"I--I wish we had our cat, Snoop, back," said Flossie. "Then we
wouldn't have played in the water."

"That's so," agreed Freddie. "I wonder where he can be?"

They asked their father that night if any of the railroad men
had seen their pet, but he said none had, and added:

"I'm afraid you'll have to get along without Snoop. He seems to
have disappeared. But, anyhow, you have Snap."

"But some one may come along and claim him," said Freddie. "That
Danny Rugg says he belongs to Mr. Peterson in Millville, father,"
said Bert.

"Well, I'll call Mr. Peterson up on the telephone to-morrow, and
find out," spoke Mr. Bobbsey. "That much will be settled, at any
rate."

"Did you hear anything from the circus people about the fat lady?"
asked Mrs. Bobbsey.

"Yes, but no news," was her husband's answer. "The circus has gone
to Cuba and Porto Rico for the winter, and I will have to write
there. It will be some time before we can expect an answer, though,
as I suppose the show will be traveling from place to place and
mail down there is not like it is up here. But we may find the
fat lady and the cup some day."