The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-11-25

Inusl pcIlsl, Wnllc Nou WIZ ~" "io
in existence of unalterabe satisfaction
and felicity for ever and everP Come,
now, that is contrary to common sense.
Where would be the eternal justice Of
which you are always talkingW
My spirit, having no other answer to
make, tried: "shut upW But, directly,
feeling the necessity of wheedling this
subtle animal by some sort of reasoning,
] added;
Your physical suiTerings were moth
ing in comparison with my intellectual
and moral suilerings. Besides, they
were compensated by host Of pleas
ures suited to your nature. never re-
fused you anything. AS soon as my
means permitted, put on you fine
brown suit of clothes, patent-leather
shoes, according to the taste you have
always shown; waist coats, fashionable
cravats, the latest trousers were not
lacking to you--for vanity was as great
as mine, You had to have white linen,
ornaments to your watch-chain- things
which | could have done without, but
for you, And your love of good living
i never saw the like. Haven't we
shouted and sung and Toasted at the
Prado, at the ChaumiereP How many
sausages with sourkrout, slices of ham,
and crawGsh haven't you swallowed at
the Strasburg Brewery, La Harpe
StreetP Have ever reproached you in
the leastP Even when my pockets were
empty, and had to go on tick, did |
hestatep do not speak of the inuu-
merable pints of beer which have gone
down your throat; they would make
thousands of kegs if you would reckon
them up. And the cigars, and the mu-
sic, and the theatre and all the rest"
My chimpanzee half Shut his eyes i'm
patiently. "Good!'' said he, "you nev-
er refused anything to yourself, either,
and a thousand times you have depriv-
ed me Of the greatest necessaries in Or
der to adorn your library with some
new book and satisfy your vain curiosi-
ty. In the early days, especially, | had
to pass winters without fire; my fin
gers numb with cold and my stomach
empty"
II suffered from it more than you.-
Your privations enfeebled me, and the
fear of losing you gave me fever"
"Ahr' cried the rascally ape, "to be
SO afraid you must have been not quite
sure of surviving me. Say what you
will, we shall end together; you shall
not survive me second. When | sleep,
we both lose the sense of the II when
l begin to wake up, you dream, you
babble; when; | open my eyes, you re-
vive; when | am sick and you suspect
the slightest dangerous injury to me, you
do not know what saint to pray to. -
Go! your caseis as clear as mine; soothe
yourself with your darling illusions, we
shall none the less depart arm-in-arm :"
He stopped, apd seeing me reduced
| to silence, the animal went on with re-
doubled insolence:
Formerly, in the time of the Egyp-
tians, | was embalmed after my death,
and remained hundreds of years in
the condition of mummy. 1t was a
Just tribute to my services; the honor of
being enveloped in consecrated ban
dages and stuffed with rare perfumes
consoled me little for the loss of life.
But at present you disdain me; you
think to elevate yourself by despsing
your body. For all that it is only a
comedy on your part. Do you remem-
Der our rheumatism in the stomach,
when DR.. Boniface gave us both upp l
could hardly help laughing, in spite OF
the sadness of the moment, ut your
looks when you received the last conso-
lations of this terrestrial world; the big
Latin words served out to you had not
the appearance Of reassuring you much
as to your final lot, and for the sake OF
keeping me two or three years more
you would not have hesitated minute
TO sacrifice your eternal life. Come,
own up; be honest toyourself. lsit true?"
was confounded at his impudence;
then, with u movement of Indignation
and as a last resource, and striking my
breast, / cried
IL think; therefore, ! am
And the chimpanzee initiating my
gesture and caressing his stomach, jeer-
ingly cried
II digest; therefore | am. One can
doubt everything except that one di-
gests; for to doubt one must digest,
doubt being phase of good digcs-
ton"
So much audacity deserved chastisc-
ment. rose TO bring the rascal to his
senses, when ] perceived in the deep
shadow of the leaves moving object.
Looking closer, recognized the fiat
head of one Of those enormous serpents
of the Ganges Marshes with whom apes
are n favorite dainty. His tail loosened
itself from the tip Of the the tamarind
tree, and his scaly belly glided undu-
lating in silence down 10 the lower
branches. A cry of horror burst from
my very bowels:
Look outr'
And the chimpanzee, perceiving from
the corner of his eye the fearful reptile,
made prodigious leap.
1t was too late; the python had fol-
lowed him like a dart, and ! heard his
bones cracking, when my maid-servant
returning from vespers, opened the door,
asking;
Ibid you call, sirP"
What luck, | seemed to feel all the
hairs on my body stand on end, and |
stammered:
Nothing, Jeanette, nothing; / only
sneczed."
"Soe. for all that. the emotions Ia