"Why--why, what's this--a circus?" he asked. "Look, Nan! See those
monkeys!"

"Why, it is a circus--and the train must have been wrecked!"
exclaimed his sister. "Oh mamma, what can it be?"

A brakeman came into the car where the Bobbseys were.

"There's no danger," he said. "Please keep your seats. A circus
train that was running ahead of us got off the track, and some of
the animals are loose. Our train nearly ran into an elephant, and
that's why the engineer had to stop so suddenly. We will go on
soon."

"A circus; eh?" said Mr. Bobbsey. "Well, well! This is an adventure,
children. We've run into a circus train! Let's watch them catch
the animals."





CHAPTER II

SNOOP IS GONE