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Show j I ' JHERE'JS TOfFATHER-r ; . GOD BLESS HIM" H; The following- clipping about H; father was handed to The editor H by a lady, with the request that Hi we publish it. We believe it H well worth considering by all H a our readers, giving a little food H for serious thought. We might Hi add that the lady who requested H its publication was a WIDOW. H Can you wonder she appreciates Hj the truth of the thoughts there H expressed. It is an old saying H that "we never miss the water D till the well runs dry." H "Governor Shafroth has set H aside May 14th as Mother's Day, H m when all the people will meet to Hi do honor to the mothers of the Hi land. But what about poor old H; father? H; "This reminds us that wc hap- H - pencd in a home the other day H and over the parlor door saw H the legend worked in letters of H red, "What is Home Without a H Mother?" Across the room was H another brief, "God.Bleps Our J" Home." H , "Now what's the matter with H "God -Bless Our Dad?" He Hl gets up early, lights the fire, H . boils an ogg and wipes off the Hj dew of dawn with his boots, H while many a mother is sleep- H ing. He makes the weekly iliand-out for, the butcher, the .grocer the milk man and baker, And his little pile is badly worn Hi before he has been home an hour. H "U there is a noise during the Hi night dad is kicked in the back H - and made to go down stairs to H find the burglar and kill him. H , Mother darns th? socks, but dad Hi'- bought the socks in the first B place, and the needles and the m .yarn afterward. Mother does B' up the fruit, well, dad bought it M- all, and jars and sugar cost like gu- '" F . the Sunday dinner, carves them m' himseif and draws the neck ' from the 'ruins aer everyone m else is served. "What is Home H Without a Mother?" Yes, that Hk isf alright; but what,, isi home Hj .. without a father? Ten ' chances m tovone it's A yarding hoiise, Ht ' father. js 'under alslab and the Hj'' landlady is a widow. Dad, Hk here's to you you've got your K f aults-?you may have a lot of B' 'em but you're all right and we will miss you when you're Hk gone." |