The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-10
EXPENSIVE EGGS.
An Esthetic Englishman's Extaor.
binary Experience
He Purchases . Hotel In Order 70 Get
Things Cooked to Suit Him, But
Finds It . Losing In
vestment-

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There Is working on the California
street cable system q man who has had
considerable ups and downs as thus
world goes. He earns two dollars and
fifty cents day as conductor, but there
! was time when he had an income ten
times as great, and he did not have to
work for it, either, says the San Fran
| cisco Examiner.
The boys on the road call him Lord
| Harrington. When he asked for place
as an extra man he told the superin-
| tendent that his name was Harrington.
| Before he had been on the line a week
he was unanimously dubbed Lord
Harrington and all ON account Of his
looks, speech and action. It is known
that he is very highly connected in Eng
land, how high is left to conjecture, as
under no consideration will he breathe
q word that will tend in any way to shed a
ray of light on his antecedents and past
history.
The one story known about him was
told by an Englishman named De
Schmid, who worked on the same cable
line for two weeks. De Schmid told
the story to illustrate point in his own
disastrous career.
According to De schmid, Harrington
went to Florida watering resort short
~ after his arrival in this country five
years ago. What his real name was no
one knew; everybody knew. however,
that he had lately come into large in
heritance and was rolling In money.
Gossip said he visited the Florida water
ing place to recuperate his shattered
health.
He had been at the hotel for eight
days and for eight days he had ordered
hard-boiied eggs, but each morning the
waiter urbanely returned with the eggs
boiled medium" Every morning Har-
rington had explained at great length
that he wanted the eggs cooked that
way in order to slice them and treat
them after the fashion of the natives Of
the Higher Hydrabad. But the colcred
waiter stoically ignored the order and
steadfastly brought in the eggs boiled
medium. On the eighth morning Har-
rington lost patience and angrily sent
for the proprietor.
"Why are my eggs not boiled as or
dered?' he demanded
The proprietor shrugged his Shout
ders. Eggs boiled medium are good
enough for anybody" was all he vouch-
safed. II Hike them that way, and I'm
running this hotel to suit myself"
Then cannot get hard eggs?" de-
manded the indignant guest.
mot while I'm bossing the place."
declared tho independent American
landlord.
What do You ask for the rhotel?''
asked the Englishman.
Thirty thou sand dollars" was tho
prompt reply.
''I'n take It," replied tho stranger.
Nov, Sambo, give me hard-boiled
eggs"
Sambo eyed the proprietor interroga-
lively.
Give tho gentleman what he wants
now, Sam" was the reply. "He's boss
from now on"
Harrington gave . check for thirty
Thousand dollars and spent twenty thou
sand dollars improving tho premises In
order to give promising background to
the hard-boiled eggs sliced and treated
after the manner of the natives of High
CT Hydrabad. But his scheme never
worked The end Of the season the
sheriff swooped down on the premises,
and they passed into the hands Of man
who laughed to scorn sliced hard boiled
euoc treated after the manner Gf the ma
tives of Higher Hydrabad.
Harrington reach ed California some
how. He won't tell how. but it is sup
posed he raised enough means by selling
off his extensive wardrobe. The next
known of him he was working local
cable line He admits himself that he
wouldn't have lost tho hotel and his
fifty thousand dollars il lie had been
brought up in the tr ada