Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1895-08-01

gave their origin as the children Of
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 alluvial
soil and stiff as the whiskers Of the
giant post tertiary leopard.
Their numbers had brought about
many improvements in the mode Of hv-
ing, such as wearing loin cloths of
native grasses and the hanging Of
shells from the ear and nose.
For generations the fashion Of fat
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 q monstrosity could not be per-
mitted to live.
The natural curiosity Of the Tushe-
tushes, however, impelled them to
nurse Chug to life to see what he was
like when well.
The job of nursing Chug fell to Sun
bird, the only daughter Of the old
chief.
She marveled at the brawny proper
lions Of the strange voyager.
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 a while,
and then repulsed every many Of
them.
No woman Of the tribe was so beau
tifully shaped as Sunbird nor was
there so smart a fathead among the
Tushe-tushes.
She had a Trilby foot and the
shoulders Of a Lillian Russell.
Her old father loved her devotedly,
still he chided her.
'You are getting much too gay for
the tribe, my precious darling" he
would say in his blunt, rough way.
OuIluS OhhB NOhNeANoNNAHN NAS
days were sweet with newness.
Instead Of a bulletheaded Spat-Spat,
covered with fur like megatherium,
here was creature with head like
O triangle, and with graceful fig
ure, smooth and soft to the touch, and
the brOiled steak Of the post tertiary
reindeer was charming to his palate.
The vocabulary of the language OF
Chug and Sunbird contained but GOO
words, and nurse and invalid could
soon converse.
So happy was Chug that he hated to
tell the story of his passion which
filed his heart, and he reserved II
from day to day.
But his stalwart form trembled
with emotion, as Sunbird's hand gent
" smoothed the fur of his broad
shoulders.
When Sunbird's father comprehend
ed the trend of affairs, he did MOI
crate his teeth, because, as a matter
of fact, he was q fish eater and tooth
less
But he spoke his mind.
Come, the jig is up~ he shouted
and dragged Chug to the place Of exc
cution.
This denouement astonished ChuG
so much that he was pinioned by
withes of elastic bush before he could
make up his mind to resist.
The eXecutioner brandished a pom
derous dinotherium tusk, when Sun
bird dashed through the throng o.
Tushe-tushes
"Stand b-a-c-kl' she shrieked, will
the furious mien of a post tertiar!
sabertoothed tlgress robbed Of he
cubs.
81 love him, and If he dies, 1 d-l-'
with himp cried Sunbird as thu
tribesmen wavered before her as be
fore the awful presence of a 5O-foo
high pterodactyl.
"What! that hairy animal, with small
hands and feet and little round head
that Popullst freak| yelled the oil
chief.
81 love him because he is so differ
ent from other men, papa. He Is s,
perfectly unconventional" replied Sun
bird.
} "That's all right" said old Tushe
tushes as he released Chug and bless
ed his children. ut will be my turf
to laugh when you want a divorce
: young woman! Remember that Chica
go is only 10000 years henceW
But Chug eventually became chic
of the tribe and through his exam
pie the people became exceedingl,
mild hammered and took to whiske
raising.-Kansas City Star.