Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1891-03-21
CHAPTER III.
THE NIHILIST.

A fortnight later found me established,
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, but 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 60 aw rght7"' he. began by
inquiring.
Eyes, thank you; it seems to 60 pret-
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 opstairs," he announced, max
ing his tone and his physiognomy con-
fdential, and pointing with bejewelled
finger to the ceiling.
Indeed? What do they want to known
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."
"And you, what have you told herT
"Eh, wat do l know to tell? tell
her your name is Mr.. Eliot, and you ave
the air to be mebbe 20 years hold. good
enough looking young feller for the rest,
and yeu come from Parias 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"
"Pm sure feel greatly flattered by
her interest in me, said e.yss
Eyes, it is real NICE" Musdale agreed.
"The ole man, her fazairs" heS want on,
after moments pause, She is fonny
ole feller. e die Of cawnsompNon you
know"
they think it's funny
.Ah, that is not wat have meant. l
mean he is fonny in uzzair ways"
"Ahai For example?"
"Well, for example. Well, e is a.
well, g is wat you call in Eenglis lib
eral."
Liberal, is he? Then he is rich?"
'Oh, no; you do not understand. !
mean in the polite. E is liberal. radi-
cal, communist. In'Rossia save been
in prison five, six--I do know 'ow many
years-for q revolutionist."
"Reallyl A live Nihilist! But-but
thought you said he was Hungarian. >
1.-THE name Eczardy is U Ungarian; yes,
you right. Bot the ole feller, q is Ros-
sian. His family ave reside in Rossia
since two hawndred year. JUS like
mebbe you know Eengls man named
Beauchamp, or uzzair French name, yet
q is Eenglis all the same. E is Rossian
gentleman wiz ''Ungarian name, that's
all. Well, as I.tell you. e is a revolu-
tionist; and he get found hout 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
cawptry. were e die. You see, he. catch
the cawnson,ptiop. vile he is lock op in
prison five. six years. Two years al