The Cairo bulletin., 1912-03-17
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Il RUBIES
III By
III FRANCIS PERRY
III ELLIOTT
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~ RAY WALTERS
(lopynghs. 1911. by 5obbs- Merrill Gompaay)
SYNOPSIS.
IllRttyatfosf BY
RAY WALTERS

surprises TO the wearer.
CHAPTER III. -Lightnut dons the pa
5amas and late at night gets up for a
smoke: His servant. Jenkins. comes In
and falling to recognize Lightnut. at
tempts 10 put him OUT. Thinking the ser
want crazy. Lightnnt changes his clothes
intending to Summon help. When he re-
appears Jenkins falls on his neck with
JOY, confirming Lghtnuts belief that no
10 crazy
CHAPTER IV.--Jenkins tells Lightnut
Of the encounter he had with a hldsous
Chinaman dressed In paJamas.
CHAPTER Vim message from his
friend, Jack Billings. Lightnut is asked
to pit up the kid for the night on his
way home from college. Later Lightnut
finds a beautiful girl In black paJamas ia
CHAPTER vT-Lshtnut Ia shocked by
the girls drinking. smoking and slangy
talk.
CHAPTER vII-She tells him her name
Is Francis and puzzles him with story
OF her love for her sisters room mate,
named Frances Next morning the girl
Is missing and I4ightnut hurries to the
boat to see her off. He - accosted by
a husky college boy, who calls him
"Dicky." but he does not see the girl,
CHAPTER vIII-Jack Billings calls to
EpctlQ IIb nikAI with 4USy ulS-
cover pricesless rubies hidden In the but
tons Of the pajamas.
CHAPTER k Billings dons the pa
Janlas and retires.
CHAPTER X-Lightnut later discovers
In his apartment a beefy person in NUT
on-chop Whlskers and wearing patamas
Jenkins calls the police, who declare the
intruder 70 be- criminal, called Foxy
GRANDMA "
CHAPTER XI--The intruder declares
he IL Lightnut's guest and appeals TO the
latter In vain.
CHAPTER XII-Hs ia hustled off to
jail.
CHAPTER KILN the morning Light
nut Is astonished to find Billings gone
sage from the latter demanding his
clothes. l.ightnut. bound for Tarrytown.
Billings home, discovers Frances" the
girl Of the pajamas. on the train.
CHAPTER xIV-Lightnut speaks to
her and alludes to the night before She
declares indignantly that Lightnut never
saw her In black patamas At Tarrytown
Frances liz met by husky college youth,
who halls Lightnut as ''Dicky." The lat
ter ignores the boy. who then threatens
to thrash him for offending Frances
Lightnut takes the next train home.
CHAPTER xv-Btlings storms over
the outrage OF his arrest He and Light
nut discover mysterious Chinese charac-
ters on the paJamas.
CHAPTER XVI-Professor Doozenber-
ry Is called In TO interpret the hero
glyphics
ne calls the lost silk OF Sizing Chi.
CHAPTER XvIII-The writing declares
that a person wearing the pajamas will
take on the semblance of the previous
wearer, The professor borrows the pa
famas for exneriIpant
Why, why---a-what!" With mouth
open, and gripping the pajamas tight
ly, he glared at us each in turn.
"Oh. impossible!" he rasped harsh.
iy. selling the lens and bending again
neutrality-suspicious. tut, tut,
what nonsensel"
The glass swept the lines rapidly.
Suddenly, with cry. the professor
dropped the lens, violent start al.
most lifting him from the floor.
Ridiculous. say! Poofl" He
snapped his fingers. "Necromancy and
thaumaturgy transmitted In pajamas!
Absurd"
."Pifie!" said Billings emphatically.
Don't know what they are" he whis-
pered to me, but I'll take hundred
to-one shot on anything he says. The
professors a corker!"
by JoVe!" l remarked. Perhaps
Professor Huckleberry won't mind
telling US"
What think, gentlemen? What
could I think but what am sure Ia
your own onclusion--though you
have generously and considerably left
me to form my own opinion--namely,
that the claim Of supernatural at
tributes Of these garments Is prepos.
ferrous. Enchanted pajamas! Haunted
paJamas! Poof! Nursery lore; chill
dren's fairy tales Ghosts, gentle
menf Tut, tut--nonsense!"
He snorted indignantly.
"Ghostsl" faltered Billings,
"Oh, I aay!" rather gasped. Dash
me II 1t didn't give me turn, rather!
The professor shrugged his shoul.
ders.
What other Interpretation is admis-
sible. gentlemen he questioned some
what peevishly. taking up the coat.
Here. We have the royal insignia OF
the cruel emperor, Kee, and we note
that these garments were given some
one In his court by the alleged sor.
cerer. Fuh-keen. Perhaps 1t was re-
venge--perhaps some court plot In
which Fuh-keen. for reasons OF his
own. was an active participant: 1t ia
of no Importance. that part OF It. 80
much for the first line; but now we
come"
He paused to polish his spectacles.
Tell me-" he said more cheerfully,
do our free TRANSACTIONS of the ideo-
graphs SO far agree in essentials--
eh?"
Like as two peasl" Billings de-
clared with manifest enthusiasm.
The professor looked gratitied and
bowed.
Now we come to the second line,
or. more strictly speaking. column"
he said, Strengthening impressively.
Here we find the astonishing claim
made that there will be q change or
metamorphosis of any kind OF animal
life that these habiliments enshroud.
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