The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-16

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 The acconipanying touching article was written by Governor Jeiks dozen years ago and appeared in The Eu- fauIa Times. The Governors mother lived the latter years of her life in Florida. She was a most notable lover and grower of flowers, and particularly the queen of flowers. the rose. The Governor, called by a telegram, did not reach her until, as he says the fires were out" the %'blinds drawn down"
 When in newspaper work the Gov ,ernor's style was disputatious. though he found his most copyepient, weapon gentle irony His pen Was enly occa- siona1iy sarcastic. though 1t might be and even caustfcs He had delicious sense of the humorous. and some of his friends thought he indulged in 1t often CT than was good for a solid reputa- ton. The heart story which accom- panies this proves that he had, as well, a pathetic touch most unusual.
 At the holiday season this article written by the Governor of the State is reproduced for the benefit of the boys and girls of the State:
 Have You Lost Your MOtherF
 Have you lost your mother? If you have then may a kindly Providence temper the winds to your grief If you haven't you have with you yet the greatest blessings earth affords. If she is gone you cannot replace her. She ia the one and only person that fin babyhood, youth and old age stood by you and cared for you and when sick ness care hers was the first hand the bedside and the last to give up the fight: and fin disgrace, even she honoFed and loved you still! Who keeps their eyes on you from infancy to old ags7 Who grieves with you In every sorrow and retoices with you in every good fortune? Who loves you in spite of the worlds scorn and contume1y? Who defends you at all stages of your life and in every condition which good or ill fortune may bring upon you? Whose voice is so low and sweet and musical. whose tread so gentle and whose hand so tender and soothing2 No misfor- tune has yet come to the man whose mother Is spared himl f,1 G89G
 Have you read the ominous summons over the wires to come to herr Have you felt the color fly from your bianched cheek and the heart grow cold as the words stood out clear and cold on the yellow paper? If so may you be able to pray "rhy will be done"
 Have you heard the message. "she is dead?' Poor fel1owl Did you gaze out of the car window and out into the forests while tfooping memories faster than steam could have carried them came rushing back over a life time dimmlng the vision and clouding the landscape. Have you a picture of grtef watched the shadows In and out of the trees while conscious or the cloud that
 filled your som and would All it until the angel of death should come again and come nearer--untll the thing we call life is past? Did you think them while the cars rattled and the people chattercd. of the many years gone by when you could look forward to "gO- ing home" Going to mothers" and think that 1t would not be SO any more That after this you could no more "go to mothers" on earth?
 When the first paroxysm Of grief was over and you stood by and looked down into the face of her who bore you. did you mark tho lines of care and distress. now that the blinds were drawn down and the fires were out, that peace rest ed on the beautiful face? And did you ! ever see just such a beautiful face In l all your life, and will you ever see an- | ether? And in her hair was that a 1 pink rose she wore? And did you ever | see her without pink rose in her hair. | on her dress OF in her hands? And ! did she love pink roses so? And In Her ! hands you saw, may he, a white hya- ! cinth and a blt of cedar and we're they i caretessly meant to say mortality and
 immortality
 And outside of tho great windows and clambering over one porch and then another and not even content on the roof of the second did you mark