Nightingale Bamford School - Yearbook (New York, NY)

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ALL THI XX AY THROUGH It vxas 1 cold vxet dax and I xx IS trxmg to get doxx ntoxxn bx bus I WHIICCI for flxe minutes on the xxmdx eorner peernng from behlnd 1 clehx erx truck that had parked 1n front of a bakerx store to see nf 1 bus xx xs commg Fxxe mmutes had passed before I could shout Bus ahoy to the rlpndlx 1ncre1s1ng knot of people xx utmg for the same bus Thex g1xe 1 small half frozen eroak of pleasure Some of them started to put doxxn thelr umbrellls whxle the rest sloxxlx ftrymg not be be conspxcuousj edged thelr xxay 111 front of the blkery truck When the bus elme S1ghS of rellef eould be heard Ind slxght murmurmgs of the people talkmg to themselxes and to whomex er would llsten All heads were turned to the left to watch the belated angel from heax en all heads turned to the rlght as the belated angel from heax en kept rnght on going Then the true character of ex ery man woman and chlld present came to the surface Not another bus was an slght Angry murmurnngs and b1tter sarcast1e remarks xxere thrown at the bus drlx er vxho dldn t haxe any Chrlstmas spmt By thxs txme a great mob of people had collected Another lengthy wart Another bus was snghted no two-three four buses 1n a row surely one w1ll stop' Agaln the people crowded 1nto the street The first bust went by as dld the second but the thnrd and fourth stopped I was swept 1nto the first of the two buses whether I wanted to or no and dropped my mckel 1n the box as I Was Vx h1sked by Move to the rear of the bus PLEASE that s all there s no more room there s another bus m the rear Watch the door no more room please lady, there s no more room you can t get ln watch the door' OW' You caught me let me 1n Open the door you terrrble man Ill report you I told you there wasn t room lady Now get out there s another bus 1n the rear The lady squee ed 1n The bus gave a lurch forward and grunts and groans came from the people whose already mashed toes got crushed even more I began to thmk of the prospects of gettmg out Thev looked bad Exen though I was very near the front I deC1ded that my best hopes would be to try to moxe to the back I started the pxlgrlmage wlrh great determlnatlon Excuse me please I got between the first two people only to find a worrxed young man w1th three b1g flower boxes and a lady who was bendnng ox er talkmg to someone nn the seat My excuse me please dndn t brnng her rear 1n or the flower boxes out of the way I tr1ed Gettlng out please let me out and started to push Slowlv the blood came to my head and I got mad I gaxe the lady a poke wxth my umbrella Watch what you re dolng she snapped as she unconscxously stralghtened up I squeezed by and started on to the next hopmg to mx self that she would haxe as hard a t1me to get out as I I heard by the comments thxt xt was Slxty slxth Street Snx more bloeks 1nd one more stop to go XX ould I make It to the door? The croxxd had thnnned out tow 1rd the rear only around the door there was such 1 b1g group of people th If I wondered xxhether I would be lble to get out after all But I trusted thlt they would be gettmg out at the same stop as I Smee onlx one person got off I put my head doxx n and plovx ed my way through to the door drxggmg two people xx1th me' I xxas out' Fresh anr agaln' It felt so mee md eool I reyoleed to find th II I xx as stxll ahxe Ellen Ordxx ay Semor Class - ,, 71 Y Y Y' V- 5 y V Y 7 I . , 1 L 4 K 1 . v ' y. v - xl ' . . v v . ' ' . 1 . Y 1 3 D v Y' . . ' . i , . . . H H - - - . , 4 , . I . k 'Q Y ' . ' ' 'L 1 . ' 2 ' . I 'A 3 ' . l Y Y Y- . s ' 1' V V ' , , , 'V ., , ' ' . 1 . . ' ' , . , . . V V l l Y I , . . , . , v s ' ' y Y . I 5 3 ' L . L 1 ' Y 3 , ' 3 V Q IQ ' 1 Y . Y 9 3 , ' q l 7 3 Y 3 , ' . ,Y If , , . . ' ' 3 ,I ' 7 , . , . . fl 7 7 ' 7 ' 7 an ,A - . 1. . , . . 7 7 V Y n 0 ll 3, ' Y 9 7 9 ' If ,Y ' 5 ' ' ' 1 7 Y ' lf ' 11 V ' 3 Y 7 .. , ' Cl Y ' ,I Y V 3 ' Y 7 . Y . y X Y . ' 3 V , , , , , , t . , 1 1 . I Y- I li . l ' A i 1 7 'I 1 ' s Y . , r . . . , A , , 1 . , s ,L , A l 1 'A Y Q 1 . X . 'i Y I I Y ' Y 71 Y V v I 1 I f . I l V' Y I . , . .... . . . . I .-x , v 3. .-3 . y, l ' V . , , Y Page fifty-into

