Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-08-30
CHAPTER III.
TEE NIHILIsT.

with my household gods and painting
tools around me, at Monsieur Muscles,
and on the best of terms with my land
lord, who, by the way, had turned out
to be perfectly ordinary, good natured
and simple minded French bourgeois,
with 10 other noticeable idiosyncraSy
than that childish vanity which ilnpelled
him to make a guy of himself in out
ward appearance, but which manifested
itself in nothing else.
On the day when | took possession, and
while WAS busy unpacking aud putting
things IN order, the old gentleman came
to pay me little visit.
We'll, it go aw right" he began by
inquiring.
Yes, thank you; it seems to go pref
ty well" was my reply.
After which for little neither Of US
spoke, continued my labor. He stood
still just within my threshold, and
beamed upon me with benign though
rather vague and irrelevant smile
BY and by: There is moch curiosity
about you Upstairs" he amour, max
ing his tone and his physiognonly COR
tidential, and pointing with beieWeiled
finger to the ceiling.
Indeed? What do they want to knowy
questioned.
well, she ave hask me, l guess, neb-
be twenty five questions, all about you.
Your name, 'ow hold are you, ow you
look, were you come from, WHO is your
family, wat you pent-everysing."
And you, what have you told herP'
En- wat do | know to tell? tell
her your name is AEr. Eliot, and you ave
the cir to be mebbe 26 years hold, good
enough looking young feller for the rest,
and yoa come from Paris, were you ave
made your stodies, and you got a brozer-
in-law rich benker, whose name Is Mees-
tair Morguean That is al can tell
her, because that is all l know"
I'm sure feel greatly aartered by
her interest i'll me" said.
| Yes, it is real NICE" MUSCLE agreed.
'Ths ole man, her fazair," he went on,
after moments pause, she is fonay
ole teller. e die of cawnsomption, you
know"
80 you told me the other day. Do
they think it's funny?'
/ "Ah, that Is not wat have meant.
mean he is tommy IN uzzair ways"
''Ahai For example,"
well, for example. Wen, Q is a.
well, e is wat you call in Eenglis lib
eral."
Liberal, is he? Then he is rich?"
''Oh, no; you Go not understand. |
mean in the polite e is liberal, radi-
cal, communist. In Rossia e ave been
in prison five, sig--I do know 'ow many
years-for revolutionist
Really! A live Nihilisti But-but
l thought you said he was Hungarian. :"
The nano Eczardy is 'Ungarian; yes
you right, Bot the ole teller, q is Ros-
sian. His family ave reside in Rossia
since two hawndred year. Jus like
mebbe you know Eenglis man named
Beauchamp, or uzzair French name, ret
g Is Eenghs all the same. e is Rossian
gentleman wiz 'Ungarian name, that's
all. Well, as tell you, 9 is a revolu-
ZIONIST; and he get found bout in a plot;
and they arrest hiIG and lock him OF for
I five or six years IN solitar' confinement,
all alone, waiting till they try him, and
I zen they TEX him before the magistrate,
Gen. Ogaref, who decide he is guilty and
condemn him to Siberia for life. Bot
he escape from Siberia and co1ae to this
cawntry. Were e die. You see, be- catch
the cawnsolnption W lie he is lock OF in
prison five, six years. Two years al
ready e has ieeve here in my 'oRse, dy-
ing aw the time"
lie must be a remarkable man. Is he
meetable? should like to know him"
''R you avs come two, tree weeks be-
fore, yes, you can meet him. Bot since
two, tree weeks 9 is moch verse than
he ave been formerly, and e SEQ 10 one
excep' the doctor" After little pause
he added blithely, He never be better
again, guess"
ITS rather sad for his daughter" /
suggested.
Eyes, you right, hit is. She ave t.
work to gain their life, and at the same
time she must be his morse. Yes, it is
hard for her, no mistek. She get tired
bout"
us her only means of livelihood her
paintingT'
drawings for photographers, and she
pent miniatures and hoil paintings.
get her to pelt d miniature OF myself on
hivory. She pent beautiful, no use telk-
ing. Wat you think of this?"
He unbuttoned his coat and extracted
from It's inner pocket an oval case in red
morocco. Opening it he submitted for
my inspection the miniature in question.
"Eh, wat you think Of tilatY' he re-
peated.
was surprised to find that it was IN
exceedingly clever piece of painting. In
stead of the conventional product Of the
miniature maker that l had expected |
beheld the handiwork of an able and
palnstaking artist. Well drawn, well
modelled, well handled in respect of
color, it presented the exter1ninator to
the life. His wig, his powder, his rouge,
l1s lewelry, his foppish costume, and be
hind them all, like a skull behind a
mask, his genuine old age, were reflected
ss t1'uthfUlly and IS pi51essly as in a
looking glass. 1t was justice untem-
Dered by mercy. and 1t was extremely
good.
"Why, El1is is capital!' l exclaimed
''She has real talent. What shams
that she should waste herself OH NINA
lures and working for photographersr'
Eyes, it is beautiful: it Ia very fne,"
acquiesced MUSCLE, grinning compla-
Gently. "Bot if she work for photogra-
piers, you know. hit Is because, AS we
say in France, il fault vivre, one must
live. What would you aver She mex