“Bert and Nan and younger brother and sister Freddie and Flossie and their parents are travelling home on the train, discussing the next school term, when a circus train in front of them hits trouble.”
“I—I—guess so,′ answered Nan. ‘Oh, Bert, it’s dreadful! I was turning the rope and she had reached ninety-seven, when all at once she sank down, and—’ Nan could not go on, but leaned on her twin brother’s arm for support.”