The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-02-23

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cried. Il am tired of all this tall. It
is who command. / the spirit; and
matter ought to obey"
You have told me SO q hundred
times" said The ape, sneeringly, land
l was stupid enough 70 believe YOU.
But times are changed. Stay in your
armchair. l am going to skip away,
swing on the vines, and try to find some
pretty monkey to beautify my exist
ence.n
At this threa. a shudder of horror
relied me; and, softsning my voice. I
raid:
"Well, then, yesl / have said what
las been repeated for six thousand
years; 1t is clear that the body turns
10 dust, but that it is not my fault; it is
n 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 r~epeatingi
1.-The spirits Is immortal immortal
Hal hal bal that's > good Iokei tmmor
iaIf'
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 extraya-
ganoes you will end by breaking your
neck, and II here, without a body,
what will become of mep How shall /
get up before my scholars and make
them recognize meP"
These reasons appeared to affect the
ape, for he was interested in his per-
servation as much asI. Then, having
Gained himself, he continued:
..You are immortal. and / must dis
appeari Yet we have but one Il For
fifty years we have been working to-
gether for the development of this T.
both of us. / have suffered, as well as
you, the priyations which were needed
for FOUR greatness. Haven't we had 10
pass day and night digging into Latin.
Greek. Hebrew. and Sanscrit, without
speaking of living languages, to get
must perish, while you will survive me
in existence of unalterable satisfaction
and felicity for ever and everP Come,
hOos tia . tohli IA " ttAiihoh FtADe.
Where would be the eternal justice of
which you are always talking?'
Ny spirit. having no other answer TO
make, tried: ..shut upi' But. directly,
feeling the necessity of wheedling this
subtle animal by some sort of reasoning,
l added:
sYour physical sufferings were moth
ing in comparison with my intellectual
and moral sufferings. Besides, they
were compensated by a host of pleas
nres suited to your nature. eve re-
fused you anything. As o o as my
means permitted. l put on you q fine
brown suit of clothes, patent-leather
shoes, according to the taste you have
always shown; waist coats, fashionable
cravats, the latest trowscrs were not
lacking to you-for vanity was as great
as mine. You had to have white linen,
ornaments to your Notwithstanding
which l 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 feasted at tho
Prado, at the Chaumiere? How many
sausages with sourkrout, slices of ham.
and crawfish haven't you swallowed at
the Strasburg Brewery, La Harpo
Streetp Have I ever ~reproached you in
the leastp Even when my pockets were
empty, and l 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. .sGoodr' said he, "you new
or refused anything to yourself, either.
and o 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 carly days, especially, l hal
to pass winters without q fire; my fin
gers numb with cold and my stomach
empty"
II suffered from it moro than YOU
Your privations enfccbled me, and the
fear OF losing you gave me a fever"
"Ahr' cried the rascally ape, ito 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 a second. When 1 sleep.
we both lose the sense of the Il when
l begin to wake up, you dream, you
babble; when; 1 open my eyes, you re-
yiye; when 1 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; soothc
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:
Formerly, in the timo Of the Egyp'
tians, l was embalmed after my death
and remained hundreds of years in
tho condition Of q mummy. 1t was {
just tribute TO my services; the honor O
being envclopcd in consecrated ban
dages and stuffed with rare perfumes
consoled me a little for the loss Of life
But at present you disdaIn me; yof
think TO elevate yourself by despisini
vour body. For all that It Is only
comedy on your part. Do you remem-
Der our rheumatism In the stomach,
when DR.. Boniface gave US both upP /!
could hardly help laughing, in spite OF
the sadness of the. moment, at 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 mo two or three years more
you would not have hesitated q minute
to sacrifice your eternal life. Come,
own up; be honest to yourself. Is ittrueP'
1 was COMPOUNDED at his impudence;
then, with q movement of indignation
and as a last resource, and striking my
breast, l cried:
81 think; therefore, l am"
And the chimpanzec initiating my
gesture and caressing his stomach, jeer-
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