Booth of Yale

Usage examples of albie.

He gave Albie Pearson more chance than almost any other employer would have to use his engineering talent.

Industrial rivalries of some kind, Albie thought, when he troubled to imagine reasons.

The old man had him running checks on the phone lines twice a day now, and every few days engaged Albie in a discussion as to how they could best beef up the perimeter, and strengthen the internal guard force without hiring more people.

It was one of those glorious early Georgia mornings that Albie thought he probably appreciated all the more for having grown up in New York City.

If Albie mentally put himself in the place of someone planning a reconnaissance or an assault on Fortress Gregory, he found the ravine by far the most attractive avenue of approach.

When Albie reached the foot of the pole he wanted, he paused, looking up at the main object of his investigation.

After a moment Albie reached for the steel ladder-rungs built into the side of the car, and climbed up about halfway.

There were some papers folded up inside the envelope, and after a moment Albie managed to work them free.

Very complex and jargony, and maybe if Albie had been a real railroad worker he could have understood it.

But if so, Albie thought that the old man would have told him, before leaving last night on that surprise business trip.

If Albie had had a chance for a last-minute conference with the old man, he would have mentioned this reconnaissance he planned to do this morning, the freight cars and the odd device.

Now Albie began a slow walk completely around the cars, keeping his eyes steadily on them.

Looking down at the dead tramp with the broken skull, Albie calculated that he might have been killed yesterday.

But now, even as Albie watched, the situation as displayed began to change.

Excitement growing in him rapidly, Albie sat down in the chair before the panel.