A lantern was brought out and flashed down into the hole. There, on
the bottom, lay the Calico Clown.

"I'll bring him up!" offered Jim, and quickly he climbed down, caught
hold of the gay toy, and climbed out again.

"Thank you, Jim," said Daddy.

"Yes, that's Sidney's Clown," declared Arnold, when he had looked at
the red and yellow chap. "But how did he get in the basket of
clothes?"

"That's quite a long story," said Daddy. "Come into the house and I'll
tell you. Did your mother send you back with the Clown, Jim?" he asked
of the little colored boy.

"Yes'm--I mean yes, sah!" Jim answered. "He was in de basket all done
wrapped up in hankowitches."

"Those were the handkerchiefs I took from my pocket and put in Mandy's
basket when I met her at the gate," said Mirabell's daddy. "And so you
found him, Jim!"

"Yes'm--I mean yes, sah! Me an' Liza Ann found him. He's a jolly good
Clown; but Mammy, she wouldn't let us keep him 'cause as how she said
he belonged to Mirabell or Arnold."

"No, he doesn't live here," said Arnold. "Oh, Sid will be so glad to
get him back!"