Two Wild Cherries in the Woods or How Dick and Janet Caught the Bear

1924. Howard Roger Garis also wrote under the pen name of Victor Appleton for the Stratemeyer Syndicate. He was the writer of many novels in the Tom Swift series and other Stratemeyer series including Uncle Wiggily, Buddy Boy, Dick Hamilton and Two Wild Cherries. The book begins: Toot! Toot! All aboard! cried Dick Cherry. Wait a minute! begged Janet, his sister. Well, hurry up, lady! We can't hold this train all day! went Dick, pretending to speak gruffly. Toot! Toot! All aboard! he went on. For he was both engineer and conductor of the train, which was made of several chairs placed in a row behind the piano. The piano was the locomotive, being the largest piece of furniture in the room. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.