The Princeton union., 1895-07-18

spark Of life remained due to the fash
ion Of the time of eating but once
week or so.
Chug had dined the day prior to his
misadventure.
Old Chief Tushe-t tushe of the fisher
men at the mouth of the river, now
known as the Arkansas, intercepted
the raft and found Chug.
After due consideration among the
tribe it was decided to put him to
death.
The Tushe-tushes had dwelt by the
sea many generations, and the legends
gave their origin as the children =
a gigantic mastodonsaurus which had
| formerly infested the coast.
Their village was on the site Of the,
present city Of Wichita, somewhere
near the soap works and was laid
out in town lots even into the bed Of
the sea.
They were brown skinned, beardless
and with hair as black as the alluvikl
soil and stiff as the whiskers of the
giant post tertiary leopard. IL
Their numbers had brought about
many improveme in the mode Of liv-
Ing, such as wearing loin cloths of
native grasses and the hanging Of
shells from the ear and nose.
| For generations the fashion Of fiat
tening the forehead had prevailed.
Chug had small hands and feet, was
hairy as a cave lion, and wore whis-
kers, and besides, his head was not
fattened.
Such monstrosity could not be per-
mitted to live.
The natural curiosity of the Tushe-
tushes, however. inlpelled them to
nurse Chug to life to see what he was
like when well.
Tho job of nursing Chug fell to Sun
bird, the only daughter of the old
chief. a
She marveled at the brawny proper
tions of the strange voyager. 3
She whiled away the long hours by
plating his whiskers and grooming
his brown fur until he shone like a
blooded carriage horse.
Sunbird was young and impression
able. ..% - ...
She had been wooed by every youth
of the clan, had listened for while,
and then repulsed every many OF
them. tr..-+
No woman of the tribe was so beau
tifully shaped as Sunbird nor was
there SO smart a fathead among the
Tushe-tushes.
J She had a Trilby foot and the
shoulders of Lillian Russell.
Her old father loved her devotedly
still he chided her. >#++... RI l..
"You are getting much too gay fol
the tribe, my precious darling" he
would say in his blunt, rough way.
During Chug's convalescense his
do xx-or
Instead Of bullethcaded Spat-Spat
covered with a fur like megatherium
here was a creature with a head lik,
triangle, and with a graceful fig
ure, smooth and soft to the touch, ant
the broiled steak Of the post tertiar,
reindeer was charming to his palate.
The vocabulary of the language o
Chug and Sunbird contained but 6O
words, and nurse and invalid coul,
= soon converse. ' E.,
- SO happy was Chug that he hated t
. tell the story of his passion whic.
. filled his heart, and he reserved
from day to day. -.
y But his stalwart form tremble,
with emotion, as Sunbird's hand gent
I ly smoothed the fur Of his broa,
shoulders. - -.
: When Sunbird's father comprehend
e ed the trend of affairs, he did no
CRATE his teeth, because, as matte
= of fact, he was fish eater and tootf
e less. g.
But he spoke his mind. 81.
s Come, the Jig is up!' he shouted
It and dragged Chug to the place of ext
d cution. y
S This denouement astonished Chu
: so much that he was pinioned
o withes Of elastic bush before he coul
n make up his mind to resist. .....
o The executioner brandished a POI
s derous dinotherium tusk, when SUI
g bird dashed through the throng {
r Tushe-tushes.
7, ''Stand b-a-c-kw she shrieked, wit
the furious mien of post tertiar
d sabertoothed tigress robbed of he
l. cubs. -.<
II love him, and if he dies, I d-i
IS with him!' cried Sunbird as th
q tribesmen wavered before her as b.
fore the awful presence Of a 5O-fot
) high pterodactyl. 4..#- MS 81
"What! that hairy ANIMAL with sma
e hands and feet and little round head
that Populist freakv' yelled the ol
y chief. ..M
II love him because he is so diffe
= ent from other men, papa. He is s
9 perfectly unconventional! replied SUI
bird. .t@ +sE
le "That's all right" said old Tush
" tushes as he released Chug and bles
- ed his children. 1t will be my tur
- to laugh when you want divorc
: young woman! Remember that Chic,
y go is only 10000 years hence!''
- But Chug eventually became chic
n of the tribe and through his exam
- pie the people became exceedingl
,o mild hammered and took to whiske
ia raising. Kansas City Star.
- "Why Don't Yoa Take Down I'll
~ Sign Bachelor Apartments' The
e He Demanded-She Told Him.
e "Can you give me a good roomY' d.
manded big, bluff and evidently a
fluent man of a lacieht and nrett