The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-08-02

SYNOPSIS.
pichard Lightnut, an American with an
Elected English accent, receives pres
nj from a friend in China. The present
oroves To be a pair of pajamas. letter
Hints of surprise to the wearer. Lightnut
Avs the paiamaS and late at night gets
IN for a smoke. His servant. Jenkins,
cpnes in and, failing to recognize Light
nut, attempts to put him out Ihlnklns
the servant crazy. Lightnut changes MS
clothes intending to summon help. w men
he reappears Jenkins falls on his neck
with low. confirming Lightnut's belief
hat he is crazy Jenkins tells Lightnut of
the encounter he had with a hideous
message from his friend Jack Billings;
Jdghtnut is asked to put up the kid
yor the night on his way home from col
iege. Later Lightnut finds beautlful
hi In black pajamas in his room. Light
nmt Is shocked by the girls drinking.
smoking and slangy talk. She tells nm
her name Is Francis and puzzles MIN
with a story Of her love for her sisters
room mate named Frances. Next morn
Ing the girl is missing and Iightnut hur-
res to the boat to see her off. He is az
him "picky" but he does not see the
rirI. Jack Billings calls TO spend the
night with Lightnut. They discover
nricrless rubies hidden In the buttons OF
tha mai
and retlres Idghtnut later discovers
IN his apartment a beefy person IN NUT
ton-cIap whiskers and wearing paJaEi'es.
Jenkins calls the police. who declare. ttle
Intruder 70 he criminal. called f9S8
Grandpa" The intruder declares he ls
Tjghtnit's guest and appeals 10 the II
ter In vain. He Is hustled OF 20 M.
In tn morning figEtnut Is astoHlsH'5 %
And Billings gone, and more aston sAed
when h. gets a message from the idltef;
demanding his clothes. Ligbtnun bound
for Tarrytown, Billings home: olSgoN elS
'FranGes" the girl of the pajamas, en-
+he train Iightuut speaks 10 her ana al
indies IN the night before. She ealafss
Indignantly that LtEhtnut never saw Ter
IN black paiamas. At larry town r T4iasss
is met by n husky college N9A!H. No
nores tie boy, who then threatens 10
thrash him for offending Frances. tlg II
nut takes the next train home. bllltiTs
s+orffts over the outrage OF his arrest. tie
and T3ghtnut discover mysterious chi
npse characters on the pa1amas. Ir2tes-
sor Doozenberry is called in 20 Interpret
the herogvphics He raves over Wha1 ne
calls the lost silk OF Si-Iing-Chl. he
writing declares that person wearing
tbe paIanas will take on the semblahce
OF the previous Rearer Inc pro .,,t,a,,t
"Bllngs" dressed In pajamas is FOUND IN
the professors room and Is taken hoIne
in al automobile with Frances ana a Wo-
man fightnut calls the trump, iAght-
nut Is angered by 1.-THE frumps SANDER
Gus talk about Francis" Billings Is
taken to his room. A servant tells Light
nut that Il message has just beeh re-
ceiyed stating that Billings was under ar.
black patamas Judge Billings astonlshes
Ilghtuat with a tale OF Francis esea-
pades IIehtnut asks permission 10 speak
to Frances. " The Judge declares that
the Job. and Lightrut, his mind occupied
witt tile beautiful Frances, Is greatly
mysdhed.
CHAPTER XxlV.-(continued)
why, sir. don't think you need
be worrying but what they're all
right and the big policeman nodded
confidently; lin fact there don't seem
to be no damage at all" He added
medftatively: (Which is some Won
der, considering how we had to
rough house Foxy Grandpa before we
softened him down in his cell tn
other night" Here his cheeks swelled
and he sent a long sheaf of brown
liquid at a grasshopper on the freshly
whitened door stones-and got 1t. too,
neatly missing the polished toe OF
Jenkins boot. NO, sir mphatic-
ally don't think you'll be hearing
any boiler from your lady friend when
she goes to-eh. wharf.-the stared
at Jenkins blankly. for jenkins had
eoughed-"Oh, excuse me!"-and his
big hand lifted apologetieally to his
mouth. while his eyes rolled upward
What | just meant was that | know
oil 20 a 0nn6 |
over emf"
oh" | muttered, turning rather
faint | dropped the parcel and Jen-
kins picked it up. BY Joye. for a mo
ment. he came jolly near having TO
pick me up, too, ! was that shocked
and Frustrated,
The only thing-the only thing
TALL" had to wait through an agon.
hing moment while his tongue
gathered his wad and peremptorilf
expelled it. this time enliyening the
cold. dead monotony of the silver-gray
macadam-"was her-i mean, was the
pants"
"Ah-h," put my hand to my side
and looked at Jenkins appealingly,
nut he was looking upward, his eyes
KIND Of cast over like birds; the
lines OF his mouth frightened to an
Mch-and | knew he was suffering
100! But we must try to stand it a
nttle longer-just little!
Through one instant's respite, Mr..
okeefe's thick tongue was occupied
striving to glutenize the entire
wrapper OF much crushed and awful
" yellow cigar. Then he separated a
mouthful from the end and proceeded.
/ did notice with the legs, that
one OF EN- was just bit longer than
u other, and down at the station we
was wondering If" the brown head
J" cracking match drew long,
NurVlng what-youcallit on the smooth,
ueamy masonry, and he paused to
pump madly, striving to coax draft
VI smoke-'we wondered If twas
.H'entional" His eyes sought mine
inquiringly.
6y love I nae CO froyOp with hOr.