Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-09-25

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/ lost patience
care you coming down directly?"
cried. II am tired of all this talk. 1t
is who command, I the spirit; and
matter ought to obey
''You have told me so o hundred
times" said the ape, sneeringly, land
1 was stupid enough to believe you,
But times are changed. Stay in your
armchair. am going to skip away,
swing on the vines, and try to find some
pretty monkey to beautify my exist
ence." 4.H s.i 7e-
At this threat a shudder of horror
seized me; and, softening my voice, I
! said: te .fa
well, then, yes! I have said what
has been repeated for six thousand
years: 1t is clear that the body turns
to dust, but that it is not my fault; it is
fact, and every reasonable animal
must submit to positive material facts
What is the use of struggling? That is
evident to the senses. But the spirit,
invisible, impalpable, is necessarily i'm
mortal"
On hearing this, my chimpanzee burst
into endless roars of laughter, chatter
ing his teeth and repeating:
The spirits is immortal! immortal!
Ha! Ia! ha! that's good joke! immor-
sal!''
He slapped his thighs and went into
such commissions that was afraid Of
seeing him fall from, the tree, and be-
gan to cry out:
Hook yourself on, animal! Hold
yourself faster. With your extrava-
gances you will end by breaking your
neck, and II here, without body,
what will become of me? How shall l
get up before my scholars and make
them recognize me?''
These reasons appeared to. affect the
ape, for he was interested in his per-
servation as much as I. Then, having
Gained himself, he continued:
''You are immortal, and must dis
appear! Yet we have but one i. For
fifty years we have been working to-
gether for the development of this T.
both of us. I have suffered, as well as
you, the privations which were needed
for your greatness. Haven't we had to
pass day and night digging into Latin.
Greek, Hebrew, and Sanscrit, without
speaking of living languages, to get
your chair of philosophy. And now I
must perish, while you will survive me
in existence of unalterable satisfaction
and felicity for ever and ever? Come,
now, that is contrary to common sense.
Where would be the eternal justice of
which you are always talking?"
My spirit, having no other answer to
make, tried: ''shut up!'' But, directly,
feeling the necessity of wheedling this
subtle animal by some sort of reasoning,
I added:
"Your physical sufferings were moth
ing in comparison with my intellectual
and moral suferings. 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-thing
which I could have done without, but
for you. And your love of good living.
4 never saw the like. Haven't we
shouted and sung and feasted at the
Prado, at the Chaumiere? How many
sausages with sourkrout, slices of ham,
and crawfsh haven't you swallowed at
the Strasburg Brewery, La Harpe
Street? Have I ever reproached you in
the least? Even when my pockets were
empty, and had to go on tick, did I
hesitate? I do not speak Of the innu-
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. s'Goodr' said he, ''you new
er refused anything to yourself, either,
and 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, I had
to pass winters without fire; my fin
gers numb with cold and my stomach
empty"
Il suffered from it more than you
Your privations eHfeebled me, and the
fear of losing you gave me a fever
'sAhr' 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 I sleep,
we both lose the sense of the T. when
I begin to wake up, you dream, you
babble; when; 1 open my eyes, you re-
vive; when I am sick and you suspect
the slightest dangerous injury to me, you
do not know what saint to pray to-
Go! your case is as clear as mine; soothe
yourself with your darling illusions, we
shall none the less depart arm-in-arm."
He stopped, and seeing me reduced
to silence, the animal went on with re-
doubled insolence: n
formerly, in the time of the Egyp-
tians, was embalmed after my death,
and remained hundreds of years in
the condition of a 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 despising
your body. For all that it IS only 8
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