“I’m going in swimming!” yelled Ted, almost as soon as he was out of the train.
“I’m going in wading!” said Janet. “Oh, I can smell the ocean now!” and she took a long breath.
“Are you sure you have all your bundles and things?” asked Mr. Martin, when the train was about to pull out of the station after they had gotten off.
Just then Mrs. Martin gave a cry of alarm.
“What’s the matter?” asked her husband.
“Trouble!” she answered. “He must have gone back on the train again after I lifted him off. Trouble is on the train!” The train began to move slowly. “Stop it!” screamed the mother of Trouble. “Stop it! Stop the train!”
CHAPTER VI
AT SUNSET BEACH
The train conductor, who had climbed up on the steps, after helping down Mrs. Martin and the children, quickly reached up to grasp the signal cord on hearing the cries of alarm. The cord blew a little whistle in the cab of the engineer—the whistle taking the place of the old-fashioned bell.
In an instant the engineer clapped on the brakes, and the train, which had only begun to move slowly away from the station, came to a sudden stop.
“What is the matter, madam?” asked the conductor. “Did you leave some of your baggage in the car?”