ped so suddenly,
and broke loose," said Mr. Bobbsey. "We may find him outside."

"I--I hope an elephant didn't step on him," said Flossie, with a catch
in her breath.

"Ohooo! Maybe a tiger or a lion has him!" wailed Freddie. "Oh, Snoop!"

"Be quiet, dear, we'll find him for you," said Mrs. Bobbsey, as she
opened her satchel to get out some cookies. Then she remembered
something.

"Freddie, where is that silver cup?" she asked. "You had it to get a
drink. Did you give it back to me?"

"No, mamma, I--I"

"He gave the fat lady a drink from it," spoke Flossie, "and she didn't
give it back."

"The train stopped just as she was drinking," went on Freddie. "I sat
down on the floor--hard, and I saw the water spill on her. The fat
lady has our silver cup! Oh, dear!"

"And she's gone--and Snoop is gone!" cried Flossie. "Oh! oh!"

"Is that so--did you let her take your cup, Freddie?" asked his papa.

Freddie only nodded. He could not speak.

"That fat lady was with the circus," said one of the men passengers.
"Maybe you can see her outside."

"I'll look," said Mr. Bobbsey, quickly. "That cup is too valuable to
lose. Come, children, we'll see if we can't find Snoop also, and then
we'll take a trolley car for home."

CHAPTER III

A QUEER DOG

PAPA BOBBSEY first looked for some of the circus men of whom he might
inquire about the fat lady. There was much confusion, for a circus
wreck is about as bad a kind as can happen, and for some time Mr.
Bobbsey could find no one who could tell him what he wanted to know.

Meanwhile Mrs. Bobbsey kept the four children and Dinah with her,
surrounding their little pile of baggage off to one side of The tracks.

Some of the big torches were still burning, and the full moon was
coming up, so that there was plenty of light, even if it was night.

"Oh, but if we could only find Snoop!" cried Freddie. "Here, Snoop!
Snoop!" he called.

"I had much rather find the fat lady, and get back your lovely silver
cup," said Mrs. Bobbsey. "I hope she hasn't taken it away with her."

"She had it in her hand when the train, stopped with such a jerk,"
explained Flossie. "Oh, but mamma, don't you want us to find
Snoop--dear Snoop?"

"Of course I do. But I want that silver cup very much, too. I hope
your father finds it."

"But there never could be another Snoop," cried Flossie. "Could there,
Freddie? And we could get another silver cup."

"Don't be silly," adv