The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1875-04-15
The Origin OF Man-Aftef
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CHAPTER I.

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CHAPTER I.
Twas 4 lovely summer morning in
the year 9001 before Christ. The woods
of Senegambia were clothed in the
fairest costume; the lovely birds wer'
chirping and singing their morning
lays the sky was one vast sheet oi
blue. Everything, in short, was full
Of sweetness and light, except the
lovely Lady Adeliza de Chimpanzee,
She was in the dumps. Moodily
she. r1bhed her shoulder against Z
huge palm tree, and while performing
that act hesved q vast sigh. Just st
that moment her mamma dropped
from the tree above her.
"My daughter,~ said the Dutchess
de Chimpanzee. "wby that sigh ?''
"Ah, mamma, look at me-" said
am from the rest Of our tribe. See
how white am becoming"
my daughter" said the D1chess,
ianguidlys IS she seated herself on s
fe0nvenieut bowlder, "You should be
tnzoud Of the difference. We are 8
higher rAce."
q don't know, nnamma. See what
Lltne oaudal appsudages We have all
the other folks can hang from trees
by their tails, but we are compelled to
sit on the limbs"
1--WE are advancing, nv dear. You
are whittier than am; you can talk
ia your youth I could not till mid
die age; your grandmother, as you
know, can only grunt it. You are
moving to higher sphere"
"Well, mamma, none of our folks
will marry me-" said Lady AdelizA,
pouting.
"No, my child, it has been deereed
that there should be q selection of the
fittest inmarriage. We have offered
you to the Prince dOrang Outang,
ghO st.o.is. iiss.sFfno winter thHnyOu are As q
"Oh, mamma" gushed the Lady
Adelizs, "that's splendid. VIII he
come soon ?"
/ g Restrain yourself. People of high
blood and short caIdsl spperdages
4 never get excited. He win RabesheTe IN
short time"
Lady Adelizs went away to look
for cOcOanuts ; the Duchess sat on
the rock, and reheetively scratched
her head. H
CHAPTER II.
The Duke de Chimpanzee was chief
of a very large tribe II he had been
in the snow business he would have
made his everlasting fortune. He
had but one child, the Lady Adeliza,
and, as she would inherit the live
stock over which be ruled, many Of
the neighboring chiefs desired to mar
~ her. Her parents, however, re-
solved that she should be, il possible,
the fountain head of the new race to
which al their tradition taught them
they were working up, They deter
mined that she should wed the Prince
d'Orang Outang. The Duke proposed
the matter to the Prince.
saw 7" said the Prince as he ad-
justed his eye-glass, SIS it nice ?"
"SAe isFery beautiful, 2 replied the
CAV % sais the Prince, "give it
aw-much stamps 2"
81 shall give her all Ethiopia" re-
piled the Duke. 3,
ar will-aw-step down, and-aw-
look at it." murmured the Prince
cdTclcsSlys ny SUI PA-cO ~ A.0"'
This,5fas agreed upon, aud She Duke
The Prince knew bis worth he
was quite white, and he was not troub-
led with the slightest particle OF eau
dal appendage, but Ethiopia was big
prize and he res0ived to win it.
- One week aftef the Duke had offer
ea his daughter the Prince started
| for Senegam bia With the intention OF
| looking at the fair face of Lady Ade-
liza.
CHAPTER III.
The Prince was wandering through
the woods of Ssnegambia, gayly hum
u1ff1p1 j .AfVE p csttl''-a
ard be a butterfly
ldseH Born in bower, f3Vgtg
when his eyes fell upon a lovely
chimpanzee, sitting in = shallow
brook, sucking q 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, Twill
you not-aw-tell me yOur-aw-
name?
"Adeliza.n whispered she.
The Duchess of, Chimpanzee, who
had Eitnsesed the Ineeting from be-
hind d elump of bushes, cEuckled, and
slid off on her left ear.
"Adeliza," sighed the Prince,
"thou art-aw-beautiful Wilt thou
-aw-marry me9n
The Lady Adeliza threw the remains
Of her cocOanut at the head of CHM
pauzee who was losfng in neighbor-
ing tree, fell, into the arms Of the
Prince, and gently nnurmured, 81 am
all thine"
They were married iI great splen-
dor. The Right Rev. Bishop Baboon,
assisted by the Rev. Simiader Ape,
spsfformed the .eefemony,a The choir
ks31g The lovely anthemE HMonkey
nisrried d the eba6oon'sg Lsdy Adeliza
land Aef parents rubbed noses, and
then the bride started on her tour
ON an elephant with one trunk.
CHAPTER ".
SThe 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 atrsilon It had no tale, it had
fiat fest, 1t hada white skin, it had
no hair on its body. All the wise
men examined it. 1t was not an
Orang- it was chimpanzee
ieyideRtly it was 3 new species. That q
family conclsVe vas called -
.sWnae shall We call it ?p asked ev-
erybody.
The Duchess de Chimpanzee, who
was languidly making mud pie s
saif abstis ciaii iiEtIMahl.6 d i97d