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BLACK FIRE They stood besrde the edge of the rry er bank and yy atched her untre the royy boat from rts stake She tossed the oars and oarloeks rn, md carefully holdrng her Hshrng rod and bart ean rn her hrnd stepped aboard For 1 moment she trpped precar1ously from srde to s1de but she qurckly reguned her balance Settlrng the oars rn therr pllces, and braerng her feet lgl1l1St the relr seat, she gaye 1 qurek lrttle seull vyrth her left olr and pulled ryyly from the rrekety dock The ehrldren by the prer yy ere srlhouetted lglll1SI the settrng sun They looked rt one another they squrnehed then brre toes rn the soft, blrek mud and ealled after her You won t grt no fish off the pornt thrs trme of dry The grrl smrled to herself 1nd pushed .1 loek of str ught blonde hur baek from her eyes She looked up rt them, I ll find sornethrng m1y'be She lelned blek Ind put her whole body unto rowrng the trny boat Her shoulders, her strong young baek, her lrthe warst and her long th1n legs eombrned rn graceful, rhyfthmrc moy ement and the lrttle bort slrthered smoothly along She passed the racks where her father hung hrs nets to dry' There hung the yeryf nets she herself had helped to mend rn the long wrnter afternoons when there vyere no frsh to be caught Those are the days when frshermen s tempers are short, and fishermen s wrves must scrrmp and saye to make the summer s money' last trl the frrst young fish may be caught rn the Sprrng, and frshermen s daughters must s1t near the smoky kerosene lamps and help to mend the nets She smrled agarn How glad she was that the wrnter was over and that now an earthy' warmth oozed up through the mud flats and across the marsh grass, mste rd of the swooprng brtter wrnd that had for so long rattled the wrndow panes of therr small shack near the rry er and unceasrngly flapped the canvasses of the boats She passed the duck blrnds yy here the hunters sat rn the cold unfamrlrar hours before a Noy ember dawn She passed the last lrttle rnlet and the jetty' whrch separated the rry er from the open bay She sys ung the boat sharply rn, and droye rt up on the sand on the sheltered srde of the pornt Dexterouslv she shrpped the oars and stepped out The eool wet sand erme up between her toes and she jumped a lrttle when 1 baby erab elawed It her rnkle XX rth her rod over her shoulder md her but em rn her hlnd she wrlked qurte flr rlong the pornt tovy 1rd r pllee she knew It yy rs 1 lrttle eoye vyhere there yyere almost rlwlys hsh She Ind drseoy ered rt sey er ll yelrs before 1nd Ind neyer told my one rbout rt There yy rs 1 yy rrm drmp breeze vyhreh smelled sys eet Ind srlty Her hnr wrs wet md strrngy md stuek to her eheek but she dldnt bother to push rt rvy IX She brelthed deeply md the selyyeed smell stung her nostrrls but rt felt elean md good She looked up rnd sryy some gulls errelrng nerr her pllee Thlt meant th If there were hsh there rlmost surely She qurekened her plee ,V s , , , V V. , , V- . . , . . . I , 1 . . , , - ,, , , , ,. e . , . . 6 V ., , . . . . , . . . ll Y ' Si L s Y S . . . . . . V , , . . . , I 3' V , . . , . V . . ' 2 V V . . V 1 , ., , . V . . V s AV V V . . s , . . VV . .-, -.-, VV , X V, V s , , , V,., . ,V . . . , .... . ,. . . . . . ,. . e , . . . Page fifty-four