"Oh, Snoop!"

"Be quiet, dear, we'll find him for you," said Mrs. Bobbsey, as
she opened her satchel to get out some cookies. Then she remembered
something.

"Freddie, where is that silver cup?" she asked. "You had it to get
a drink. Did you give it back to me?"

"No, mamma, I--I--"

"He gave the fat lady a drink from it," spoke Flossie, "and she
didn't give it back."

"The train stopped just as she was drinking," went on Freddie. "I
sat down on the floor--hard, and I saw the water spill on her. The
fat lady has our silver cup! Oh, dear!"

"And she's gone--and Snoop is gone!" cried Flossie. "Oh! oh!"

"Is that so--did you let her take your cup, Freddie?" asked his
papa. Freddie only nodded. He could not speak.

"That fat lady was with the circus," said one of the men passengers.
"Maybe you can see her outside."

"I'll look," said Mr. Bobbsey, quickly "That cup is too valuable
to lose. Come, children, we'll see if we can't find Snoop also,
and then we'll take a trolley car for home."