Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-07-07
HARD ROLLED EGGs.
They brought n Wealthy Englishmar
Into Lot of Trouble.

Into Lot of Trouble.
| San Francisco Examiner.
There is working on the California
| street cable system man who has had
| considerable ups and downs as this
world goes. lie earns $3.50 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.
The boys on the road call him "Lordn
| Harrington. When he asked for u place
as an extra man he told the superinton-
dent that his name was Harrington.
Before he had been on the line week
he was unanimously dubbed "Lord"
harrington, and all on account of his
looks, speech and action. 1t is known
that he Is very highly connected in Eng
land, how high is left to conjecture, as
under no consideration will he breathe
| n word that will tend in any way to shed
n ray of light on his antccedcnts 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 dis
astrous career.
According to De Schmid, Harrington
went to a Florida watering resort shortly
after his. arrival in this country 1--WE
years ago, What his real name was no
one knew;overybody knew, however that
he had lately come into large inheri-
lance and was rolling in money. Gossip
said he visited the Florida watering
place to recuperate his shattered health.
lie had been vt the hotel for eight
days, and for eight days he had ordered
| hard boiled eggs, but each morning the
waiter urbanciy returned with the eggs
boiled "medinm." Every morning
Harrington 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 lIydrabad. But
| the colored waiter stOicaliy ignored the
order, and stcadlostly brought in tho
| eggs boiled medium. On the eighth
morning Harrington lost patience and
angrily seut for the proprietor.
| "Why arc my eggs not boiled as
urdcry" he demanded.
The proprietor shrugged his Shout
ders. Eggs boiled medium are good
enough for anybody" was all he vouch-
safcd. Il like them that way, and I'm
running this hotel to suit myself"
Then | cannot get hard eggs?" de-
J manded the indignant guest.
| "Not while Pm bossing the place."
declared the independent American
landlord.
"What do you ask for the hotel ?"
asked the Englshman.
Thirty thousand dollars" was the
prompt reply
an take it," replied the stranger
Now, sambo, give me hard boiled
eggs"
sambo eyed the late proprietor inter
negatively.
Give the gentleman what he wants
now, SAM was the reply. "le's boss
from now on"
Harrington gave check for 100000
and spent 100000 improving the prem
lses IN order to give Il promising back
ground to hard boiled eggs sliced and
treated after the manner Of tho natives
OF Higher Hydrabld. But his scheme
never worked. The end of the season
the sheriff swoOped down ON the prem
ises and it passed into the hands Of a
man who laughed to scorn sliced hard
boiled eggs treated after the manner of
the natives OF Higher Hydrahad.
Harrington reached California some.
how. lie won't tell how, but it is sup
posed he raised enough means by selling
oil his extensive wardrobe. The next
| known OF him he was working on a
local cable line lie admits himself
that he wouldn't have lost the hotel and
his last $4,000 if he had been brought
up in trade.