The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1890-10-05
CHAPTER III.
THE NlHILIsr.

u IOEblllbtib 1aleF 1Qt1llG INC 6SEaDIlHH6us
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 no other noticeable idiosyncrasy
than that childish vanity which impelled
him to make guy Of himself in out,
ward appearance, bat which manifested
itself in nothing else.
On the day when took possession, and
while was busy unpacking and putting
things in order, the old gentleman came
to pay me little visit.
Well, 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. I 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 announced, max.
ing his tone and his physioenomy con-
fidential, and pointing with abejewelled
finger to the ceiling.
Indeed? What do they want to knowg''
questioned.
well, she ave hask me, guess, meb-
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
.sAnd you, what have you told herr"
Sch, wat do I know to tell? tell
her your name is Mr.. Eliot, and you ave
the air to be mebbe 26 years hold, good
enough looking young Teller for the rest.
and you 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 all I can tell
her, because that is all know"
sspm sure / feel greatly fattered by
her interest in me, said.
eyes, it is real NICE" MUSCLE agreed.
"The ole man, her fazair,p he wentson,
after moments pause, ''he is tommy
ole teller. E die Of transcription, you
know"
80 you told me the other day. Do
they think it's funny
s.Ah, that is not wat have meant.
mean he is tommy in uzzair ways"
ssAhal For example!p
..Well, for example. Well, q is a.
well, e is wat You call in Eenglis lib
eral."
Liberal, is he? Then he IS rich?"
sob, no; you do not understand. /
mean in the polite. e is liberal, radi-
cal, communist In Rossia e ave been
in prison FIVE, ski do know 'ow many
years-for a revolutionista"
Really A live Nihilistl But--but
thought you said he was Hungarian"
.The name Eczardy is 'Ungarian; yes,
you right. Bot the ole Teller, e is Ros-
sian. His family ave reside in Rossia
since two hawndred year. Jus like
mebbe you know Eenghs man named
Beauchamp, or uzzair French name, yet
e is Eenglis all the same. E is Rossian
gentleman wiz 'Ungarian name, that's
all. Well, as tell you, q is revolu-
ZIONIST; and he get found bout in a plot;
and they arrest him and lock him op for
five or six years in solitar' confinement,
all alone, waiting till they try him, and
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 come to this
cawntry, were q die. You see, he catch
the cawnsoinption vile he is lock op in
prison Eve, six years. Two years al
ready Q has leeve here in my 'ouse, dy-
ing aw the time"
He must be remarkable man. Is he
meetable? should like to know him. +"
ssIf you ave come two, tree weeks be-
fore, yes, you can meet him. Bot since
two, tree weeks . is moch worse than
he ave been formerly, and o see no one
excep' the doctor" After little pause
he added blithely, HE never be better
again, l guess"
Its rather sad for his daughter
suggested.
Yes, You right; hit is. She ave to
work to gain their life, and at the same
time she must be his morse. Yes, it ia
hard for her, no mistek. She get tired
hout."
lis her only means of livelihood her
plSlutAASs
YES, that's aw. She mex beeg crayon
drawings for photographers, and she
pent miniatures and hoil paintings. I
get her to pent miniature of myself on
hivory. She pent beautiful, no use talk
ing. Wat you think Of this?~
He unbuttoned his coat and extracted
from its inner pocket an oval case in red
morocco. Opening it he submitted for
my inspection the miniature in question.
Eth. wat you think Of thatT he re-
peated.
YVES surprised TO find that it was an
exceedingly clever piece Of painting. In
stead Of the conventional product of the
miniature maker th&t had expected
beheld the hnadiworlx Of an abba and
painstaking artist Well drawa. well
modelled, well handled in respect Of
color. y presented the eztarnainator to