the law happrly walked hrs beat and whrstled because the enveloprng gloom combrned w1th a deep mrst that was blowrng IH from the sea softened the usual hard hard outlrnes of New Yorks skylrne The End , .i ' 7 U . , . . , 4 . . . . . , ' 5 7 . , . . . , 7 7 . 3 ' n ' . . g - -- r 1 , u 1 - Y ' ' 13 7 7 7 - , . . . ' n ' - u - - U . . U . . 1 - u f , . 1 ' ' ' ' tt xv ' ' n 1 O, , , . 1 - me xv . . . 1 . . ,, 7 1 rr xy - ' . ,, 7 7 u 1 - 7 ' sr fe 1 - ' y - tt - an In r 1 - , , V - 'I ' ' ' ' 1 rx u 1: - x . Y . - rn , ' . . . ' . 1 7 U . . . . P 3 , . , . P ge Fifty-nine