Read this excerpt from "Caline." The engine screeched, it sent a few lazy puffs into the still air, and in another moment or two had vanished, bearing its human cargo with it.

What does the phrase "bearing its human cargo with it" mean?

A) carrying its passengers aboard

B) putting up with its problematic people

C) containing its passengers' bags

D) holding its suitcases and packages

carrying its passengers aboard

Explanation:

The awnser was simply in this paragraph :

The log cabin in which she dwelt with her parents was just outside the enclosure in which she had been sleeping. Beyond was a small clearing that did duty as a cotton field. All else was dense wood, except the long stretch that curved round the brow of the hill, and in which glittered the steel rails of the Texas and Pacific road.

an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.