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A father gone missing in his son's hard life

By Philip Martin

When he said, "What do you want that til now you haven't had?" I said, "It was you once. Could you be again? I want a full-time Dad." -"I Wish I Had a Dad," an unpublished song by adolescent Hank Williams Not being a strong man, Lon figured he'd done the best he could. He was sorry he'd missed the boy, who had come by on Christmas Day but as ...

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  • Headline: A father gone missing in his son's hard life
  • Publication: Perspective, Pages 80 on 06/21/2009
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