The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-09-12

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 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
f1attened.
Such a monstrosity could not be per-
mitted to live. r
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
tons 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 fiathead among the
Tushe-tushes.
She had a 1rilby 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.
During Chug's convalescense his
days were sweet with newness.
Instead of a bulletheaded Spat-Spat,
covered with a fur like a megatherium,
here was a creature with a head like
a triangle, and with a graceful fig
ure, smooth and soft to the touch, and
the broiled steak of the post tertiary
reindeer was charming to his palate.
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Chug and Sunbird contained but 600
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 it
from day to day.
But his stalwart form trembled
with emotion, as Sunbird's hand gent
vy Crnnnthnd fhn fur Of hic hrn0d
shoulders.
When Sunbird's father comprehend
ed the trend of affairs, he did not
CRATE his teeth, because, as a matter
of fact, he was a 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
80 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 d%inotherium tusk, when Sun
bird dashed through the throng Of
Tushe-tushes.
"Stand b-a-c-k!' she shrieked, with
JIG Jus lhlCh VI a poSt
sabertoothed tigress robbed of her
cubs.
81 love him. and If he dies, l die
with him. cried Sunbird as the
tribesmen wavered before her as be-
fore the awful presence of a 5O-foot
high pterodactyl.
what! that hairy animal, with small
hands and feet and little round head
that Populist freak! yelled the old
chief.
II love him because he is so differ
from other men, papa. He Is so
'ectly unconventional! replied Sun
u. D..
That's all right" said old Tushe-
tushes as he released Chug and bless
ed his children. at will be my turn
to laugh when you want a divorce,
young woman! Remember that Chica-
go is only 10000 years hence"
But Chug eventually became chief
of the tribe and through his exam
pie the people became exceedingly
mild hammered and took to whiskel
raising.-Kansas City Star.