The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-07-25
Catching The Early Trnin.


Max A,leler writes One of the
greatest delights Of boarding in the
country for The summer l. the pleasure
man derives from his efforts TO
catch the early morning train bv which
he must reach the city and his husi-
ness. When he gets ont of he'd he
looks at his watch and finds he has
plenty Of time. 50 he dresses ltisurely
and sits down to breakfast IN calm
ard serene state Of mind. Just as he
cracks his first egg he hears thu up
train. lie starts, Jerks ont his watch,
reompareS it with the clock, and finds
that il is eleven minutes slow, and
that he has only four minutes left in
which to get to the depot. Ina fear
fnl hurry. he tries to SC0Gpthe egg ont
Of the she'll, but It burns his fingers.
the skin Is tnf, and after fooliug with
it tor q moment. 1t masheS into Il
hopeless mess, and he gets his fingers
smearel; he drops the whole concern
in disgust, grabs Il hot roll and scalds
his tongue with a Q1ick moutlfnl f
coffee then he stuffs the roll in his
mouth, while his wife hands him his
salclel aud tells him she thinks she
hears the whistle. He plungeS mad
" around The room looking for his un-
hrella; then kisses his wife a well as
he can with all that unSwallowed bread
di>tending his cheeks. says g0od-bv to
the children in a lump, and makes a
dash for the door. int a. he gets to
the gate he finds that he has forgotten
his duSter, and he charges back after
it, slatchiug it up. and tears down the
gravel walk in a frenzy. He doesn't
like to run through the village. be-
r,uSe that would he undignitled. Int
he walks fiIriouSly. He goes faster
and faster. Halfway down he does
not hear the whistle tor certain.
lie wants to run. but he knows
that he will start up that vel
low dog there by the sidewalk If he
does. Then he actually sees the train
coming at the depot, and he teels That
he must make rush. lIedOes. The
yellow dog becomes excited, and tears
after him. Six other dogs JON in the
chase. one after the other. and bark
tiIriously, and frolic around his legs,
Small boys contribute to the excite
ment, as he goes past, by Whisting nll
their fingers, and the men at work on
the new Ineeting-llouSe knock of to
look at him aud laugh. He feels ridic-
ul0ns. but he must catch that train.
lie gets desperate when he las to
Slacktn up Until two or three women,
who are on the sidewalk discussing the
| p'ta 'eS Of the scrvant-girl question and
| the lat price OF butter. let him pass.
lie arrives within one hundred yards
Of the depot with his dn.ter flying in
the wind. coHt-tail> horizontal aud the
yellow dog nipping his heels, jnst AS
the train begins to move. He puts on
extra pressure, and resolves to make
that train or perish. lie reaches it as
the last car is going past. He $eizeS
the hand-ral, is violently iprked around
once or twice. but finally lands Oh the
step on his knees. and is hauled in by
his coat-collar by the hrHhesman, hot,
mad, dusty, with his trousers torn
across the knees. his ,hin> bruised. and
three ribs in his umbrella broken.
Just a, he gets comfortably in the car,
the train stops, backs up onthe siding.
and stops for an hour and half while
the engineer fixes broken valve.
Then he is madder than ever, and de-
termiues that he will move in town
tomorrow. and swearS. while he looks
ont Of the window and watches the
dogs tlm: followed him engaged in Il
contest over a bone which the yellow
dog found Oh the platform of the sta
ton; and he registers silent vow to
devote his first holiday to hunting up
that dog and Draining him with club.