Such great towns as Chicago and Kansas City will each receive and dispose of in one day as many as ten to twenty thousand cattle, not counting sheep or hogs.
It was when returning to Amarillo after this trip that I was fortunate enough to save the lives of a whole train-load of people.

One night our passenger train came to a certain station, and the conductor went to get his orders.

Nearly all the passengers were asleep.

When he returned I happened to hear him read his orders over to the brakeman.

These orders were to go on to a certain switch and "side track" till _three_ cattle trains had passed.