The true northerner., 1875-03-05
THE ORIGIN OF MAN.
After Darwin.

Senegambia Were clothed in the fairest
costume the lovely birds were chirping
and singing their morning lays the sky
was one vast sheet of blue. Everything,
in short, was full of sweetness and light,
except the lovely Lady Adeliza de Chin
panzee. She was in the dumps Mood
lily she rubbed her shoulder against
huge palm tree, and while performing
that act heaved vast sigh. Just at that
moment her mamma dropped from the
tree above her.
"My daughter, said the Duchess de
Chimpanzee, "why that sigh2'
"Ah, mamma, look at me-" said Lady
Adeliza. "See how different l am from
the rest of our tribe. See how white /
am becoming"
"My daughter, said the Duchess,
languidly, as she seated herself on a
| convenient bowlder, "You should be
proud of the difference. We are high
er race.
81 don't know, mamma See what
little caudal appendages we have ; all the
other folks can hang from trees by their
tails, but we are compelled to sit on the
limbs"
eve are advancing, my dear. You
are winter than | am; you can talk in
your youth / could not till middle age :;
your grandmother, as you know, can
only grrInt it. You are moving to a
higher sphere"
"Well, mamma, none of our folks will
marry me-" said Lady Adeliza, pouting.
"No, my child it has been decreed
that there should be selection of the
fittest in marriage. We have offered
you TO the Prince d'Orang Outang,
who is even winter than you are, as a
wife. "
"Oh, mamma" gushed the Lady
Adeliza, "that's splendid. VIII he come
sOon"
Restrain yourself. People of high
blood and short caudal appendages never
get excited. He will be here in u short
time"
Lady Adeliza went away to look for
cocoanuts the Duchess sat on the rock,
and refectively scratched her head.
CHAPTER II.
The Duke de Chimpanzee was chief
Of very large tribe. If he had been in
the show business he would have made
his everlasting fortune. He had but one
. hLliAl, lllt 1lttAlN lAAtliItAs tlllAls 40 Hilt
would inherit the live stock over which
he ruled, many of the neighboring chiefs
desired to marry her. Her parents, how
ever, resolved that she should be, if pos
sible, the fountain head of the new race
to which all their traditions taught them
they were working up. They determined
that she should we'd the Prince dOrang
Outang. The Duke proposed the matter
to the Prince. m
"Aw!' said the Prince, as he adjusted
his ye-glass, els it nicel"
She is very beautiful, replied the
Duke.
cav! :" said the Prince, "givo it-aw
much stamps"
"I shall give her all Ethiopia, replied
the Duke.
81 will-aw-step down, and-aw-
look at it, murmured the Prince, care
lesslessly. " BY surprise, you know.
This was agreed upon, and the Duke
departed.
The Prince knew his worth he was
with the slightest particle of caudal ap-
pendage, but Ethiopia was big prize
and he resolved to win it.
One week after the Duke had Of
fered his daughter, the Prince started
for Senegambia with the intention OF
looking at the fair face of Lady Ade-
liza.
CHAPTER III.
The Prince was wander through the
woods of Senegambia, gayly humming
I'd be a butterfly
Born in bower
when his eyes fell upon lovely CHM
panzee, sitting in shallow brook, suck
ing cocoanut, She was the loveliest
creature he had ever seen. His heart
was touched at once. He raised his eye
glass and stared at her until his eyes fell
in modest confusion.
/" Fair chimpanzee," said he, "will
you not-aw-tell me your-aw-
name z"
Adeliza, +" whispered she.
The Duchess de Chimpanzee, who had
Witnessed the meeting from behind a
clump of bushes, chuckled, and slid off
on her left ear.
Adeliza," sighed the Prince, +" thou
art-aw-beautiful |! Wilt thou-aw-
marry me
The Lady Adeliza threw the remains
VI uCr COCOulllll uu luc uCttU OF II ODiln-
panzee who was loafing in neighboring
tree, fell into the arms of the Prince, and
gently murmured, 81 am all thine"
They were married i'll great splendor
The Right Rev. Bishop Baboon, assisted
by the Rev. Simiadar Ape, performed
the ceremony. The choir sang that
lovely anthem, Monkey married the
baboon's sister. y. Lady Adeliza and her
parents rubbed noses, and then the
bride started on her tour On M elephant
with one trunk.
CHAPTER ".
The seasons changed summer lapsed
into autumn, autumn into winter, and
winter into spring. Then there was
great rejoicing, for the Lady Adeliza
gave the Prince an heir. The child,
however was an anomaly in that region
it had no tail, it had fiat feet, 1t had
white skin, il had no hair on its body.
All the wise men examined il. 1t was
not an ornng-outang, it was not chim-
panzee evidently it was n new species.
/ Then q family conclave WIS called.
What shall we call il asked every