Lunenburg High School - Echo Yearbook (Lunenburg, MA)

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... ' - 1. He arose :and walked along the path toward the river,g a short way off. In the morning shore, softly beckoning far down into the black, sun the ripple glistened and caressed the him on toward it, compelling him to plunge swirling depths, to extinguish all light of earthly being by the envelopement of the cold, dark, soothing mass. ', He would have gone ,had not that fortunate, had detained the act for Success could have failed. Perhaps it was had been blighted. Even through with this 'those many years before, or rather unfortunate'incident occurred which such a long time. '. Q it, he had his career unscathed, been his, yet, when he tried for because he had gone to war, that though he survived the conflict, afterwards fate continued to go against him as before. The other man, on actions 'Funny, how things the brink of fame, perhaps, was killed in happen that way,' he thought. Here I have been left to drift about with the tide and to no end, except--this. He looked at his watch in haste. Why, it was nearly stood on the bank of the was low--too low, now. noon! He the river the paper river. Yes, the tide was out, and His heart felt heavy. Then he felt in his vest pocket. Why he took it out to scan through it was an- other quirk of fate. It opened to a full-page poster with a finger, almost of accusation, pointing toward him. There were, also, the im- perative words. nYour Serve His Country. It was in that one Country Wants You Every Man Is Needed To I Cl moment of shame, that he realized how self- ish it was to waste his own life, when it was needed to serve others. He would do anything, now. Success meant nothing--only to serve. He turned away from tho river for this one last attempt to do something worthwhile. This time he would not fail. As he walked along a moment could be wasted. nTime and Tide wait there was no hesitancy in his gait, for not for no man,n he murmured, half-conscious of the words, nAnd Fate has Mon at her beck and call.n lk Ik 1 Ill li Note: We realize that there is considerable emphasis on wartime subjects in this section of the Yearbook, however, it is only natural, in viow of the present situation, that the students' minds should turn in that direction. 9 4

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'THE TIME, THE TLDE, THE PLACE 'By-Joy Burnap A lonely figure walked along the narrow path, approaching the river. Although not an old man--in his late thirties, perhaps--his shoulders were bent, weighted with discouragement. He walked with a loitering gait, due to a certain characteristic--not laziness at all, but the lack of ambition, which comes from several attempts blocked by failure. E A friendly squirrel scampered across his path,paused and pondered, blinked soft brown eyes, and whisked himself away, but only to approach nearer again and scurry onto the bench just ahead. As the man came up to it, the squirrel was frightened,'and scurried away. T The man seated himself heavily on the bench. As he looked up, he was astonished at his surroundings. Here in the park, was this not the same spot, where, over twenty years ago, he had been as discouraged as he was now--as ndown--and out' and depressed? Yet, he had been given a chance then--a chance he had never expected to have again. Yes, it was here on this very spot that he ------ . ' He approached the gentleman who was seated on the bench reading the morning paper, and asked for a light. It was his last cigarette, but he would have no need of it very soon. p The man on the bench was cordial, although well-dressed and appar- ently successful, as opposed to the shabbiness and Vagabond attitude of the younger man. He seemed interested in the man, who had asked him for a light. Perhaps it was the characteristic of noldnessn in a face that should have been so youthful, that made him feel this way. He de- tained him by starting a conversation,--showing him the latest head- lines in his paper. It was really his own paper, he stated, explaining his part in it as a journalist. Soon, he would be only a part of the headlines Qthe words were spoken ironicallyl along with the millions of other men going to fight in the uGreat War.n 'The hardest part of leaving your job to serve your country, however, is getting someone to take your place,n he added, depressed. Then it was the young man's turn to speak. He had a little ex4 perience at reporting, too. He had made attempts at other work,though, and had failed. Still, reporting was what he really wanted to do. There was no doubt about it. He had a knack for writing--he liked it, Before he was through, he had assured the other man that he was the only one who could ably take his place ----- . Now, that same man, who had been so confident in himself, at that time, who had been so sure he could be a success, just when a new hope had risen over the brink of oblivion, again found himself in the same predicament as before. Instead, there was no hope rising above the brink of oblivion, now, no one sitting there on the bench beside him, as before, offering him an opportunity to make good. Only an abandoned yesterday's newspaper lay there, and he carefully folded it, placing it in his vest pocket. 7 fcont. on next pagej 9 3

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