Nightingale Bamford School - Yearbook (New York, NY)

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She looked doxx n 1nd xx IS 1I11l7LCl to see someone ID her Coxe He lay stretched on the sand, h1s th1n xxh1te 5h1rt open to the xx 11st and h1s blue pants rolled to the knees HIS he1d xx .15 restmg on h1s 1rm, h1s xoung I'I101Sf llps were parted 1nd h1s mnned Chest mox ed up ind doxx n IU restless breathmg In 1 moment h1s ex es were open and he xxas loolemg up If her Thex xxere large, dark ex es, and though the rest of hls bodx xx IS completelx relixed, the ex es burned hlee black hre Thex seemed to seareh her lace 15 lf perh1ps he vsere afrtud that shed dlscox ered h1m and m1ght betrix h1m But 1lthough he 1ppe1red to look strznght II her h1s gaze xxent through her lS1l' she xx ere ID qu1te another vxorld from h1S He stood up, 1nd IS he rose, he p1cl1ed up 1 lxnottx stiff thqt hld been there beslde h1m He stretehed 1 b1t, then turned 1nd stlrted doxxn the po1nt The g1rl started to 5pe1le to hun, but d1d not She xx ltehed h1m slowly p1ek1ng h15 VNIX 'along the sho1e betxx een the xx 1ter 1nd the m1rsh gmss 1nd suddenlx she Klttx Bhss Semor Class NATURL LOV1 R There 11e thlngs some folks e111 see and loxe L1ke the 111111 mng m15t 1n 1 summer skx Th1t others see, md xet see not Lettlng them just p1ss bx A sxx 1llovx s nest 1n 1 sflndx el1f'r A t1nx flovx er IH wmd swept gr1ss, A robln 5 song If d1xx n 1n Sprmg Hoxv e111 they let them p1s5 XX l11te lDlIk.l1LS rhar s1gh1n the summer wmd The h1ppx song of1 bumble bee, Dewx gl 1pes on 1 le1fx Ylllk Be1utx Ihlf 5 fresh 1nd free There 11e lots of thmgs th1t IX 1ture s h1d In eountrx 111 field md vxooel Th1t mmx people I11lQl1I enjox To hnel 1f but thex eould E 111 1beth 'xhclean C1155 Ten ' Y 1 Y- f 1 1 1 A ' 1 ' ' 1 ' 1 ' 1 v ' . ' , . . 1 ' K . 1' , V Y 'I 1 I ' Y Y D ' YI A I ' 3 1 v I I ' A ' x ' . I - Y 1 I 7 1 1 I 1 Yi E . .A I Yi X I t Y . . , K 1 . , . 1 1 ' - 5, , 1 Y , I D I ' X ' 1 1 A 1 H ' Y l . was aware that he had not really seen her there 11t all . . . that he was bl1nd. I I 'H I 1 '- ii 1 'I . E I ' I . I - ' x Y K . . 1, . . . , , 3 . 1 I v K 1 4 ' . . . , . V V . . -A L . . . K . . . 5 . 1 . 1 1 1 ,-L 1 K 12 Y V' 1 . 1 1 7 , Q ' Q I 1 X'- . L . . . , Q , , . . 1 X . l l v s K 1 K v l i r 1 - A' 1 1 - 1 1 1 . Pf'9e,fi1'tgf11e

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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

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