"All right, I'll make my Clown jiggle!" said the boy, who really loved
his mother, though sometimes he was rude.

Then he pulled the strings until the poor Clown thought his arms and
legs would come off, so fast were they jerked about.

When Archibald reached home with his new toy he ran out into the
street to find some of his playmates. He saw a boy named Pete and
another named Sam.

"Look what I've got!" cried Archibald.

"A Jumping Jack!" exclaimed Sam.

"It's a Calico Clown, and he can do everything," said Archibald. "He's
like one in a circus, and he can do funny tricks. He can jiggle his
arms and legs and play the cymbals. I'll show you!"

He worked the Clown so fast that the red and yellow chap grew dizzy
again.

"That's fine!" said Sam. "I wish I had a Clown like that."

"Can he do the giant's swing?" asked Pete.

"What's the giant's swing?" Archibald wanted to know.

"It's something the men do in a circus," was the answer. "Here, I have
some string in my pocket. We'll make a trapeze in your back yard and