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BECTTON TWO PAGE SIX I BLUE-RIBBON BOY ] By JOHN D. McCREADY j The city was just beginning to stir, as the little hunchback pick-! ed up the reins. Hour after hourj he would drive his brown pony through the business section of |sirmingham, Alabama. The pony (Billed a tiny wagon, with white I canvas sides rising several feet! and crossing above the driver’s head. On the canvas was painted! in vivid colors “Blue Ribbon Shoe! Shop”. As the diminutive vehicle j rattled toward the center of the city, the driver suddenly noticed a well-known figure. An elderly man, dressed in the plain black > garb of an old-time minister, was] trudging along the street. “Yonder,” said the youthful m ImcYl n [ ANOTHER HAPPY WE'RE BOOKING, THE WIFE DEMANDS OUR GAS FOR COOKING fsßil I n ijaVc-. m i rris** 1 ■ ■ ••••••••••••••••••••••••••• • You can • : countonus j : for dependable deliveries : • ) of cleaner-burning • j TEXACO FUEL CHIEF j 0 Heating Oil 0 o— x 0 ; You can count on us for on-time delivery of fuel oil when you need it. And Texaco Fuel Chief Heating Oil is best for many reasons. ® • • CLEANEST BURNING! Texaco Fuel Chief is the cleanest-burning oil you can' A buy. It burns completely—no wasted fuel. 0 SMOKELESS, ODORLESS! No disagreeable odor—no smoke to smudge walls 0 and curtains. • • 0 NO DEPOSITS! Won’t leave harmful deposits on burners saves repair Bills. 0 • UNIFORM QUALITY! Ordinary fuel oils vary in quality from batch to batch. ♦ 0 Texaco Fuel Chief is always the same you get dependable, uniform, heat. 0 • ( TEXACO DEPENDABLE DELIVER ! You can count on ® • n—i our on-time delivery service. We schedule # 0 B deliveries so you never run short. 0 CAUL US TODAY-AND FORGET ABOUT YOUR HEATING PROBLEMSII * • • J. H. CONGER, Consignee 'hunchback, “is Brother Bryan, j Wonder where he’s been so early ■I. . . I’ll find out. 1 “Hello, Brother Bryan,” he call ' ed as he drew nearer. “You’re up early this morning!” | “Why, hello—how are you?” j came a serene kindly voice in re turn; and then, in answer to the j implied qustion, “I’ve been giving imy daily radio talk at six | o’clock.” | “Say, Brother Bryan, do you i ever get any rest?” exclaimed the Blue Ribbon representative. He > was thinking of the endless round '■of daily tasks which the minister, j ever since he had come to Birm ! ingham forty years before, had as sumed', He was thinking of the countless calls he made on all sorts and conditions of men; of the four hundred funerals which, at the time of the terrible flu epi demic, he had conducted in a sin ! gle year; of his disregard of self, [which led him to give away liter ! ally the coat off his back and the I shoes off his feet. Now, as the kindly pastor of the little Third Presbyterian Church pondered his first question, he shot another; “Brother Bryan, do you ever take a vacation?” “No, son. I feel I am needed here, to tell people about Jesus. How are things _going with you these days, my boy?” “Oh, I’m fine,” replied the little fellow, as he prepared to go on with his journey—and they paus ed as the old preacher lifted his hand to ask God’s blessing on him. Brother Bryan prayed of ten on the streets and did so with perfect naturalness, and his pray ers were deeply appreciated. As the Blue Ribbon man went on his way he noticed a police man standing on a street corner. JHe had made his acquaintance and. motioning him, asked him to step over to the curb. A sudden idea had struck him. “You know what I just found out?” he asked the officer—“ Br other Bryan has never had a va cation since he came to Birming ! ham forty years ago. Let’s get him the money to take one—and make him go and get some rest.” The policeman’s face had light ened up at the mention of the old minister. The policemen and the firemen were Brother Bryan’s favorites; he could often be found at their gatherings large and THE CHOWAN HgRALP. EDENTON. NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY. OCTOBER 9. 1958. small, and they were devoted to 1 him in return. The officer was at once interested. “But how’ll we get the money— or make him go if we do?” he asked. “Let’s go ask the Birmingham News,” replied the boy. The next morning a proposal in the paper electrified Birmingham —that the people of the city should send Brother Bryan on a trip to the Holy Land, to see the scenes of the Saviour he loved. Mrs. Bryan also would be includ ed in the voyage, if enough money was received. Day after day the money, in sums large and small, poured in from all kinds of people. The girls in a candy factory were among the most enthusiastic con tributors. They loved the Christ filled man who had from time tc time spoken to them in brief talks about Jesus, and they wanted to help him to see the places where His sacred feet had trod. The surprise and delight of the beloved pastor at this expression of the affection of his beloved city were very great. Over three thousand dollars—ample to send him and his wife—came in from the announcement in the News. Mrs. Bryan, however, was un- 1 able to go because of her health; so a son of the preacher accom panied him. On the day of their departure a great crowd gathered at the sta tion. The police band was there and played “God Be With You Tifl We Meet Again.” Then Bro ther Bryan, looking like Christ as he stood with his arm upraised thanked them for their wonderful kindness and asked God’s bless ing on his beloved Birmingham. The old minister and his son had a perfect trip, which he loved to tell of afterwards, as he stood in his little church, er spoke over the radio, or sat in a little circle with his friends, the. policemen and firement at their stations. And the little hunchback, mak ing his rounds, found life some how sweeter. No one came and pinned a blue ribbon on him; but he had a better reward—the fSN ing that he had helped a man who year after year was helping a whole city. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge. —Proverbs 1:7. 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