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`` Perhaps he liked to ride -- after he once got used to it , '' returned the senator 's son . On and on went the train , stopping at several towns of more or less importance . The girls and boys amused themselves studying the time-table and in gazing out of the window , and Dunston Porter told them of some of his experiences while roving in various portions of the globe , for , as my old readers are aware , he was a great traveler . At noon they went into the dining-car for lunch , and Dave and Roger sat at one table with Laura and Jessie opposite to them . `` Say , this puts me in mind of a story , as Shadow Hamilton would say , '' said the senator 's son , as the train rushed along while they ate . `` A little girl had a sandwich on a train like this , once , and then boasted afterwards that she had eaten a sandwich three miles long . '' `` Well , I think I 'll eat some roast beef ten miles long , '' said Dave .