Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-04
LITTLE STORIES ABOUT
PERSONS YOU KNOW

1t was midnight at Las Vegas. New.
Unless you have been in Las Vegas,
New, at midnight you may not compre-
hend the significance attached to this
statement-but it was midnight in Las
Vegas!
was running twelve minutes behind time,
was Henry Gentry, travelling passenger
agent for the Salt Lake route. Behind
him was a passenger who had been un-
able to sleep on account of the coyotes
which line the track between this point
and Salt Lake.
Let us eat" said Henry, by way of
suggestion.
"You are on" said the sleepless pas
senger.
THE town marshal has closed up for
the night, but know where we can get
something to satisfy"
Ham and eggs?'
Precisely" said Henry, but it is some
distance from here"
The two endangered night hawks started
for the restaurant, and on the journey
the stranger, lately from Arizona, un-
folded to Gentry the story of the waiter
who, after ordering two fried eggs-one
fried on one side and one on the other
finally appeared before the customer with
torn collar and shirt and exclaimed: BEG
pardon, sir, but would you as soon take
those eggs boiled? I've had words with
the cookr
Now, Gentry laughed. He had a right
to. He had not heard the story before,
and it was far from possible as he sup
posed, that it had ever reached Las
Vegas. Therefore, he argued, he would
ask the waiter in the Junction restaurant
to bring him two eggs, one fried on one
side and one on the other.
He put in the order, unconscious Of the
fact that the cook and the waiter con-
sisted of one gentleman, the one being
the self same cook and waiter.
While Gentry and his friend were await
ing the return of the cook and wondering
what the latter would do about 1t the
dlgnitary appeared with meat cleaver
in one hand and an empty beer bottle in
the other.
when you guys are ready to order"
he said, 'let me know. I'll be right here
in the back of the shop"
A vote since taken has decided that even
in Las Vegas there is a sense of humor.
and the all-night representative Of the
Cooks and Walters union has one be-
longing to himself.
Col. William H. Sinton, who has come
into considerable prominence of late by
reason of his connection with the Lanker-
SHIN hotel baseball team, which hopes to
league this season, has encountered a
misfortune which may deprive him of the
pleasure of playing ball earlier than three
weeks from today.
Col. Sinton, as is we'll known, has lately
adorned his back yard at 1851 DeLong
street with a beautiful garden, carrying
about 60 per cent In radshes, 20 per cent
in turnips and the remainder in peas and
lettuce.
He intended raising these products not
for the purpose of cornering the market
but for the more important reason that
should a famine occur he would be pro-
teoted against certain unscrupulous
dealers who might try to raise the price
of vegetables.
1t is only natural, therefore, that Col.
Sinton should have taken great pride in
his garden. Likewise, 1t is unfortunate
that the colonel works what is known as
"split shift" showing up for work at
the Lankershim at a. m. on one day,
leaving the buffet to its own resources at
noon, returning at $3.50 and seeing that all
goes we'll until the police department tells
him to close up.
On alternate days the colonel is relieved
at $50 p. M, but no matter how early or
late the hour may be he has protected
that little garden with all the stoicism
known to man, until yesterday, when the
little vines destined to produce real vege-
tables were cruelty torn up by their roots,
the simple fact being that the colonel,
while watering his pets, fell asleep and
allowed the hose to accomplish the ruina"
ton of the garden.
81 was dreaming" said the colonel "of
home run, and when 1 awoke nothing
was left of my cherished garden
II had just passed the Hayward hotels
third baseman in my dream and was
sliding for the plate when the nozzle
which had held in my hand turned itself
in my direction. And now-ah, well, 1t
will take me many weeks to replace the
garden. Until this has been done can
not think of baseball Why, / would ask,
is the water pressure so strong in this
part of town, anyway? Perhaps 1 will
plant the same vegetables, but whether
do or not it must be carefully set down
that no man can serve one master and
at the same time take care of a garden"
SSo
Alabama VIII Not Go "Dry"