Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-03-21
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frsaa t2s Past
The PrlnsS2i forests
H4ak aat luxariaat grew TIE vegeta-
desa stsat sEr@ng nso bs,ng aadsx TIE
ardent rays q tropic2l sun Tai,
s-ateIy xees waved 10 and fro IN a. a.
ssespasEs d perpetual suHnsr, and
dawn through rhs sAamnsring vistzs
s1d lesfy gizdes ross u view dense
,1zgles q ellasing plants that strove 70
Eaount TO the blazng sunshine overhead
By w2dlnx Ia taa.sied ulszes about the
trunks aaa branches OF the forest nacn-
srchs.
Happy four footed deaixens OF the
traekless wilderness lesped from bough
g bough IN the careless abandon and
wild, unchecked freedom of natures
own children, ehastering, with the tow
ing, unkempt locks Of . modern vir-
tGoso, tseIr CHEEKY, eeaseless, staecato
nusic; and in the eestaHc warbliag Of
ths festhered songsssrs that fitted about
IN the topnosr branches OF the trees
tasrs was no melancholy premonition
OF any long, bewilderiag series OF fare
well concerts.
From the depths Of somber avenue
Of impenetrsble greenery, whose dark
shadows invited tho weary to rspose, the
stertorous breathing of a disturbed
sleeper broke upon the pulseless air.
Then a voice rang out through the
coEtuaes:
oh, ! have had such Q horrible,
frightful dream"
IT was the father Of the family who
spoke.
Securely eEbowered in the modest yet
primitive hakitation 10 which lie was &C
customed 20 repair when weary OF So
elety and its demands upon him, he had
laid his tired head down 10 rest. and
llecp had descended upon him.
LIT was hcrrible." he repeated. with
fhndder.
What was ii? inquired his faithful
companion soothingly.
Yet 1t was only dream!" he ex
claimed, trying to shake OF the gloomy
impression It had made upon his excited
sensibilities. "Only drean-but how
vivid"
shook himself and said:
Listen. | dreamed that countless
sgss had relied away. These grand old
lUrests had vanished, and ugly rows OF
airty brown and gray dwellings covered
me land. Narrow passages called streets,
paved with slippery granite blocks or
pot1onless with mud and slime. crossed
zach other at right angles. The dwell
sngs were dark. gloomy, tall and cloud
IF smoke hung over everything"
did anybody live in the dwellings,"
inquired has spouse.
''ThouSan6s-buadreds of ..--esands.
They called il living. Cooped up in
shese boxiike structures was a multi
snde of the strangest looking creatures
imaginable. Pale, eraciated. some with
lair on their faces and some without,
they trooped down tho horrible streets
IN tie morning and back n the evening.
They walke.l upright, 10 be sure, and
Iome OF them carried sticks in their
hands, bat seemed 20 have no use for
them. One-half OF the population seemed
10 be two legged. These two legged
creatures did not dress alike. Some of
them wore high, shiny things or their
heads, held burning things that sInelled
villailously IN their months, had loose
coverings about their bodies, wide, flap
ping garments, with creases mp and
down sAem on their legs, and black.
glistening things on their feet that
pinched and made them limp. Others
Of these two legged creatures were
dressed exactly alike, and sometimes
they would walk along like machines,
two or four abreast. looking solemn and
fcrbidding, while few smaller ones in
front pounded round things with little
sticks and made horrid noise. 1t was
rne of their ways Of amusing them
selves"
How about the other half of the
population
''Thsy wore their hair in front inst
like yours. my dear. with little shapeless
things on the backs OF their heads, and
garments that came down 70 the ground
and scraped the streets. / could not sec
that there was any other way Of clean
ing the streets. but It seemed to ne
poor way. Tns garments were always
dirty OF the bottom and the streets
never got any cleaner. These creatures
reered to have two feet, the same as
the other. but | vas not sure. Their
bodies were pinched at the waist. and
when they walked along they appeared
70 DO always in danger Of breaking in
two
Don't say anything more about them.
yecko. IL is TOO horrible. Who were
these creatuTesg
II dreamed. ny dear" he said. with
shudder. "they were our descend
ants
So saying. he wrapped his tail on the
limb below, swung himself to the
ground. and with dismal wall he dis
appeared in the tFaoSless jungle.-Chi-
cage Tribune
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