Freddie had reached the rear door and he stopped.

"Now jist gib one more good call" said Dinah, and Freddie did.

"Snoop! Snoop!" he called.

"Me-ow," came a faint answer.

"Oh, I heard him!" cried Freddie.

"So did I!" declared Dinah.

Instantly all the other Bobbseys were on the scene.

"He's somewhere down here," said Dinah. "Call him, Freddie!"

"Snoop! Snoop!" called the boy again.

"Me-ow--me-ow!" came a distant answer.

"In the stove!" declared Bert, jerking open the door of the stove,
which, of course, was not used in summer, and bringing out the poor,
frightened, little cat.


CHAPTER III
RAILROAD TENNIS

"Oh, poor little Snoop!" whispered Freddie, right into his kitten's