M. DUMAS' PEDIGREE.
An inquisitive foreigner, who had been introduced to Alexander Dumad the elder, 'commenced; questioning him upon his origin. " Ton are a quadroon, SI. Dutnts?" began tlia inquisitor. "lain, sir," replied Dumas quietly, who neyer made any attempt to conceal his pedigree. ■* ' ' '' ■'And; oar father?" pursued hi* enquiring friend." ' . " Was, a mulatto," responded Mout« Chriato. 'V. . .. "And your grandfather?" . " Was a D'egro," replied Dumiw, beginning to lose his patience. " Ah.! -And may I enquire what your great-grandfather was ?" "An ape, sir !" exploded Dnmai, with a fierce gesture that made his tormentor recoil : .<"' an ape, sir— my pedigree commences Where yours ends I' 1
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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXII, Issue 7928, 17 December 1887, Page 6
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105M. DUMAS' PEDIGREE. Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXII, Issue 7928, 17 December 1887, Page 6
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