The Forrest City times., 1912-08-23

Richard Lightnut. an American with an affeCted English accent receives a pres ent from friend in China The present proves to he a pair of bahamas \ letter hints of surprise to the wearer. TIghtaat dous the pajamas and late at night gets sp for smoke Ills servant Jank ms comes in and. failing to recognize Light nut, attempts to put him out Thinking Fhe servant crazy. Ltghtuut changes his clothes intending to summon help. When he reappears Jenkins falls on his neck With Joy, confirming LiEhtnut.s belief mat he Is crazy Jenkins tells Lightnut of me encounter he had with a hdeous ihlnaran dressed in paJamas Tn q message from his friend. Jack Billings IAGhtnut Is asked to put up "the kid' TOT the night on his way home from col iege Later l.ightnut finds beaGtfui nut IS shocked by the girls drinkIng smoking and slangy talk. She tells HEm nst name is Francis. and puzzles him with a story of her love for her sisters room mate. named Frances Next morn ing the girl is missing and Lightnut hur= fles to the boat to see her an He Is ae- costed by a husky college boy. wHo calls n%in am Ipfeky" but he does not see the Eiri Jack Billings calls ta spend the nlght with Lightnut. They discover priceless rubies hidden in tho buttons of the pajamas. Billings dons the pafamas and retires. Lightnut later discovers m ms apartment beefy person in nut Jenkins calls the police. who declare the Intruder to be a criminal. called Foxy Grandpa" The intruder declares he ia Lghtnut's guest and appesls to the lat Ter in vain He is hustled off to jail Tn the morning Lightnut is astonshed to md Billings gone. and more astonished when ne gets message from the latter uefnanding his clothes. lightnut. bound Tor TarrNtown, Billings home, discovers
 rrances.' the girl of the pa iamas, on the train. Iightnut speaks to her and all iudes to the night before. She declares Indignantly that Iightnut never saw her m black paJamas. At Tarrytewn Frances IS met bN a husky college youth who haHs ilghtnut as 'Dieky." The latter ig- nores the boy, who then threatens to thrash him for offending Frances Light nut takes the next train home Bllings storms over the outrage of his arrest He ana Lightnut discover mysterious Chi nese characters on the paiamas. Profes- sor Doozenberry is called in to interpret the hteroglYphics. He raves over what he calls the lost silk of Sitting Chi. The writing declares that a person wearing the pajamas will take on the semblanee of the previous wearer The professor borrews the pajamas for experiment
 Biiiings' dressed in pajamas is found in the professors room and is taken home m an automobile with Frances and a wo- man Iightnut calls the trump" Light nut Is angered hy ''the frump's slander- ous talk about Francis. 'Bill{ngS' is taken to his room. A servant tells Light nut that a message has just been TO ceived stating that Billings wns under ar rest Tn New York for stralinE q suit of lAEhtuut with Il tale of Francis esea- pades. lightnut asks permission to speak to 'trances The iudge declares that not another living person would tackle the 1oh. and Lightnut. his mind occupied with the beautiful Frances Is greatly
 nYStifed Policeman o'kcefe returns tho black patamas and Iightnut sends then to Billings room. IIghtnut has an inter. esting hour with Frances He tells of the things the judge has been saving ahout
 Frances. much to Frances amuse-