Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-07-19

the neck, professor mean inside the
collar" he said. approaching the Ia
b~le-"therS's some kind Of freak let
tering. Looks foolish to me-"
The professor looked perplexed.
"I mean, looks like 1t was done BY
some one who was batty-had wheels.
you know; probably some chink whose
biscuit was drifty." fioundered Bill
ings. You understand"
The professor didn't. ! knew that
jolly well by the way he cooked his
head on one side, standing like q pug
zled crow, don't you know.
'Ha! l fear I do not as should.
he said with an apologize cough,
Perhaps l do not intelligently and
logically follow your deductions De-
cause your premises are ~inscrutaole
until | have seen the lettering. An"
Out came glasses and lens and ne
bent over the collar eagerly.
The professors lips moved rapidly
and his visage twisted into o horrible
frown.
why why-a-what!" With mouth
open, and gripping the pajamas tight
ly, he glared at US each in turn.
oh, ~impossible!" he rasped harsh
ly, seizing the lens and bending again.
Neutrality-suspicious. tut. tut,
what nonsense!"
The glass swept the lines rapidly
Suddenly, with a cry. the professor
dropped the lens, a violent start al
most lifting him from the floor.
Ridiculous, I say! Poof!" He
snapped his fingers. "Necromancy and
thaumaturgy transmitted in pajamas!
| Absurd"
"Pifie!" said Billings emphatically'
Don't know what they are" he wits
pered to me, "but I'll take a hundred
to-one shot on anything he says. The
professors a corker!"
by Jove!" I remarked. Perhaps
Professor Hnckleberry won't mind
telling us"
What / think, gentlemen? What
could I think but what I am sure is
your own conclusion-thougn you
have generously and considerably LEFT
me to form my own opinion-namely
that the claim Of supernatural at
tributes of these garments Ia prepos
ferrous. Enchanted pajamas! Haunted
pajamas! Poof! Nursery lore; chill
dren's fairy tales! Ghosts. gentle
mer? Tut, tut-nonsense!"
He snorted Indignantly.
Ghosts" faltered Billings.
ooh. say!" / rather gasped. Dasi
me II It didn't give me a turn, rather
The professor shrugged his shou'
ders.
What other Interpretation is admis
sible, gentlemen" he questioned some
what peevishly, taking up the coat
Here, we have the royal insignia o
the cruel emperor, Kee, and we not
that these garments were given som'
n in his court by the alleged Sol
cerer, Fuh-keen. Perhaps 1t was re
venge-perhaps some court plot Il
which Fuh-keen, for reasons OF hi
own. was an active participant; 1t
of no Importance, that part OF 1t. y
much for the first line: but o W
come"
He paused to polish his spectacles
Tell me-" he said more cheerfully
do our free translations Of the idee
graphs so far agree In essentials
eh?"
Like as two peas!" Billings d.
clared with manifest enthusiasm.
The professor looked gratitied an
bowed.
Nov we come to the second linz
or, more strictly speaking, column,
he said. Strengthening impressivel!
Here we find the astonishing clair
made that there will be q change Q
metamorphosis Of any kind Of anims
life that these habiliments enshrout
UNI"
The great man breathed heavily an
batted ut us over his glasses.
"Credat Judaeus ~apella-eh, gentle
mem" And he winked knowingl!
Dashed II he didn't almost catch m
swallowing a yawn, too! For l hadn
any idea what he was talking abou
or driving at, and. by Jove, I did kno'
l was getting devilish sleepy.
The professor waved his glasses
did you ever read such a childish
ridiculous, extravagant asseveration?
he demanded.
"Ass-eh? l should say sol"
worked this of Indignantly.
"Tommyrot!" murmured Billings al
sently. He seemed thoughtful.
I was thoughtful, too-wonderinl
by Jove, whether the professor woul
90 soon, so we could turn in and &c
the earlier start tomorrow up tn
river. But chiefly | was wonderin
wistfully II Frances would still b
angry with me.
Moreover" broke in the profe'
sor's voice as he turned again to tn
lettering. ito assert further that ther
will be a semblance-not actual, gel
tlemen, mind you, bat an optical ILL
|, sion-taking the form OF some cre'
ture of the same kind that this silke
tenement has previously Enclosed.
: IN other words. gentlemen, II
we're to don these garments, I Nigh
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