Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-07-24

Richard Iightnut. an American with an
affected English accent. receives pres
mt from friend ia China The present
proves to be pair OF pajamas. A ieItet
hints OF surprise to the Wearer. Lig htIut
dOns the pajamaS and late at night getS
mp for a smoke. His servant. jenkins
ZONES in and. failing to recognize i'isIl-
Eut, attempts TO put him out. Thinking
the servant crazy. Lightnut changes lllS
clothes intending to summon help. " men
ile reappears Jenkins. falls on his neck
with joy, confirming Lightnuts behet
that he is crazy. Jenkins tells Llghtnut OF
the encounter he had with a Mucous
Fhinaman dressed in patamas In
message from his friend Jack Billings:
iightnut is asked to put up the kld
Tor the night on his way home from COZ COZ
lege. Later Iightuut finds a beauuful
girl in black pajAmas in his room. Light
Hut is shocked ny the girls drinking,
smoking and slangy talk. she telIs MN nm
44eT name is Francis and puzzles hlih
with q story of her love for her sister
roommate. named Frances. Next morn
1Bg the girl is missing and Lightnut huf-
ries to the boat to see her Off. lie IS &C
rim "DiclIy.' but lac does not see tIie
girl. Jack Billings calls to spend the
aieht with Iightnut. They discover
priceless rubjes hidden in the buttons OF
she pa iamas Billings dons the pajamas
and retres. Iightnut later discovers
IN his apartment a beefy person in NUT
Ton-chOp Whiskers and wearing paJamaS.
Jenkins calls the police. who declare the
iutrUder to be d criminal, called roxy
Grandpa" TIE intruder declares he is
Eightnut's guest and appeals to the lat
te9. in vain He is hustled off to jan.
In the morning IjShtnut is astonished TO
find Billings gone. and more aStonlSned
when he gets Il message from the latter.
demanding his clothes. Lightnut. bound
FOR Tarrytown. Billings home, discovers
Frances, the girl of the paJamas, on
14le train Iightuut speaks to her ana al
ludes to the night before. She declares
Indignantly that Iightnut never saw her
ia black pajamas. At Tarrytown Frances
s. met by husky college youth. VINO
halls Iightnut as ''DiclIy." The latter ig-
uoreS the boy who then threatens to
thrash him for offending Frances. Li9ht-
nut takes the next train home. Billings
storms over the outrage OF his arrest. he
and Iightnut discover mysterious en-
Ttese characters on the pajamas. Profess
gzcr DO0Zenberl-v is called in to interpret
TI3e, hierogIyphicS. He raves over what he
<-aIJs the lost silk of Si-Ling-Chl. The
writing declares that person wearing
the pajamas will take on the semblance
of the previous Wearer. The professor
torrOws the aiamas for experiment
billings dressed in pajamas IS found IN
the professors room and is taken home
"a am automobile with Frances and Wo-
auau Iightput calls the trump Light
.rut ia augered by THE frump'S' SANDER
nfIs talk about .'t'rancis." Billings" is
taken to his room. A servant tells Light
nut that q message has just been re-
..eivcd stating that Billings was under ar.
resi- in New York for stealing suit of
black paiamas. Judge Billings astonlshes
Fightnut with a tale of Francis esca-
eades. Lightnut asks permission to speak
S,. FRAMES