OCR Text |
Show ' "BREAD UPON THE WATERS" U ., Representative Heflln of Alabama j,. Is a great believer In the return of ... .bread "cast upon the waters," and In r. proof thereof relates a story of the time when he had first entered poll- t: ,tlCS- 1 It seems that about five miles from the Heflln home a negro Jubl-lee Jubl-lee of some sort was In progress and "j- was attracting hundreds of negroes from all parts of the surrounding country. coun-try. One of those who wished to at-'' at-'' tend the function and had driven many weary miles was unfortunate x. when he reached the vicinity of the eis Heflln residence. One of the wheels on his buggy broke. C The old darky had been told k where Representative Hefiin's father j;; lived, and probably also that the elder Mr. Heflln had a sympathetic heart. Therefore, he went to the door and asked the elder Mr. Heflin, who had a Blacksmith shop, to let him borrow a si' wheel for his broken buggy.' The wheel was loaned and the negro went on his way rejoicing. Some years later, however, when the present representative had been persuaded to enter the race for the state legislature, he saw the old darky. " Mr. Heflln had Just come to the end of a pause In a campaign speech when the wheel borrower arose in the back of the assemblage. 0:- "Ah'd just lak to ask yo' one question, suh. Are yo' the son of Dr. Heflin?" :t And when he had received an affirmative response from the speaker of the day, the old darky continued: li "Well, den, Ah Just wants to tell yo' one thing. Ah never took dat wheel j ; back to yo' father. Ah just kept postpon-ln' it and postponin' it and Ah guess al; Ah'll never see yo' father again in dis world an' he'll never see dat wheel. aro But Ah'm going to tell yo' now, dis old man and his three sons is a-goln' to r. cast their votes for yo'." |