The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-11-15

Richard Lightnut. an American with an
ehected English accent. receives pres
tht from a friend in China. The present
proves 70 be "A pair of pajamas. letter
nlats or surprise 10 the wearCr, llShtnut
d"ns the patamas and late at night gers
up Tor smoke. His servant Jenkins
comes In and. failing 70 recognize l. sht-
nut, attempts 10 put him out, THINKING
the servant crazy IAshtnut changes ms
clothes Intending TO summon help. Nhen
nc reappears Jenkins falls on ms hScs
with JOY, confirming Iightnuts oeheL
that he Is crazy. Jenkins tells lig&tnut OF
The encounter he had with hldeoGs
Chinaman dressed in patamas IN
Lightnn, e. ask Ni 20 pu, up the KID
Tor the nigh; on his way home from col,
lege Later Lightnut finds beauutui
url Ia tia,': p2jamas in his room; LlSht-
nut Is shocked by the girls drinking
smoking and slangy talk. She tells MN
her name is Francis and puzzles him
with story 81 her love for her sisters
Ing the girl Is missing and Llghtnut hur-
ries 10 the boat 10 see her OF. He Is &C
:osted hy a husky college boy. who calls
him nj Ky" but he does not see the
night with Lghtnut They discover
priceless ruhiCs hidden In the buttons or
the ra'amas. Billings dons the paiamas
and rctires Lightnut later discovers
IN bis apartment beefy person In NUT
lo~-rh1p whiskers and wearing paJamas.
Jenkins calls the police. who declare the
.ntruter - be criminal. called Foxy
Grandpa" The intruder declares he Is
LiCh'UGfs guest and appeals 20 the lat
ter In vain He is hustled OF 10 jail.
IN the morning Lightnut il as'onished To
mn Billings gone. and more astonisned
when ne gets a message from the latter.
demanding his clothes. LlGNtDui bound
for Tarrytown, Billings home. discovers
Frances the girl 81 the pajamas, on
the train. Lightnut speaks % her and al
ludes to the night before. She declares
Indignantly that Lichtnut never saw her
IN black p7tamas. At Tarry;own Frances
Is met by a husky college youth. VINO
halls LightHut as "Dicky." The latter iS-
nores The boy who then threatens 20
thrash him for offending Frances. Light
nut takes the next train home. Billings
storms over the outrage OF his arrest He
and Lightrut discover mysterious Chi
nesa characters on the paiamas. Profess
the hieroglvphics. He raves over what he
calls the lost silk OF Si-Ling-'hi. The
writing declares that n person wearing
the pajamas. will take on the semblance
borrows tho pajamas for experiment
Billings" dressed in patamas is found In
the professors room and IL taken nome
In an automobile with Frances and a wo-
nut IS angered by the frump's SANDER
Gus talk about Francis" Billings" Is
taken 20 his room. A servant tells Light
nut that message has just been re-
ceived stating that Billings was under ar
rest In New York for stealing suit OF
black pajamas. Judge Billings astonishes
Lghtnut with tale OF Francis esca-
pedes. Lghtnut asks permission TO speak
TO Frances" The Judge declares that
not another living person would tackle
the Job. and Lightnut. his mind occupied
with the beautiful Frances. Is greatly
mystihed. Policeman O'keefe returns the
20 Billings room Lghtnut has an inter-
esting hour with Frances.