Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1912-08-16

SYNOPSIS.
Richard I.ghtnut, an American with an
affected English accent, receives pres,
ent from friend in China. The presenl
proves TO be q pair Of pajamas. letter
hints OF surprise to the wearer. Lightnu.
dons the paIamas and late ev at niEHt Een,tins' S
comes In and, failing to recognize ne Lisn,, I,g
nut, attempts to put him out. Thinki,nts ,Itss
the servant crazy, Lightnut changes, Is, ms ms
he rcappears Jenkins falls on his neck nes
with Joy. confirming tightn3qiSSs g itStpSt oGhoF of
the encounter he had with a Mucous
Chinaman dressed in ,patamas ,riin In a
from r his friend ri }aSk p the Sid Kid
for the night on his way home from col
lege. Later Lightnut finds be9utittul
girl in black pajamas in his room; Llgn1- Ll,gFr9
nut is shocked by the, girls ul drlnKihg, h1,
smoking and slangy talk. She tells MN MN
her name Is Irancis hn onn and for pIbnH.e her sters
room-mate, named Frances Next morn
ing the girl is missing and Llghtnut hur-
him ''Dicky." but he does not see the
girl Jack Billings calls r,S to spend diacovep yep
priceless rubles hidden In the buttons N o..
the pajamas Billings dons the paJamas
and retlres. Lightnut. later discovers
ton-chop whiskers and wearing palaifi.ais, ple as
Jenkins calls the police, who declare !.9,d1e tne
Grandpa" The intruder declares he Is
TAghtnut's guest and appeals to the iaI tai
ter in vain He Is ,inmt hustled &c astonishsi e to
find billings gone, and more astonished
when he gets a message from the ietterd; d
demanding his clothes tightnudtii dise%wnrs o%nna
''Frances," the girl OF the pajamas,, on
the train. Lightnut speaks to bs ner denIares snn
Indignantly that Lightnut never saw saw er ner
in black pajamas.. At Tarrytown FRANCES cSs
Is met by ,t husky n,cSv cSlieF The Eou latter ig
nares n5,,s Ike bow. who then threatens to
thrash him for offending Frances r,hiStsrs hiStmr
storms over the outrage of his arrest He
and Lightnut discover mysterious SllI-
ncse characters on the pa1nmas' ,,arnTst
the hleroglyphics. He raves over what me ne
calls the lost silk of Si-Ltng-Chi. Inc Inc
the paiamas, will take on the the sTmSeas6r nrnfass0r
hnrrows the paiamas for GSper,indehi[ x psn,,Id T.;
tbS professors room and is taken home
in an automobile with Frances and Wo-
man Lightnut calls the trump Light
Gus talk about "Francis." Billings is
taken to his room, servant tells Light
ceived stating that Billings was under ar.
rest in New York for stealing suit or
black pajamas. Judge billings astonisnes
Lightnut wth tale of Francis, esca-
pades Iightnut asks permission to speak
10 "Frances" The Judge declares that
the lob, and Llghtnut, his mind occupied
with the beautiful Frances. Is greatly
mystfied.
CHAPTER xxIv.-(contInued.)
why, sir, don't think you need
be worrying but what they're all
right" and the big policeman nodded
confidently; "in fact there don't seem
81 oil IL ad
meditatively: (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 it, too,
neatly missing the polished toe OF
Jenkins boot mo, sir!'-emphatic-
ally-"I don't think you'll be hearing
any holler from your lady friend when
she goes to-eh, what?"-he stared
at Jenkins blankly, for jenkins had
coughed-"Oh, excuse me!"-and his
big hand lifted apologetically to his
mouth, while his eyes rolled upward
What | just meant was that | know
they're all to the good; l went all
over 'em!"
"Oh:" | muttered, turning rather
faint, | dropped the parcel and Jen-
kins picked it up. BY Jove, for a mo-
ment, he came jolly near having to
pick me up, too, was that shocked
and prostrated!
The only thing-the only thing
,tan - 4 h.,l TO AZ
izing moment while his tongue
gathered his wad and peremptoril!
expelled it, this time enlivening the
cold, dead monotony of the siiver-gray
macadam-"was her-I mean, was the
pants"
"Ah-h!" put my hand to my side
and looked at Jenkins appealingly.
but he was looking upward his eyes
kind of cast over like a birds; the
lines of his mouth tightened to an
arch-and | know he was suffering
too! But we must try to stand it a
little longer-just little!
Through one instant's respite, Mr..
OKeefe's thick tongue was occupied
in striving to gutenize the entire
wrapper of much crushed and awful.
ly yellow cigar. Then he separated a
mouthful from the end and proceeded.
81 did notice with the legs, that
one OF 'em was just a bit longer than
tn other. and down at the station we
was a wondering if" the brown head
of cracking match drew a long,
curvlng what-you-callit on the smooth
creamy masonry, and he paused to
OF ui IN q.
of smoke-"we wondered II twas
Intentional" His eyes sought mine
tnquiringly.
BY Joye. was SO frozen with nor
Iror ! couldn't even look away; just
stood there, helpless. you know. and
my jolly monocle hanging limp