means one of the tin bugs that go around and around and around. And, if you please, I want a green one."
"Say, I wonder what kind of children these are, anyhow," murmured the guard. "Guess they must belong to a theatre or a circus."
"They look nice," said a man sitting near the door.
"Oh, they're all right, that's sure. Well, I'll see if I can find their folks for 'em."
Elevated railroad men in New York get used to doing queer things, and seeing strange sights, so it did not cause much excitement when the guard went into the different cars calling for Mr. Bobbsey. He had to come back to his own car once to call out "Forty-second Street," and to open the gates to let passengers off and others on. Then he closed the gates and called out: "Fiftieth Street next." After that he went again into the cars he had not been in before and called for Mr. Bobbsey. But of course that gentleman did not answer, being a station or two behind by this time.
The guard, not being able to find Mr. or Mrs. Bobbsey, or Nan and Bert, came back to
