He promised everything that she asked.

Thus, after much trouble, I became one of the members of Simpson's train.

Before taking our departure, I arranged with Russell, Majors & Waddell that when my pay should fall due it should be paid over to mother.
As a matter of interest to the general reader, it may be well in this connection to give a brief description of a freight train.

The wagons used in those days by Russell, Majors & Waddell were known as the "J.
Murphy wagons," made at St.Louis specially for the plains business.

They were very large and were strongly built, being capable of carrying seven thousand pounds of freight each.