ear. "I'm so glad I got you back again!"

"So are we all," said a kind lady passenger who had been in the
searching party. "You have had quite some trouble for a small boy,
with two animals to take care of."

Everybody seemed pleased that the mischievous boys' pranks had not
hurt the cat, for Snoop was safe enough in the stove, only, of course,
it was very dark and close in there, and Snoop thought he surely was
deserted by all his good friends. Perhaps he expected Freddie would
find him, at any rate he immediately started in to "purr-rr," in a
cat's way of talking, when Freddie took him in his arms, and fondled
him.

"We had better have our lunch now," suggested Mrs. Bobbsey, "I'm sure
the children are hungry."

"It's just like a picnic," remarked Flossie, when Dinah handed around
the paper napkins and Mrs. Bobbsey served out the chicken and
cold-tongue sandwiches. There were olives and celery too, besides
apples and early peaches from Uncle Daniel's farm.

"Let us look at the timetable, see where we are now, and then see
where we will be when we finish," proposed Bert.

"Oh yes," said Nan, "let us see how many miles it takes to eat a
sandwich."

Mr. Bobbsey offered one to the conductor, who just came to punch
tickets.