The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-07-05

are awfully honest and pay their
debts.
but there Is one other point OF dii
ference still Queerer: they wear pa
jamas all day. while We wear them
only at night"
Here yawned. Always hate that
heavy. historical. instructive stun. you
know. II you have to hear II. gives
you headache. unless you can slip on
TO sleep first.
So l reached the letter up to Jen'
kins.
Just run over the rest OF Il your
self. and see II he says anything about
his present" / said. settling comfort
ably. Clever idea Of mine. don't you
think!
And was just dropping my head
to have a snug little nap-tust little
forty, you know-when. dash me. II
| didn't have another idea! Awfully
annoying. time like that.
Mind is SO devilish alert. dash II!
Always doing things like that; can't
seem TO get over II. you know. And
this ripping idea that bobbed up now
and got me all reused up was nothing
more or less than to unite the string
myself and see what the thing was.
See?
Il believe. sir" said jenkins, look
ing up. the gentleman has sent you
hm-has sent you"
by Jove, a suit OF pajamas!" ex.
claimed. holding them up.
II was neck and neck. but I beat
jenkins 10 II, after all!
Gentleman says. sir" continued
jenkins. studying the letter. that his
present OF a pair OF pajamas may
seem surprising. but you won't know
how surprising until you have worn
them"
Jolly likely" | admitted, feeling
the silk. BY Jove. II was the finest.
yet thinnest stun ever saw. soft az
rose leaves and as filmy light as a
spiders web. Not bad. that. for a
comparison, Ell? Caught the idea
from a vase OF full.blown roses that
were beginning TO shed their petals
there on the table. And on one OF
the blossoms was little brown
spider. Catch the idea? Suggested
spiders web, you know.
They're rather red. STR" jenkins
commented obviously.
Red? Well. should say! My!
How Jolly red they were! We spread
them under the light. and the red
seemed TO flow all over the table and
fall from the edge. Why. they were
as red as
tried to think OF something they
were as red as. but somehow
couldn't fetch the idea. I thought OF
red ink and blood and fireworks, but
they didn't seem to be up to them at
all. And a big, velvety petal that
dropped from one OF the crimson
roses just seemed brown beside
them.
was wondering whether the little
spider was curious about the jolly red
color there below him. And lust then
Jenkins hand went out and swept at
the little thread. The spider dropped
and shot into fold OF the pajamas.
Il say! Look OUT" ! exclaimed as
jenkins made another clutch. Don't
mash the beast on the silk; you'll ruin
1.-THE silk. mean"
There II goes. sir!" said jenkins
eagerly. over by your hand"
NO; by Jove; he's gone into a leg
OF the pajamas! Here. shake him
out-gently now!"
jenkins lifted the garment gingerly
and lightly shook It. But nothing
came forth.
why don't you look in the Leg" I
said. and see II you can see IT."
jenkins peered down one OF the
silken tubes and forthwith dropped II
with a yell. He Jumped back.
Look out. sir" he cried excitediy:
don't touch EN-! There's a tarantula
in there big as sand crab. and it's
alive"
I backed nervously from the crum.
pied crimson pile on the floor.
Crimson?
or course, ] knew II was crimson:
II must be the shadow OF the tabls
there that made the things so dark
black. In fact. But my mind was on
the tarantula; and was thinking that
1t must have been wrapped with the
bahamas. Yet ] could not understand
how this could be, considering how
tightly the things had been rolled.
Anyhow. It was there; and Jenkin.
pointed excitedly.
Look, sir! You can see II moving
under the silk"
By Jove. so you could! And thu
thing seemed nearly as big as a m,
II was making for the end OF the leg
climbed upon a chair.
Get club" ] exclaimed "and
smash the thing az II comes ont"
jenkins rushed out and returnaa
with brassie.
Careful now" ! warned from IN.
chair Don't 60 and hit the dashed
thing before II gets out, and make n
devii OF mess on the silk. There u
is--its out! No, no-not yet! Wa,,
until II gets its whole body out. There
now; he's drawing out his last bea,s.
ly leg Now--uoxy L.. a-,.,.