large that only a very little baby could have found room beside her.

"Look - look at her," whispered Flossie to Freddie, as they paused. The
fat woman's back was toward them, and she seemed to be much interested
in looking out of the window.

"She is fat," admitted Freddie. "Did you ever see one so big before?"

"Only in a circus," said Flossie.

"She'd make make two of Dinah," went on her brother.

"She would not," contradicted Flossie quickly. "'Cause Dinah's black,
and this lady is white."

"That's so," admitted Freddie, with smile. "I didn't think of that."

A sway of the train nearly made Flossic fall, and she caught quickly at
her brother.

"Look out!" he cried. "You 'mos knocked the cup down."

"I didn't mean to," spoke Flossie. "Oh, there goes my hat! Get it,
Freddie, before someone steps on it!"

Her brother managed to get the hat just as it was sliding under the seat
where the fat lady sat.

After some confusion the hat was placed on Flossie's head, and once more
she and her brother moved on toward the water cooler. It was getting