train. The engine whistled shrilly and then came a jar that shook up
everyone. Teddy found himself rolling out of his berth and he grabbed
the curtains just in time to save himself.

"Oh, Daddy!" he cried, "what's the matter?"

"What is it?" called Jan from her berth, while women in the coach
were screaming and men ere calling to one another.

"What is it, Dick?" cried Mrs. Martin.

"I think we've had a collision," answered her husband.

"Did our train bunk into another?" asked Ted.

"I'm afraid so," replied his father.




CHAPTER V

AT RING ROSY RANCH


There was so much noise in the sleeping car where the Curlytops and
others had been peacefully traveling through the night, that, at
first, it was hard to tell what had happened.

All that anyone knew was that there had been a severe jolt--a "bunk"