Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1892-09-07
EXPENSIVE EGGS.
An Esthetic Englishman's Extraor.
binary Experience.
Things Cooked to Suit Him, But
Finds It . Losing In

There is working ON the California
street cable system man who has had
considerable ups and downs as this
world goes. He earns two dollars and
fifty cents q day as conductor, but there
was a 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 "Lords
Harrington When he asked for place
as an extra man he told the supertnr
tendent that his name was Harrington
Before he had been on the line q week
he was unanimously dubbed Lord"
Harrington and all on account Of hia
looks, speech and action. It is known
that he is very highly connected in Eng
land. how high is left to conjecture, a.
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 vaa
told by an Englishman named De
Schmid, who worked on the same cable
line for two weeks. De Schmid told
the story to illustrate apoint in his own
disastrous career.
According to De Schmid, Harrington
went to a Florida watering resort short
ly after his arrival In this country 1--WE
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-boiled 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 colored
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 shoul-
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enough for anybody" was all he vouch-
safed. 81 like them that way. and I'm
running this hotel to suit myself"
"Then cannot get hard eggs3 de-
manded the indignant guest.
'Not while I'm bossing the place."
declared the independent American
landlord
What do you ask for the hotelT'
asked the Englishman.
Thirty thousand dollars" was the
prompt reply.
"I'll take it." replied the stranger.
',Now, Sambo, give me hard-boiled
eggs"
Sambo eyed the proprietor interroga-
lively.
"Give the gentleman what he wants
now, SAM" was the reply. Hes boss
from now on"
Harrington gave q check for thirty
thousand dollars and spent twenty thou
sand dollars improving the premises In
order to give promising background to
the hard-boiled eggs sliced and treated
after the manner Of the natives of High
er 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
eggs treated after the manner of the na-
tives Of Higher Hydrabad.
Harrington reach ed California some
how. He won't tell how, but It Il sup
posed he raised enough means by selling
OF his extensive wardrobe. The next
known of him he was working q local
cable line. He admits himself that he
wouldn't have lost the hotel and his
Fifty thousand dollars II he had been
brought up In the tr ade.