brushed off his red and yellow trousers. "This has been such a day!
Oh, SUCH a day!"

And indeed it had been from the time he fell out of the tree into the
Man's coat pocket until Jim stumbled with him and he fell into the
hole.

"Sidney will be glad to get his Clown back," went on Arnold, when the
toy had been set on the table where Daddy took his place to tell the
evening story.

"I wish we could take it to him now," said Mirabell.

"Mayn't we?" asked her brother.

"It is getting late," said their mother. "You may take the toy over
the first thing in the morning."

"But all the while Sidney will be wondering where his Clown is,"
objected the little girl.

"I know what we can do!" exclaimed Arnold. "We can telephone and tell
him it's here."

"Yes, we can do that," said Daddy.

So, a little later, Sidney was told, over the telephone, that his lost
Calico Clown had been found. The story was briefly told of how it had
got into the wash-basket after having been found in Daddy's pocket and
taken to the office.