nt managed to find out things
that happened on my car when he was not present. Sometimes when I went
to report or met him he would question me about things that happened on
my run, such as pleasing the passengers and other things, which I did
not suppose he knew a thing about and inquiries among the other trainmen
only deepened the mystery.

I would ask the Pullman conductor if he told the superintendent such and
such a thing and he would say no. Then I would ask him how the
superintendent knew about them as he was not on the train. He would say
he did not know. This kept up until finally I made up my mind that if
there ever was a clairvoyant the superintendent certainly was one.

The fact that he was able to find out things that happened hundreds of
miles away without any one telling him, kept me worked up for a long
time until I finally tumbled to the special agents who are employed to
travel as common passengers and report how things are going to the
superintendent. That explained the whole mystery, but it did not in any
way make me move easy in my mind, because if a special agent was along
one trip, there was no reason to think that one was not along every
trip. At least I made up my mind there was, and governed myself
accordingly, but the increased attention given to my passengers as a
result caused an increase in the tips, that came my way. With the
increase in my earnings and the experience I was gaining I came to have
a liking for the service, which is in no wise diminished at this time. I
soon learned the knack of pleasing the greater number of my passengers,
and this reported to the superintendent by the special agents raised me
in the official's favor with the result that I was given more extensive
and more profitable runs and soon became one of the most popular porters
in Colorado. This brought with it increased responsibilities as well as
increased profits and favors enjoyed.

When I started to work it was for $15.00 per month this has been
increased from time to time until at present owing to my long service
and having gained a thorough knowledge of my business, I am often made
porter in charge. This position pays me as high as $40.00 per month. The
difference between a porter and a porter in charge is that a porter
generally has a car over which a Pullman conductor presides, which the
porter in charge owing to his long service and his knowledge of the
business is placed in full charge of a car, making t