The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1875-02-18
THE ORIGIN OF MAN.
After Darwin.
CHAPTER l.

ing and singing their morning lays; the
skv was one vast sheet Of blue. Every
thing, in short, was full of sweetness
and light, except the lovely Lady Adel-
ia de Chimpanzee. She was IN the
dumps Moodily she rubbed her shout
der against a huge palm-tree, and
while performing that act heaved vast
sigh. Just at that moment her
mamma dropped from the tree above her.
ssMy daughter, said the Duchess de
Chimpanzee, ''why that sigh?'
'sAh, mamma, look at me, " said Lady
Adeliza. ssSee how different I am from
the rest of our tribe. See how white I
am becoming
s'My daughter" said the Duchess
languidly, as she seated herself on con-
venient boulder, 'FYou should be proud
of the difference. We are higher 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
owe 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 grunt it. You are moving to a
higher sphere.
sWell," mamma, none of our folks
will marry me- said Lady Adeiza,
pouting.
''No, my child it has been decreed
that there should be a selection Of the
fttest in the marriage. We have of
fered you t. the Prince d'Ourang- GU
tang, who is even winter than you are,
as WIFE
ooh, mamma gushed the Lady
Adeliza, 'sthat's splendid. VIII he come
soon?"
Restrain yourself. People of high
blood and short caudal appendages never
get excited. He will be here in short
time.
Lady Adeliza went away to look for
coacoanuts; the Duchess sat on the
rock, and refectlvely 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 child, the Lady Adeliza, and, as
she would inherit the 1--we stock over
which he ruled, many OF the neighbor-
ing chiefs desired to marry her. Her
parents, however, resolved that she
should be, if possible, the fountain head
of the new race to which all their tradl-
tions taught them they were working up.
They determined that she should wed
the Prince d'Ourang Outang. The Duke
proposed the matter to the Prince.
s'AwI" said the Prince, as he adjusted
his eye-glass, els 1t n1ce?''
'sShe is very beautiful" replied the
Duke.
ssAwl" said the Prince, ''give it-aw
much stamps!''
81 shall give her all Ethiopia, re-
piled the Duke.
81 will-aw-step down, and-aw-
look at it, murmured the Prince, care
lessly. ''By surprise, you know
This was agreed upon, and the Duke de-
parted.
The Prince knew his worth he was
quite white, and he was not troubled
with inc slightest particle of caudal ap-
pendage, but Ethiopia was big prize
and he resolved to win it.
One week after the Duke had offered
his daugter, the Prince started for Sen
egambia with the intention of looking at
the fair face of Lady Adeliza.
CHAPTER III.
The Prince was wandering through
the woods of Senegambia, gaily hum
ming:
I'D be butterfly
Born in bower,
when his eyes fell upon a lovely chin
panzee, sitting III shallow brook, suck
ing a coacoanut. 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, who had witnessed
the meeting from behind a clump of
bushes, chuckled, and slid off on Ler
left ear.
''Adeiza," sighed the Prince, 'tthou
art-aw-beautiful Wilt thou-aw-
marry me?''
The Lady Adeliza threw the remains
of her coacOanut at the head of Il CHM
panzee who was loafng In neighhoring