The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-08-03
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| things in order, the old gentleman came
to pay mo little visit.
"Wsn, it go aw right" he began by
inquiring.
Eyes, 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 nay 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 physiognouly con-
fidential, and pointing with a bejewelled
| finger to the ceiling.
Indeed? What do they want to known
1 questioned.
"Well, she ave hask me, 1 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.
"And you, what have you told herr"
"Eh, wat do 1 know to tell? tell
! her your name is Mr.. Eliot, and you ave
the air to be mebbe % years hold, good
enough looking young Teller for the rest,
and you come from Paris, were you ave
made your stodies, and you got brozer-
| in-law rich benker whose name is Mees-
tair Morguean. That is all l can tell
her, because that is all | know"
I'm sure 1 feel greatly fattered by
! her interest in me" l said.
Eyes, it is real nice" MUSCLE agreed.
'The ole man, her fazair,' he went on,
after moments pause, she is fonny
! ole teller. E die of cawnsomption, you
know"
$50 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"
'"Ahal For example,"
"Weu, for example Well, e is "a
well, e is wat you call in Eenglis lib
eral"
Liberal, is he? Then he is rich?'
ooh, 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 revolutionist."
Really! A live Nihilist! But-but
l thought you said he was Hungarian"
1.-The name Eczardy is 'UpgaTian; yes,
you right. Bot the ole feller, e 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, yet
] "a &c ,fr1i oil h. 10
gentleman wiz 'UnSarian name, that's
all. Well, as tell you, e is revolu-
/ zionist: and he get found bout in 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 e die. You see, he catch
the cawnsolnption vile he is lock OPP in
prison five, six years. Two years al
ready e has leeve here in my 'ouse, dy-
| ing aw the time"
HE must be remarkable man. Is he
meetable? l should like to know him"
eff you ave come two, tree weeks be-
fore, yes, you can meet him. Bot since
| two, tree weeks e is roch worse than
he ave been formerly, and e see no one
excep the doctor" After little pause
he added blitheIy, "He never be better
again, l guess"
Its rather sad for his daughter" l
suggested.
Yes, you right; hit is. She ave to
work to gain their life, and at the same
time she must lie his morse. Yes, i is
hard for her, 10 mistek. She get tired
hout."
lis her only means of livelihood her
painting?"
YES, that's aw. She mex beeg crayon
drawings for photographers, and she
pent miniatures and hoil paintings.
get her to pent q 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 fol
my inspection the miniature in question.
Ell, wat you think of that he re-
peated.
Twas surprised to find that it was an
exceedingly clever piece Of painting. In
stead Of the conventional product of the
miniature maker that | had expected
beheld the handiwork of an able and
painStaking artist. Well drawn, well
modelled, well handled in respect OF
color, it presented the extemninator &c
the life. His wig, his powder, his rouge,
his jewelry, his foppish costume, and be-
hind them all, like skull behind d
mask. his genuine old age, were reflected
as truthfully and as pitilessly as in &
looking glass. 1t was justice untem
pered by mercy, and it was extremely
good.
'Why, this is capitalr' exclaimed
"She has real talent. What shame
that she should waste nerseH on mlnla
lures and working Tor photographers
Yes. IL is bear' if1l; 1t Is very fine
acGuiesced N@Iselle. grinning compla-
Gently BOT if size work for photogra.
pliers, You know, hit Is because, Is we
say in France, Ii faut viyre. one must
live What would You ave: She meE
no money if she don't
Eyes. yes. understand. But the wo
man who painted that has it in her tC
do things that would really be worth
while Does she never attempt anything
better:"
If you come down stairs wiz me,
returned the ezter1ninuror. Il show yoJ
a beeg picture wien she pent. and wlct
T+sf- one ti7,,a II. 7,lsr. Of the rent money