The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-03

vlsited there often. Miss Julia Bryant liked her bread cut in slices thin enough to read through, always just that way; wouldn't eat bread that wasn't cut to suit her. But her father liked his cut thick. She tried 10 cut his bread the way he liked. but us1slly made failure and would cry lots over 1t.
 Matter of Cutting Bread.
 ''Once remember. when a large crowd ate supper with Nr. Bryant, Miss Julia. as was her custom. tSied to cut the bread for the company.
 70, Chris said. Chris won't you iome here. please dol She was crying like baby. What Is the matter ,Atiss Julia7 I said. O Chris. just can't cut the bread right, do cut 1t for me. Look how thin 1t keeps coming on! I cut the bread for her.
 Next day I heard her father gay, Julia, come here. Who cut the bread last night?i Miss Julia tried to not tell and kept still. Tell me, Julia he said sternly. Come, now. who cut the bread? o, father, and she cried. I didn't: it was Chris well. then said MT. Bryant, Chris cuts the bread here after. for the bread was cut right last night I tell you, felt big oyer that, and after that I always cut the bread. took the great pains to make each slice just as if I had taken ruler and a draw knife to do 1t with.
 By the way, Miss Julia was engaged three or four times. and it's fact that every time, just before the wedding. each fellow died. I believe she mar ried at last, but don't know whether she is now alive or not. She was the best girl ever heard anything about. and the favorite of everybody. When anything went wrong with the horse of Miss Julia or she got into little dif- ficulties 1t was always Chris this. and Chris that. And she knew who to al- ways come to.
 II was so busy that all the school ing I ever got was just three months. and then in winter, after got all my work done. and had to go miles to reach the school. Since then I have learned to speak German. which is as easy as that"-here he turned his hand over. and outside of that three months schooling I have learned all know by myself.
 Company? There was no end of it.. Big guns of New York. such as writers. politicians. statesmen. scientists travel CTS and the best people everywhere, high toned and all of that-came to pay calls on the great man.
 He was always good natured and a Republican. rankest Republican I ever saw. But my father was a red-hot Democrat. How they would sometimes argue. Mir. Bryant and my father! I would stand off trembling because my father actually argued with MT. Bryant.
 Question of Politics.
 Let me tell you funny thing: Mir. Bryant and my father looked like twins. People thought my father a twin brother of MT. Bryants. Both had Roman noses, big heads. white hair and mustaohios and both were small men. I was as large as MT. Bryant or my father. And I am a smail sized man. My father and Mir. Bryant sat on the same seat-the front one-when they went driving in the two seated carriage. which was pulled by two big iron-grays. Mrs. Bryant and his father always rode behind. For the world. those on the front seat looked like doubles and my father was just as dignified as MT. Bryant. and sometimes people would speak to my father instead of Mir. Bryant. and TOW they would laugh and joke about it. | said that my father would sometimes argue politics with Mir. Bryant. He was a little hot headed and said he was a Democrat because the Democrats | were always right. Mir. Bryant be- ! lieved In some of the things the Demo- l'crats did but not all. and just before l the war broke out he was the strong | est Republican that ever was.
 "One day MT. Rryant said to my father. Christian. I've always been done the square thing by you, now, tell me that? I have raised your wages. And I hope you will be Republican from now on, for big things are about | to happen, and every vote counts. want yot to be 2 RepublicAn. Will you? For you ought to be. and you will spreiv,' ..}.<
 "The war was just breaking out. you | know. then. in '61, or about then. have forgotten. My father got excited and said in his German way, Not |
 MT. Bryant, I'm a hot Democrat and l would as soon die as to be a Republi- can. I will be, one always, and will
 leave before I ever think of such a
 thing. My votes mine, so say l, and
 you are a Republican. so say you, and your votes yours. That's the long and
 short of 1t. and maybe Id' better go. | And sure enough. my father was dis
 missed. But I am a Republican. anc
 that is also certain. The war opened
 and told MT. Bryant I was going tC
 war. He said, Well, Chris, like you | You have been a good boy. When yol l kA hA rAvSaaaahAr 0nf remember what politics I have Ant
 I promised him. and so I have been ;
 Republican"