Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-13
SOPHIA PtULOVNA ECZABDY
DAUGHTER OF THE SLAVS.
RUSSO-AMERICAN ROMANCE
WRITTEN FOR THE PITTsBURG DISPATCH
HENRY HARLAND (SIDNEY LUSKA)
ARUssO-AMERICAN ROMANCE.
WRITTEN FOR THE P1TTsBURG DISPATCH
HENRY HARLAND (SIDNEY LUsKA)

"Eh, Eat depend of 'ow you tex. the EI-
terminator replied, with that cockney-ike
contempt for aspirates which distinguishes
his nation, "Eef YOU tex by the mawns,
feeftv dollars mawns. Eef you tex by the
wear, five hawndred Tor the year
This, which would have been dear enough
in Paris or in London, for New York was
cheap. I had already looked at several
studio apartments, bat the only ones that were
tolerably spacious and comfortable, and at
the same time conveniently situated, were
simply exorbitant in price. st. Marks
place was accessible enough; and the quar-
ter, if not fashionable, was picturesque, and
nv landlord woulu, venturesomely sur
missed. prove to be rather host in himself;
so VERY we'll; I'll take the place for
year" 1 said.
Jaw right; that's aw right" he returned.
"And for reference? You refalr me to
-?"
"Reference?'' 1 repeated. I was not
aware that in New York would-be tenant,
like would-be housemaid, must establish
character Therefore, "Reference?" L
repeated. "How do you mean?"
''Yes; sawmbody who knows you, to say
il YOU are respectable and responsible" he
explained with unfinching candor.
"Why, do 1 look suspicious" 1 de-
manded.
He scrutinized me carefully before he
committed himself to an answer. Then,
''No. sair; YOU do not. You look aw right, !"
he youchsafed reassuringly. "But it is my
custom, Railways wen l rent an apartment
to hask and geeve references. 1 geeve you
20 wen we return downstairs
"Oh, see 1t is the custom. Oh, very
we'll. 1 refer you to my cousin,
Mr.. Eliot Morgan, of the firm of
Morgan. Wynn & Co., bankers down in
Wall street. Is that sufficient You see
1 rather fancied that the name of so eminent
a financier as Eliot Morgan, pronounced by
me with cousinly familiarity, would per-
haps little daunt my uncontiding friend.
But deceived myself cav right, was
the extermlnator's selfpossessed reply. II
90 see Mr.. Morgan tomorrow morning.
And if he say YOU are aw right, the apart
ment is your"
We went back to his Office, and there he
handed me circular advertising his busi-
ness as an exterminator of insects. II un-
dertake, by the particular job or on yearly
contract, to exterminate all varieties of in
sectS, from your furniture, your clothing,
your furs, your house. Moths speciality.
| Also for sale, in pound, half pound and
| quarter pound packages, or in quantity,
guaranteed as the best insect powder in the
universe. 1 refer by permission to the fol-
lowing well-known citizens" In number
some thirty.
"Those ladies and gentlemen are my
clients" he informed me. II refer you to
benny or hall of them"
Just as was leaving, it occurred to me to
ask, "Oh, by the by, are there any other ar
fists in the house?"
"There is a young lady hartist on the floor
above vou-the top floor She is female
hartist, you understand. Her name is Mees
Wait; if 1 pronounce it, you will moi
know how to spell it; it 1 spell it, you will
not know how it is pronounced. l write II
for you"
He procured pencil and a scrap of paper
from his bookkeeper and wrote in stiff old.
fashioned French hand, miss Sophie Pau.
lovna Eczardy."
''You know hair?'' he questioned.
"No; don't know her. 1t is an odd name.
How should it be pronounced?"
"Well, JUS for fun, you tell me how you
think
J "Well. not as it's spelled, of course. Not
Ecz-ardy?"
"Ob, nun-nun-no. Hit is a 'Ungarian
name, and they pronounce it jus like it was
theletters Observation-Disclosures Ain't
that tonny?"
every. And who are they?"
''The young lady and her fazair. e is
one DR.. Eczardv. e is an eenvaleed. e
die of fcawnsomption, you understand. His
name is Paul Eczardy, wiz anuzzer name in
the middle witch finishes in itch, too long
to remember
And his daughter is an artist?" What
does she paint?'
'Oh, anysing you weesh. She paint you
| q miniature on HiYorY. She mex YOU 9