He reached up and pulled the cord that ran overhead in the car.
There was a hissing of air, the locomotive whistle blew sharply, and
the train came slowly to a stop. The brakeman had pulled an air
whistle in the engine cab, and the engineer, hearing it, and knowing
the train ought to stop, had turned off the steam.
Mr. Bobbsey then went to the door of the baggage car, and, leaning
out, whistled in a way Snap well knew. He could see the dog, back on
the depot platform, "wagging tails" with another dog.
"Here, Snap! Snap!" called Mr. Bobbsey, as the train slowly came to a
stop. "Here Snap!"
Bert leaned out beside his father, and also whistled and called. Then
Snap knew he had done wrong to jump out, and back he came, racing as
hard as he could.
"I'll open the end door of the car if you wish, so he can come up the
steps," offered the brakeman.
"You don't need to, thank you," replied Mr. Bobbsey. "I guess Snap can
jump up here, though it is pretty high."
By this time a number of persons from the train had either gotten out,
or thrust their heads from the windows, to learn the reason for the
sudden stop.
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