The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-06-18
CatehIpr the Early Train.

One Of the greatest delights Of board.
ing IN the country for the summer, iS the
pleasure & man derives from hi1,edoEtS 70
catch the early morning train BY Which
he must reach the city and tb business.
When be gets out Of bed be l0ok4 Of his
watch, and finds be has plenty Of time, 30
be dresses leisurely, and siIS down 10
breakfast in 9 calm and serene state Of
mind. Just as he cracks his first egg, he
hear the up uGin. He BtGrtS, jerks out
bis watch, compares II with the clock,
and finds that Il Is eleven minutes slow
and that he has only four minutes left in
which 10 get 10 the depot. In a fearful
hurry he tries 70 scoop the egg ont Of the
she'll, but It burns his fingers, the skin
Ia tough, and alter iooliDg with il ior
a uCmerl It maaheS into q hope
less mess, and he gets his fingers
smeaIed. He drops the whole concern
In disgust, grabs Q hot roll, and scAlds
bis tongue With quick mouthlrl Of col
fee; then be siufs the roll into his mouth,
while his wife hands him his sGtchel, and
tells him she thinks she hears the WhIs-
tie. BE plunges msdly around the room
looking for bis umbrella; then ktSses his
wife as well as be can with all that IN.
swallowed bread dlstsnding his cheeks
ssys good. bye 10 the children ina lump
and makes = dash for tho door. Just a
be goes 10 the gate he finds that he has
forgotten bis buster, and be charges back
aiLer 1t, snaVches it up, and team down
the gravel walk In frenzy. he doesn't
like 10 run through the village, because
that would be uDdigpifedi but he walks
furiously. Hall way down he doE1 hear
the train whistle, Ioi certain. He wants
10 run, but he knows that he viii
start up that yellow dog there
bv the sidewalk II he does. Then
be actually sees the train coming
IN at the depot, and he feels that he T1uSt
make rush. he does. The yellow dog
becomes excited, and tears after him.
Six other dogs join In the chase, ono after
the o.heF, and bark turi0uSly and frolic
around his legs. Small boys contribute
10 the excitement as he goes past, by
whistling on their fingers, and the men 81
work on the new meeting house knock
of 10 look At him and laugh. He feels
ridiculous, but be must catch that train.
he gets desperate when he has TO Blacken
up until two or three women, who are on
the sidewalk discussing the serTGnt-girl
question and the price Of butter, scatter
10 let him pass. He arrives within one
hundred yards Of the depot with duster
flying in the wind, coat tail horizontal,
and the yellow dog nlpping his heels, just
as the train begins 70 move. BE puts
on extra pressure, and resolves TO
make that train or perish. he reaches
it as the last car is going past.
he SEXES the hand.raIl, Ia violently jerk
ed around once or twice, but finally lands
on the step on bis knees, and Is hauled In
by his coat collar by the brakeman, hot,
mad, dusty, with his trousers torn across
the knees, his shins bruised, and three
ribs In bis umbrella broken. Just as he
gets comfortably into the car, the train
stops, backs up on the siding, and lies
there for half an hour while the engineer
fixes broken valve. Then he Is mRddeI
than ever, and determines that he will
move in town tomorrow, and swears,
while be looks out Of the window and
watches the dogs that followed him en-
gagged in q contest over a bone which the
yellow dog found on the platform OF the
station; and he registers silent vow 10
devote his first holiday 10 hunting up that
dog and Draining him With q club. 4-I