Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1893-08-31
EXPENSIVE EGGS.
An Esthetic Engl,shman's Extraor-
binary Experience.
He Purchases y Hotel In Order to Get
Things Cooked to Suit Him, But
Finds 1t n Losing In
VeStment.

veStment.
There is working on the California
street cable system q man who has had
considerable ups and downs as this
world goes. He earns two dollars and
fifty cents day as conductor, but there
was time when he had IN 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 fora place
rs Tn extra man he told the suDcr;n-
tenilcnt that his neme was Harrington.
Before he lad been on the line 4 wecI:
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
word that will tend in any way to shed q
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 a Florida watering resort short
ly 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 n 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-bciled eggs, but each morning the
waiter urbancly returned with the eggs
boiled medium" Every morning liar
rington had explained ut great length
that he wanted the eggs cooked that
way in order to slice them md treat
them after the fashion of the natives Of
the Higher ITydrabad. 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 arc my eggs not boiled as or
dered2" he demanded. ..,
The proprietor shrugged his shoul-
ders. Eggs boiled medium arc good
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 eggs?" de-
manded the indignant guest.
"Not while I'm bossing the place.
declared the independent American
| landlord. "
"What do you nslz for the hotel?'
asked the Englishmnn.
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. "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.
or 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 n man
who laughed to scorn sliced hard-boiled
eggs treated after the manner of the na,
tives of Higher Hydrabad.
Harrington reached 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 loca,
cable line. He admits himself that he
wouldn't have lost the hotel and his
fifty thousand dollars IL he had beer
| brought nm In tho kr ade. .,... .s,z.,,.