The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-03-18


friend. Jack Billings. Lightnut is asked
to Pit up "the Kid" for the night on his
way home from college. Later Lightnut
finds beautiful girl In black pajamas Ia
CHAPTER V.-Lightnut 10 shockee by
the girls drinking. smoking and slangy
talk.
CHAPTER vII-she tells him her name
is Francis and puzzles him with story
OF her love for her sisters roommate
named Frances. Next morning the girl
is missing and Lghtnut hurries to the
a husky college boy. who calls him
"Dicky." but he does not see the Girl.
CHAPTER vIII-Jack Billings calls to
spend the night with Lightnut They dis
cover pricesess ruhies hidden In the but
tons OF the BAHAMAS.
CHAPTER Ix-Blllings dons the pa
tarnas and retlres.
| CHAPTER x-Lightnut later discovers
in his apartment beefy person In NUT
ton-chop whiskers and wearing patamas
jenkins calls the police, who declare the
/ intruder TO be criminal, called Foxy
J Grandma"
| CHAPTER XT-The intruder declares
| he Is Lightnut's guest and appeals to the
( latter In vain.
| CHAPTER XII-He is hustled off to
| Jail
| CHAPTER KILN the morning Light
( nut Is astonished TO find Billings gone,
and more Rstonished when he gets mes
| clothes. Lightnut, bound for Tarrytown,
Billings home, discovers Frances, the
I girl of the pajamas. on the train.
| CHAPTER XIv-Lightnut speaks TO
| her and alludes to the night before. She
| declares Indignantly that Lightnut never
saw her In black pajamas At Tarrytown
| Frances is met by a husky college youth.
! ter ignores the boy. who then threatens
TO thrash him for offending Frances
Lightnut takes the next train home.
CHAPTER Xv-Billings storms over
| the outrage Of his arrest. He and Light
nut discover mysterious Chinese charac-
tiers on the pajamas.
CHAPTER XvI-Professor Doozenber-
ry is called In to interpret the hieror
glyphics.
CHAPTER XvTT-TIe raves over what
he calls the lost silk OF Si-Ling-ChL
CHAPTER XvITT-The writing declares
take on the semblance OF the previous
wearer. The professor borrows the pa
tamas for exneriuoen'
tits all right, yea know gently
treasured him. Yes, we're going to
him-going right there. Just little
ride, you know"
BY Jove, the way he cackled made
my heart ache! | whispered to Jen-
kins to run ahead and prepare the
ladies. But the first thing we saw as
the cage hit the bottom was wom-
ha
China!
She gave a little scream and fell on
Billings neck, almost bearing him to
the ground.
"Oh. Jacky, Jacky!" she sobbed.
BY Jove, | almost fell myself! SO
that was the way the wind lay! And
I had never even so much as suspect
cd. That was why he had raved 30
about her beauty! Beauty! Poor old
Jackl II had been sad about him
before, 1t was a devilish sight worse
now
Worse? Why, dash 1t, she kissed
him!
And to see him standing there, kind
of batting and rolling his eyes and
looking Ike a girl does when SHE'S
trying strange piece OF candy out OF
the box-oh, 1t just broke me all up!
No wonder he was crazy! Why,
dash 1t, he would have TO be crazy!
He was muttering to himself
"Remarkahlel" | heard. Singular
iy sensate and celebrating. Now,
never would have thought-um!"
And then be very deliberately took
her head between his hands and
kissed her Then he looked upward
thoughtfully and did It again--iike a
chicken drinks water--you know!
And then while we-that Ia, Jen-
kins and I--were trying to urge him
on, out came the notebook again and
he scrubbed rapidly, muttering audi
bly,: "Labial sculation-extraordi
stimulation-s ensatory ganglia-mu-
cous membrane"
Police" whispered brutally in
the frumps ear. Better let's get him
away!" And, by Jove, that woke her
out Of her trance! In two minutes
she had cajoed him to the car and
we had him inside on the cushions
We punched blankets and rugs about
him to hide the paiamas.
"Jacky, DEAR" gushed the Chinese
freak, wouldn't you like for me to sit
by you and hold your poor hand?"
II looked as IL he would.
The trump turned to me. Can you
drive the car, Mr. Lightnut7"
Could +? Well, would show her!
Especially as Frances had changed to
the front as she saw us bringing out
Billings.
Take the train--get Billings things
from the club I called to jenkins,
Sharp, now! And here, unlock that
number there on the back--give 1t
here!"
jenkins hesitated. II think there's
a heavy fine. sir" he limited.
snapped my fingers at him and he
jumped to obey.
Worse things than a jolly fne,"
said. looking at poor Billings smiling
crafty over the trump threw the