National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-07-01
c.,rA,as ,se Early TrnIn.

Max Adeler, writing In the Saturday Eren.
ing Post, says:
One Of the greatest delights of boarding In
the country for the summer Is the pleasure q
man derives from his efforts to catch the
early morning train, by which he must reach
the city and his business. When he gets ont
Of bed he looks at his watch, and finds he
has plenty Of time. 80 he dresses leisurely,
and sits down to break fast In calm and Sc
rene state Of mind. Just as he cracks bis
first egg, he hears tho up train. He starts,
jerks out his watch, compares 1t with the
clock, and finds that 1t Is eleven minutes
slow, and that he has only four minutes left
In which TO get TO the depot.
In fearful hurry he tries TO scoop the egg
out Of the shell, but II burns his fingers; the
skin Is tough, and after foollng with II for O
moment 1t mashes into hopeless mess, and
he gets his fingers smeared; he drops the
whole concern In disgust, grabs q hot roll,
and scalds his tongue with quick mouthfu
Of coffee; then he stuifs the roll In his mouth,
while his wife hands him his ratchel, and
tells him she thinks she hears the whistle
He plunges madly around the room looking
for his umbrella; then kisses his wife Us vel
rs he can with all that unswallowed bread
distending his checks, says goodbye to the
children In lump, and makes dash for the
door. Just as he gets to the gate he dnd'
that he has forgotten his buster, and he
charges back after Ii, snatchcs Il up, aud
tears down the gravel walk In a frenzy.
lie doesn't like to run through the village
because that would be undignified, but h
walks furiously. lie goes faster and faster
Half way down he does hear the whistle, fol
he will start up that yellow dog there by TIT
sidewalk II he does. Then he actually sec,
tho train coming In ut the depot, and he feel
that he must make n rush. lie does. Tn,
yellow dog becomes excited, and tears aftel
him. Six other dogs Join In the chase, ont
after the other, and bark furiously and froli'
around his legs. Small boys contribute Il
the excitement, rs he goes past, by whistllns
| on their fingers, and the men at work on til,
new meeting house knock of to look ut hin
and laugh. He feels ridiculous, but he mus
catch That train. He gets desperate wheI
he has to slacsen up until two or thre,
women, who are on the sidewalk dis
cussing the scryant-girl question ant
tho price Of butter, scatter 10 let hin
pass. He arrives within one hundre,
yards Of the depot with duster flying In tn
wind, coaI.tails horizontal aud The yellow do,
nipping his heels, Just rs the train begins h
move. He puts on extra pressure, and 70
solves to make that train or to perish. II
reaches 1t "a the last car Is going past. ii
selzes he hand-rail, is Violently jerke
around once or twice, but finally lands o.
the step on his knees, and Ia hauled 10 by hi
coat-collar by the brakeman, hot, mad, dusty
with his trousers torn across the knees, hi
shins bruised and three ribs In his umbrell
broken. Just as he gets comfortably Int
the car, the train stops, backs up on the sid
ing, and lays there for half an hour while til
engineer fixes broken valve. Then he
madden than ever, and determines that h
will move In town tomorrow, and swears
while he looks out Of the window and watche
the dogs that followed him engaged In con
test over q bone which the yellow dog foun
on the platform Of the station; and he regis
ters silent vow TO devote his first holidn
to hunting up that dog, and Draining hii
with club.