The Bobbsey Twins in a Great City

pocket, and turned to gather his little party together

Freddie and Fl

h past the ticket chopper and on to the train. All began to turn her

I go down to the street and see if the children went down there again. I'll not be gone long. If they are not close at hand,

Freddie and Flossie, who were now having a very nice ride

heard from Nan and Bert what had happened. These people offered all sorts of advice, but Mr. Bobbsey thought it best to listen to that o

een able to stop them, and, as there were a good many people on the platform, he did not know to whom they belonged. So he

of you now, and after Sixty-sixth Street these express trains make only a few stops before they reach the end of the line. But I

with them?" ask

pretty close together at this hour of the day. Your husband can

l we do?"

otel, and then this would not have happened. But Flossie and Freddie would have been disappointed if

en from the train and held until their parents could claim them. Meanwhile Mr. Bobbsey and the other

r called up. He could not get the agent there to talk to him over the wire until the tr

is time he managed to get in touch with the agent there, but when the latter understo

cket seller who had offered to do what he could to

nt and this one answered back that the trai

one instrument, "and tell him to put the children off at the next stop.

do. Your two little children will be put off the train when it makes the stop there, and the ticket agent will look after them until

th the hand-baggage, Mr. Bobbsey had called a taxicab and had had the chauffeur take it to the hotel were they were to stop, which

rain speeding along. After their first surprise at finding themselves alone, they were not f

n some time," said the guard, who had

with us then?" the

out you," the trainman answered. "Wait, we're going to stop he

nt run out, waving his hand, and they heard him shout something to their gua

this train and that they were to be put off at the next station and left u

d Flossie slowly. "'Cause we are here.

said the guard. "I'll turn you over to the agent at One

ok Flossie and Freddie in charge and saw that they got inside the elevated station,

d to the Bobbsey twins. "You'll be all right, and your folks will

y; so Flossie and Freddie were left by themselves in the elev

trains. The agent did not pay much attention to them, being very busy, for it was to

holding up her chubby hand to tell Freddie t

he asked, looki

sic," went

" exclaim

from somewhere outside t

d organ!" c

" said Freddie. "Hear h

Flossie insisted, "I wonder

airs and see," p

that is, if it were not too hard. This time It seemed easy to do. They looked toward the

die. "Besides, we're coming right

You can buy some with your five cents, Freddie. And

ome on, we'

passengers, hurrying in to buy tickets, paid any attention to the Bobbsey twins. So, hand in hand, Flossie and

lmost under the elevated station, and, as Flossie lean

ey, Freddie! The man

Do you see pea

and near the bottom of the stai

won

a little crowd of boys and girls stood in front of the hurdy-gurdy, or hand piano, listening to the music and watc

ssie, tapping her feet on the

y," said Freddie. "I'm go

et him get t

peanut!" and Freddie held out

the music shook the cord which was fast to a collar around the monkey's neck. What the street piano man wanted was penn

he must scramble around in the crowd and hold out his cap for pennies. The monkey would

eddie, who tossed him a peanut, the monkey, catching the

were red cherries, that monkey made up his mind to get some of them if he could. Though the cherries were made

g-tailed chaps-was perched on Flossie's shoulder, tearing at her hat wi

eamed Flossie

t hold of him!"

gal!" yelled the piano Italian. Some in

lder to the ground, the animal crouched under the piano and began pulling off the red cherries. But one bite told him they we

would be made to pay for Flossie's hat, which his monkey had torn to pieces, pulled J

all I do?" cried Flossie, as s

" said a woman

hat, little girl,"

t it. He looked up and down the street. Across the way was a large drygoods store, in o

Freddie, clasping her ha

e monkey tore her nice, new hat. But she did not really

id the little fellow. "Then we'll go back to the station and

at in the street, she went with her brother. He led the way into the big store, which, t

one of the tall men in the store, as Flossie and

n, but we're waiting for my father and mother and Bert and Nan. But a monkey c