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?after?a?life?in?advertising?hepainted?practically?every?day?of?every?year?that?was?left?to?him.?We?can?say?of?him?what?has?doubtless?beensaid?by?their?loved?ones?about?nearly?everyone?who?is?buried?here:?he?should?have?lived?longer.?He?shouldhave?indeed.?Here,?after?a?moments?silence,?the?resigned?look?of?gloom?on?his?face?gave?way?to?asorrowful?smile. When?I?started?high?school?and?had?team?practice?in?the?afternoons,?he?took?over?theerrands?that?I?used?to?run?for?my?father?after?school.?He?loved?being?only?nine?years?old?and?carrying?thediamonds?in?an?envelope?in?his?jacket?pocket?onto?the?bus?to?Newark,?where?the?setter?and?the?sizer?and?thepolisher?and?the?watch?repairman?our?father?used?each?sat?in?a?cubbyhole?of?his?own,?tucked?away?onFrelinghuysen?Avenue.?Those?trips?gave?that?kid?enormous?pleasure.?I?think?watching?these?artisans?doingtheir?lonely?work?in?those?tight?little?places?gave?him?the?idea?for?using?his?hands?to?make?art.?I?think?lookingat?the?facets?of?the?diamonds?through?my?fathers?jewelry?loupe?is?something?else?that?fostered?his?desire?tomake?art.?A?laugh?suddenly?got?the?upper?hand?with?Howie,?a?little?flurry?of?relief?from?his?task,?and?he?said, I?was?the?conventional?brother.?In?me?diamonds?fostered?a?desire?to?make?money.?Then?he?resumed?wherehed?left?off,?looking?through?the?large?sunny?window?of?their?boyhood?years. Our?father?took?a?small?ad?inthe?Elizabeth?Journal?once?a?month.?During?the?holiday?season,?between?Thanksgiving?and?Christmas,?hetook?the?ad?once?a?week. Trade?in?your?old?watch?for?a?new?one.?All?these?old?watches?that?he?accumulated—?most?of?them?beyond?repair?—?were?dumped?in?a?drawer?in?the?back?of?the?store.?My?little?brother?couldsit?there?for?hours,?spinning?the?hands?and?listening?to?the?watches?tick,?if?they?still?did,?and?studying?whateach?face?and?what?each?case?looked?like.?Thats?what?made?that?boy?tick.?A?hundred,?two?hundred?trade-inwatches,?the?entire?drawerful?probably?worth?no?more?than?ten?bucks,?but?to?his