Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-10-18

Richard Lightnut. ar American with an
affected English accent. receives Q pres.
ant from a friend In China The present
proves to be q pair Of bahamas. a teI nvt
dons the pajamas and late at night gets
up for q smoke. His servant, Jenkins.
comes in and. failing to recognize Lignt-
nut, attempts to put him out. Thinking
clothes intending to summon help, When
he Jenkins falls on his neck
with Joy, confirming LAghtnut,s belief
that he is crazy. Jenkins tells Ligntnut OF
Chinaman dressed in pa1amas; In .
message from his friend, Jack Biling:,
Iightnut IL asked to put up the kiu
Cor the night on his way home from col,
aeee. Later Lightnut nn nd a oea II1btl
nut is shocked By the girls drinKing,
smoking and slangy talk. She tells MN
her name Is Francis and puzzles nm
with q story Of her Q for her sister :
ing the girl is missing and Lightnut nur-
xies to the boat to see her off. He ID &C.
POSTED by a husky college boy, VINO ca ~
him "Dicky," but he does not see me
night with Lightnut. They discover
priceless rubies hidden in the buttons OF
The pajamas. Billings dons the pajamas
and retires. Lightnut later discovers
IN his apartment a beefy person ~ mas
WOn-C1OD WtllbhCto AA0 VS~ 90
Jenkins calls the police. who declare tns
Intruder to be a criminal, called Foxy
Grandpa" The intruder declares ne u
Lightnut's guest and ppes 20 IN tsii,
In the morning Lightnut is astonisned eG G
and Billings gone. and more astonisnso
when he gets a message from tne ,a..sa
demanding his clothes. Lightnus, Doun.
"Frances," the girl Of the pajamas.. on
the train. Lightnut speaks to her ann 81
iudee to the night before. She declare.
Indignantly that Lightnut never saw ne.
in black pajamas., At Tarrytown Ffan N.Y.
halls Laghtnut as "Dicky." The latter y.
Hores the boy, who then threatens Z
thrash him for offending Frances. Lignr
nut takes the next train home. bih rh5
and Laghtnut discover mysterious Cni
rese characters on the pajamas. ProIes
eor D~oozenberry IL called In to interpre
ehe hieroglyphics. He raves over what M -
calls the lost silk Of Si-Ling-Cni. In'
writing declares that q person aomhIanc'
.of the previous wearer. The proiesso
borrows the pajamas for experiment
s'Billings'' dressed in pajamas Is fouha y
the professors room and Is taken : ho uo
man Lightnut calls "the trump Lign.
nut Is angered by "the trump sianoet !
Gus talk about 'Francis.' Billings. !
taken to his room. A servant tells Ligns
nuI LudI u hCoS06S
ceived stating that Billings was under al
rest in New York for stealing a suit g
black pajamas. Judge Billings astonlsne
IIrhtnut with a tale Of Francis esca
oades. Eightnut asks permission to spea
70 "Frances." The Judge declares tns
not another living person would tack
the fob, and Lightnut, his mind occupls
with The beautiful Frances.~Ais.4 srcaHf
snystiied. Policeman O,Keefe returns u
black pa1amas and Lightnut SENDS tnei
to Billings' room. Lightnut has an intei
esting hour with Frances. He tells OF On
things the. Judge has been saying abot
Frances" much to Frances amuse
ment. Judge Billings refuses to intei
cede for q man under arrest almln !
be his son Jack. The judge promise
Jack to wear the pajamas that nigh ?
Next morning Jenkins. tells Lightnut I
saw him Nightnut) fighting with a yqut
IN the library during the night. JAG
Billings tells Lightnut the Judge Is goin
10 send Frances to a reformatory. Lgn'
nut is attacked by a man he takes 4
4he chauffeur, who objects to his after
lions to Frances. Later Lightnut meet
Colonel kirkland. who is the image
Foxy Grandpa" Professor Doozenberr
clears up the various entanglements .
explaining the secret of the haunted p'
1amas.