noon
Train of cattle out at the junction , '' the clerk said , swinging up to the cab . The men finished the hand and settled up , but within a few minutes the engine was running out to the freight train . Day was breaking before Dave tumbled into bed . He had left a call with the clerk to be wakened at noon . When the bell rang , it seemed to him that he had not been asleep five minutes . After he had eaten at the stockyards hotel he went out to have a look at his stock . He found that on the whole the cattle had stood the trip well .