Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-03-07
THE ORIGIN OF MAN.
After Darwin.
CHAPTER L.

Woou5 VI oeueSamDla were CiOtuet
In the fairest costume tho lovely
birds were ohirping and singing thei
morning lays the sky was one vas
sheet OF blue Everything, in short
was full of sweetness aud light, ex.
cept the lovely Lady Adeliza Chin
panzee. She was in the dumps
Moodily she rubbed her shoulder
against huge palm-tree, and while
performing that act heaved vast
sigh. just at that moment her ma.
ma dropped from the tree above her
My daughter said the Duchess
de Chimpanzee, why that sigh 2
: 'Ah mamma, look at me- said La
dy Adeliza. See how different l am
from the rest of our tribe. See how
white | am becoming
My daughter said the Duchess
langnidly, as she seated herself on q
convenient boulder, You should be
| proud of the difference. We are a
higher race
Il don't know, mamma. See what
little Candle appendages we have; all
the other folks can hang from III
trees by their tails. but we are com
PEELED to sit on the limbs.'
sWe are advancing my dear. You
are whittier than | am; you can talk
In your youth, l could not Till mid.
die e;your grandmother, as you
know, can only grunt it. You are
moving to higher sphere
sWell, mamma, none of our folks
| will marry me- said Lady Adeliza
p0uting.
mo, my child; it has been decreed
that there should be selection of
the fittest in marriage. We have Of
fered you to the Prince d'Ourapg
| Outang, who is even whittier than
you are, as wife
'Ob, mamma gushed the Lady
Adeliza, that's splendid. Will he
come soon p
Restrain yourself. People of high
blood aud short caudal appendages
should never get excited. He will
be here in d short time.
Lady Adeliza went away to look
for cocoanuts the Duchess sat on
the rock, and refectively scratched
her head.
CHAPTER IT.
The Duke de Chmpanzee was
Chief of a 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 Ad-
eliza, 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 posi-
BILE. 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 d'Ourang Outang.
The Duke proposed the matter to
the Prince.
saw = said the Prince as he adjust
ing his eye.glass, sis it nicer
She is very beautiful replied the
Duke.
'Aw = said the Prince, sgive it-aw
much stamps p
i shall give her all Ethiopia re-
piled the Duke.
Il wilI-aw-step down, and-aw
look at it, murmured the Prince
carelessly. by surprise you know
This was agreed upon and the
Duke departed.
The Prince knew his worth he
was quite white and be was moi
troubled with the slightest particle
of caudal appendage, but Ethiopia
was big prize and he resolved to
win it.
One week after the Duke had of.
fered his daughter the Prince start
ed for Senegambia with,the intention
of looking at the fair face of LAZY
Adelza.
CHAPTER III.
The Prince was wandering
through the woods of Senegam his.
gaily humming:
'1d be butterfly
Born in bower"
when his eyes fell on lovely chin
panzee, sitting in shallow brook,
sucking cocoanut. She was the
loveiiest creature he had ever seen
His heart was touched at once. He
raised his eyeglasses and stared at
her until his eyes fell in modest con.
fusion.
Fair chimpapzse, said he, will
you not-aw-tell me your-aw-
name p
sAdelizs,' whispered she.
The Duchess de Chimpanzee who
had witnessed the meeting from be-
hind q clump of bushes ohuckled and
slid off on her left ear.
sAdeliZa,' sighed the Prince, thou
art-aw-beautiful. Wilt thou-aw
marry me?'
The Lady Adeliza threw the re.
mains of her cocoanut at tho head of
chlmpanzee who was loafing in q
neighboring tree, fell into the arms
of the Prince and gently murmured
Il am thine
They were married in great splen-
dor. The Right Rev. Bishop Baboon
assisted by the Rev. Simiadar Ape
performed the ceremony. The choir
sung that lovely anthem, Monkey
married the baboon's sister, Lady
AdelIzs and her parents rubbed nos.
es and then the bride started on her
tour on an elephant with one trunk.
CHAPTER Nv.
Tho 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 an-
omaly in that region; it had no tail,
it had fiat feet, it had white skin, it
had no hair on it's body. All the
wise men examined it. Is was not
-