Perhaps the boys hid him some place."

"But suah's you lib I nebber did leab dis yeah seat," insisted Dinah,
which was very true. But how could she watch those boys and keep her
face so close to the window? Besides, a train makes lots of noise to
hide boys' pranks.

"Now, we will begin a systematic search," said Mr. Bobbsey, who had
already found out from the conductor and brakeman that they knew
nothing about the lost box. "We will look in and under every seat.
Then we will go through all the baggage in the hangers" (meaning the
overhead wire baskets), "and see if we cannot find Snoop."

The other passengers were very kind and all helped in the hunt. The
old lady who had thrown her hand bag at Downy thought she had seen a
boy come in the door at the far end of the car, and go out again
quickly, but otherwise no one could give any information that would
lead to the discovery of the person or parties who had stolen Snoop.

All kinds of traveling necessities were upset in the search. Some
jelly got spilled, some fresh country eggs were cracked, but everybody
was good-natured and no one complained.

Yet, after a thorough overhauling of the entire car there was no Snoop
to be found!

"He's gone!" they all admitted, the children falling into tears, while
the older people looked troubled.

"They could hardly have stolen him," Mr. Bobbsey reflected, "and the