Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-05-17

ever managed to be in bingham and
zone horse shay" town.
Hester goes down tho path called
sadly by those who know how hard 1t
is to tread "the easiest way"
With money, friends of her own lux
ury-loving calibre, furG, jewels, town
and country houses, Hester knows
gayety. But happiness eludes her.
She realizes vaguely that she is rest
less. She does not know why. She
knows that she cannot be satisfied
without all the splendor her hands
reach out to take. She has no thought
of the splendor that is real because 1t
satisfies heart and soul.
On Life's Merry Co. Round
And as Hester whirls about on life's
merry go-round, it stops with a crash.
A blurred article on a front page that
was clear to her eyes until she read
Jerrys name, tells Hest that the fine
sensitive. manly boy who loved her so
tenderly has made his life's choice.
Jerry has gone to the worlds battle
field to give his youth to a righteous
cause. And his youth is shattered
thing.
AS Hester reads, something in her
soul stirs to tell her that her youth,
too, is shattered.
While Jerry was being flung into
the mire Of No Mans Land by the
blast of an enemy gun, Hester, per-
haps, was giving her mind to the pom
derous question of choosing the kind
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fittingly.
Awakening of Girls Soul
In moment of soaring self-knowl-
edge, the girls soul awakes
If Jerry dies, the one real and abid-
ing love she has known will go out of !
her life-unrewarded and unfulilled |
In rush of terrible eagerness for the |
real beauty that has eluded her, Hes |
ter goes to Jerrys bedside. She mar
ries the shell of what the boy once
was. She nurses Jerry until death !
claims the boy as his toll.
And then Hester realizes that her
own life was a hideous travesty Of the |
beautiful even though painful strug- |
gle true existence must be. She knows |
she must earn her way as she earned |
for Jerry his few brief weeks of peace |
and joy. |
With empty hands, the girl goes out |
to make an honest struggle for the |
right to live and to hold her head high |
She knows she must justify the faith ,
of Jerrys blind eyes when they strug- |
gled to pierce the mists and see her.
Hester Travels an Uphill Road
Five years are gone. Hester has |
bitter memories. She travels an up
her feet and tear her hands if she |
may live them clean and honest at last |
in prayer for the man whose love has |
taught her what life can mean.
The girl Of today need not make the !
false start for which Hester Bevins !
must pay for years fand years. She !
knows life's true values. She recog- !
nizes that small town does not con-
fine the soul. She sees that the great |
est happiness in the world comes from
doing we'll those things which lie at |
hand. Circumstances are never too |
much for a strong soul. And the girl !
with vision knows that unless her soul |
che sure" nothing in life can be dura-
bio satisfaction.
Character Grows With the Years
There is but one lasting beauty. |
Youth fades. Cleaning eyes dull. But |
character grows with the years.
When age comes, weaWant peace. |
Even in youth we need the peace of |
mind that comes from honesty and |
decency. To link beauty with brains |