Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-02-07
THE ORIGIN OF MAN.
BY Darwin.
From the Arcadian.l
CHAPTER L.

Twas a lovely Sunday morning in
the year 900l before Christ. The woods
of Senegambia were clothed in their
fairest costume; the birds were sing
ing and chirping their morning lays;
the sky was one vast sheet of blue.
Everything in short was full of sweet
ness and light, except the lovely Lady
Adeliza de Chimpanzee. She was in
the dumps. Moodily she rubbed her
shoulder against huge palm tree.
and, while performing the act, heaved
vast sigh. Just at that moment her
mamma dropped from the tree above
her.
"My daughter said the Duchess of
Chimpanzee, "why that sigh?"
"Ah, mamma, look at me-" said
Lady Adeliza. "see how white l am
from the rest of our tribe. See how
white | am becoming
"My daughter,n said the Duchess
languidly, as she seated herself on a
convenient boulder; "You should be
proud of that difference. We are a
higher race.n
III don't know, mamma. See what
little caudal appendages we have; all
the other folks can hang from the trees
by their tails, but we are compelled to
sit on the limbs."'
1--WE are advancing my dear. You
are whittier 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
dwell, mamma, none of our folks
will marry me,o 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'Ourang Outang,
who is even whittier than you are, as q
wife,
"Oh, mammal gushed the Lady
Adeliza, "that's splendid. Will he
come sOOn?"
"Restrain yourself. People of high
blood and short caudal appendages
never get excited. He will be here
soon."
Lady Adeliza went away to look for
cocoanuts; the Duchess sat on the
boulder 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 child, Lady Adeliza, and
as she would inherit the live stock
over which he ruled, many of the
neighboring 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 traditions taught them
they were working up. They deter
mined that she should wed the Prince
dOurang Outang. The Duke pro-
posed the matter to the Prince.
"Awv' said the Prince, as he adjust
ed his eyeglass "Is it nice?'
"Shei is very beautiful replied the
Duke.
"Awp' said the Prince, "give it--aw
much stamps?"
III shall give her all Ethiopia" re.
piled the Duke.
II will--aw-step,d down and-aw-
look at it," murmured the Prince,
carelessly. "By surprise, you know y
This was agreed upon, and the Duke
departed.
The Prince knew his worth; he was
quite white, and he was not troubled
with the slightest caudal appendage
but Ethiopia was big prize, and ht
resolved to win it.
One week after the Duke had Offered
his daughter, the Prince started fol
Senegambia with the intention o
looking at the fair face of Lady Ade
liza.
CHAPTER III.
The Prince was wandering through
the woods of Senegambia, gayly hum
ming:
"rd be a butterfly
Born in bower"
When his eyes fell upon a lovely
chimpanzee, sitting in shallow
brook, sucking a cocoanut. She was
| the loveliest creature he had ever seen
His heart was touched at once. He
raised his eyeglasses and stared al
her until her eyes fell in modest con
| fusion.
NFair chimpanzee," said he, twill
you not-aw--tell me your = aw :
manner"
= "Adeliza,u whispered she.
The Duchess de Chimpanzee, wht
had witnessed the meeting from be
hind a clump of bushes, chuckled, ant
| slid off on her left ear.
"Adeliza," sighed the Prince, "thol
art-aw-beautiful! Wilt thou--aw-
marry me?"
The Lady Adelza threw the re
mains of her cocoanut at the head of ;
chimpanzee who was loafing in |
neighboring tree, fell into the arms Q
the Prince, and gently murmured :"