Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 99, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 March 1915 — Only a Dad. [ARTICLE]

Only a Dad.

<-lily a d'vd. with a tired face Coming home from the daily race, ’ rin"in :. little of gold or. fame To show how well lie has played The game, But glad in his heart that his own rejoice To see hint come and to hear? his voice. Only a dad, of a brood of four. One of ten million men or more, p lodding along in the daily strife,? Bearing the whips and scorns of Hie Witli never a whimper of pain or bate For the sake Of those who at home await. Only a dad, neither rich or proud, Merely one of the surging crowd. Toiling, striving, from day to day, Facing whatever may come his way; Sileht. whenever the harsh condemn, And bearing it all for the love ot then? ? Only a dad, but he [gives his all To smooth the way for his children small. Doing, with courage stern and grim, The deeds that his father did for him, r| 'iii; i< the line that for him I pen, Only a dad, but the best of men. —Detroit Free Press.