The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-08-23

ptcbard Lightnut, an American with an
h Lenpd English accent, receives pres
an an from a friend in China. The present
en- snaves 10 be a pair of pajamas. letter
pr of surprise to the wearer. Lightnut
n sn the paiamas and late at night gets
ooh9 f,r A smoke. His servant. Jenkins
c cp In and, failing to recognize Light
mi attempts to put him out. Thinking
ciotbes intending to summon help. When
tn reanpears Jenkins falls on his neck
,rth 10y confirming Lightnut's belief
that he Is crazy. jenkins tells Lightnut OF
ne encounter he had with a hideous
rbinaman dressed in patamas In
message from his friend, Jack Billings,
IJrhtuut is asked to put up the kid"
So the night on his way home from col
Ar In black pajamas In his room. Light
mt Is shocked by the girls drinking.
smoking and slangy talk. She tells him
bar name is Francis and puzzles him
with a story OF her love for her sisters
room mate named Frances. Next morn
ing the girl il missing and lightnut hur-
ries to the boat to see her of. He is ae-
costed hy a husky college boy. who calls
MIN 'pilky" but he does not see the
girl lack Billings calls to spend the
night With Lightnut. They discover
rriceless rubies hidden in the buttons Of
The paiamas. Billings dons the patamas
and refires. Lightnut later discovers
IN his apartment beefy person I'm NUT
ton-chop Whiskers and wearing pajamas
jenkins calls the police, who declare the
intruder 10 ba a criminal called Foxy
Grandna" The intruder declares he il
Lghtnuts guest and appeals to the lat
Ter IN vain He Is hustled off Ia Jail.
In the morning Lightnut is astonshed .
find Billings gone. and more astaniShed
when he gets n message from the latter
demanding his clothes Lightnut. bound
Tor TarrYtown. Billings home. discovers
"Frances i" the girl Of the pa1amaS. on
the train Lghtnut speaks to her and al
ludes 10 the night before. She declares
indignant that Liehtnut never saw her
in black pajamas At Tarrytown Frances
is met ~ % husky college youth. who
halls Iightnut as 'Dtcky' The latter ig-
nores the boy. who then threatens to
thrash him Tor offending Frances. Light
nut takes the next train home. Billings
storms over the outrage OF his arrest He
and Ilghtnut discover mysterious Chi
nese characters on the pajamas. Profess
sor Duezeuherrv is called In to interpret
The hieroglyphies. He raves over what be
calls the lost silk OF Si-1.ing-Chi The
writing declares that q person wearing
the pajamas will take on the semhlanCe
Of the previous wearer. The professor
borrows the pajamas for experiment.
Billings" dressed IN paJamas is found In
the professors room and Is taken home
in an automobile with Frances and a we-
man Ilghtnut calls the trump Light
nut is angered by the frump's SANDER
Gus talk about "Francis." Billings is
taken TO his room. A servant tells Light
nut that q message has just been re-
eeived stating that Billings was under ar
rest IN New York for stealing suit Of
black paiamas. Judge Billings astnnlshes
Lghtnut with tale Of Francis esca-
pades EIRhtnut asks permission 10 speak
to Frances The judge declares that
not another living person would tackle
the Job and IAghtnut, his mind occupied
with the beautiful Frances, is greatly
mystihcd Policeman O'keefe returns the
black pajamas and Lightnut sends them
TO Billings room. Lightnut has an inter
esting hour With Frances. He tells OF the
things the judge has been saving about
Frances" much to Frances amuse-