Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-08-30

Richard Lghtnut, an American with an
affected English accent, receives n pres.
mi from n friend In China. The presenl
proves TO he a pair Of paJamas. A letter
hints OF surprise 20 the wearor. LlRhtnut
dons the pajarnas and late at night gets
Vp for a smoke. His servant, jenkins
comes In and. falling 20 recognize Light
nut, attempts to put him out, THINKING
the servant crazy, Ldghtnut changes ms
clothes Intending TO summon help. When
h rcappears Jenkins falls on his neck
with Joy, confirming li%ghtnuta oehet
that he Ia crazy. Jenkins tells Lghtnut o.
che encounter he had with a hideous
Chinaman dressed in .patarnas IN a
pessagc from his friend, Jack billing,
1Aghtnut Is asked TO put up the kid"
for the night on his a home from col,
lego, Later LiRhtnut hnds a beautful
girl In black pajamas In his room; Light
smoking and slangy talk, She tells nm
her name Is Francis and puzzles him
with a story OF her love for her sisters
room mate, named Frances, Next morn
ing the girl is missing and Lightnut hur-
ries to the boat to see her on, He Ia ac-
costed by a husky college boy, who calls
him 'Dicky," but he does not see the
girl Jack Killings calls to spend the
night with Lightnut. They. discover
priceless rubies hidden in tho buttons OF
h paJamas, Billings dons the phjamas
and rctires, 1Aghtnut later discovers
in his apartment a becfy person IN NUT
ton-chop whiskerS and wearing pajanaa,
Jenkins calls the police, who declare the
intruder TO be a criminal. called Foxy
Grandpa" The Intruder declares he Is
fAghtnut's guest and appeals to the lat
ter In vain, He Ia hustled of TO jail.
In the morning Lightnut 10 astonished to
q Billings gone, and moro astonished
when he Gcts a message from the latter,
demanding his clothes LAghtnut, bound
for Tarrytown, Billings home, discovers
Frances" the girl OF tho paJamas,. on
the train. Ilghtnut speaks to her and al
ludcs to the night before. She declares
Indignantly that Llghtnut never saw her
In black pajamas, AT Tarrytown Frances
halls Llyhtnut az 'Dtcky," The latter L.
nores the boy, who then threatens N
thrash him for offending frances Light
nut takes tho next train home. Billings
storms over the outrage Of his arrest. He
and Lghtnut discover mysterious Chi
nese characters on the paJamas, Profes-
aor Doozenberry IL called In to interpret
the heroglyphics, He raves over What he
calls the lost silk Of S-Ilng-Chi. The
writing declares that n person wearing
Of the previous wearer. The professor
oorrows the palamas for experiment.
Killings dressed In pajamas In found in
the professors room and Is taken homo
in an automobile with Frances and a wo-
mar ushtnut calls "thc trump" Light
ous talk about "Francis," billings" IL
taken to his room, A servant tells Light
nut that a message has Just been re-
ceivsd stating that Billings was under ar
rest In New York for stealing a suit Of
black pAjamns. Judge Billings ~astonishes
Lightnut with a tale OF Francis esca-
pades LYhtnut asks permission to speak
TO "Frances." The judge declares that
not another living person would tackle
the fob, and Nghtnut, his mind occupied
With the beautiful Frances, Is greatly
mystiied. Policeman O'Keefe returns the
black pajamas and Lightnut sends them
TO Billings rooms.