Page 11 - 1958

GRADES 9 - 11 ESSAY - FIRST
BEVERLY ADAMS 9F
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,, One day, while Nancy was reading Q book on her front veranda, she glanoed
up to think over a part of her story she had just read. It was then that she pot'iced two cars speeding, one cif which was on ·the wrong side of the :r;'oad. Wit,h- in a feW eeconds, there was the screeching of brakes and then ~ crash.
Mftny slower drivers pulled to a stop outside to see whether they: c.ould be ~ of any help to the injured people. ,
Tl1e driver that had kept on his own side was not seriously injured. He was eut and suffered from shock. The p~ssenger, Jim Davis, a young man of, about ~wenty-one, was suffering from shock only.
i Nancy was ninetee'n and tra ining for a nurse. Seeing the accident, she hurried Qut to the road to see whether she could he of any assistance.
: She offered to keep Jim Davis at her home as her patient. Nancy's sisters and
ijlother oould not go near the patient and kept constantly saying he would bring her troubles of which they wanted no part.' ,
Later, after he recovered a bit, he just gazed .lankly into space. With daily
was unable to leave.
WhGll. lhebhad ;beent.at tho Armstrong hODO for about; awcolr'~ t1;,.;. dontor PQmitted
him to leave.
Jim got a job at a store in town and rented a room on th e outskirts. One week
later, when it was announced that therE I~S to be a dance in the town hall, he.. in- I
vited Nancy to attend with him. , ._ ,d ' , Although the danc e 00 mE and went, st ill Nanc y lear1,led no more a bout Jim., ;N~ncy
knew many people from town were quite ':lsed to s~~ing het,aJIlld Jim together•. Even Nancy's motJiner began to show a small allbwance of love for the new person in h~ daughter' slife.
Then, one weekend, 8S Nancy returned from Nursing School in the near.by city, she was surprised to meet her friend on t,he front veranda.
"I've been waiting for you," said Sal~y, Nancy~s girlfriend.
"Why?" asked Nancy.
" "I've got something to tell you about Jim Davis. He walked out on his \,!i;f'e .and left her with twins to support alone. She said she was coming to get him ,an,d~u€
:for divorce and a couple thousa nd do:)';L1n's,"
< "I don't believe it!" gasped Nancy.
"I didn't think you would, but sb~'s coming at 6:15 anrl it's 5:30 now. You bet"'T ter go inside. Jim is waiting for yoU::lf
"Won't you please come inside a nd have supper wi th us?"
"Thanks, +!Jill if I'm not going to be a bother to you."
"Don't worry. You won't be." ,r So they went into the house to be greeted by Jim,and Mr/?,. A.rms:tirQng, N?-~GY3,~
mother. ,' i
All during supper, Nancy could be seen watching th~ road a~d wa~ting untiJ,;,t~e
dreaded woman, :Mrs. Dav,is, made her appearance. . -,' ~. Then, at tbe a ppointed time, a car pulled up ' in front of the bquse ,and a
woman with two toddlers alighted. , , 0
Nancy turned andwent into the living-room and said, "She's come!".-
Then she turned on her heel and returned to the kitchen. 4fter ',a few minutes,
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LOVE" BY ACCIDENT
..Nancy·w~s erble , to ~are for Jim.
visits from the town's doctor
Tw& ~ays later, he was up and about, but because of the doctor's orders, he
.Tim ~me into the kitchen to talk to ber.
"Wbat's the rotter, Nancy? Won't you please come and meet my sister-in-law?" "Sister-in-laW'?" echoe9. lIT~r;l<;:Y!. '.'~ w,as ,i!o:j..d .?:qe w,as your wifE. I couldn't .e-
lieve that you would dEliberately lie, but Wilby didn't you explain?"
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