The Nevada County picayune., 1912-09-27

Richard Ldghtnut. an American with an anected English accent. receives pres ent from friend in China. The present proves to be pair of psJamas A letter nsnts of surprises to the wearer. Lightnut cons the pajainas and late at night gets up for & smoke. Ills servant. Jenkins, comes In and, failing to recognize Light nut. attempts to put him out. Thinking the servant crazy. iightnut changes his clothes intending to summon help. When nc reappears Jenkins fass on his neck with Joy. confirming Lightnuts belief that he Is crazy. JenlSlns tells Lishtuut of the encounter he had with hideous piessage from his friend, Jack Billings; Idshtnut Is asked to put up the kid
 for the night on his way home from col, iege. Later Lghtnut finds beautiful giri in black pajamas in his room. Light nut fs shocked by tho girls drinking, smoking and slangy talk. She tells him with a story or her love for her sisters room mate. named Frances. Next morn Ing the girl is missing and l.ightnut har- ries to the boat to see her off. He is ac- costed by a husky college boy, who calls him "Dicky." but he does not see the girl Jack Billings calls to spend the night with Lightnut. They discover priceless rubies hidden In the buttons or the pajamas. Billings dons the paiamas and retires. Lightflut later discovers in his apartment a beefy person Tn mutt ton-chop whiskers and wearing paja1nas. Jenkins calls the police. who declare ile intruder to he criminal, called oAa
 
 Iightnut's guest and appeals to tl,e lat- In the morning LIghtnut is astonishen 10 nnd Billings gone, and moro asioi,Isteu I,.' when he gets q message from the latter; demanding his clothes. Iightnut, bound for Tarrytown, Billings home. discoFtrs Frances" the girl of the pa3anaS' on tho train Lightnut speaks to her ana ei- ludes to the night before. She declares indigna ntly that Idghtnut never saw Het in black paJamas. At 'rarrytown rahsts is met by q husky college Youth. Who Sclt
 pores tbe boy, who then threatens to thrash him for offending trancts- riiiiiS inS1a storms over the outrage Of his arrest, ,ii IT and Iaghtnut discover thSstetioIISS e ,, nese characters on the paJamas- | .,.sS. ln.ss sor Douzenberry IS called III o !o ',si ,,,Iaf TS inc bierDglyphics. He raves over WAat stS e,f,s the lost silk of Si=IdnS-thi. l3e writing declares that a person "safh ahe pajamas will take on & 1ne .n19.e.ar ai the previous wearer. Tue pfo,tes.3i S,arrows the pejamas for experiment. ssjiiIlinrs' dressed in paiafnas is iounn III the professors room dnn ,n..sos IS saN, and a yo ,nan Ifsbtnut calls the trump. Light nut Is angered by the trump ps,,is.r. s.ar9 ,s ous talk about "francls, ii.,'f 3ails fight. n,,f that n message has just been re .ce,yed stating that Billings was under ar rest in New York for s,l5nqs sfealpls ast5nIshes @ ' as6f,nst with a taie of Francis esca- oades. Lightnut asks pertnlssloh 10 sPfa% Pat 4e 'tF'ranCeS The luuSe NcN u aot another living person would tackle the lob. and Lightnut. his mind occupiean with the beautiful Frances. IS greaty .Sst;fad Policeman O'Keefe returns the h,ack paiarnas and Lghtnat sends them to Billings room Iightnut has an lnter- esting hour with Frances He tells or tlle tbinrs the judge has been saying about ..Frences." much to Frances amuse- ment. Judge Billings refuses to inter cede for man under arrest claiming to he his son Jack, The judge promises lack to wear the paiamas that night Next morning Jeukins tells iAghtnut he saw htm QightnuU lighting with youth tn the IIbraTy during the night Jack s,iuings tells IAghtuut the judge Is going to send Frances to a reformatorY. Light nut Is attacked by man he taxes TOT tbe chauffeur. who objects to his atten- lions to Frances,