The Nevada County picayune., 1912-09-20

r,.hord Itghtnut. an American with an
 rra.nd English accent. receives pres
 ane u, from a friend in China. The present
 nre,es to be pair or paJatnas. A iet.et
 ninss tba patamas and late ct night gets
 uons a smoke His servant, Jenkins
 up ,ss @ in and. failing to recognize Light
 r,t attempts to pu. nm out, Illilhins nm 1i,
 the t,"a se, ,ntending to summon help. When
 elo'rs rssnnears Jenkins falls on his neck
 hs h',,h iay. confirming Iightnuts belief
 ,hst M he is crazy. Jenkins tells Llsiihtihnus hina 1a
 ShInaman dressed In palamas; ,,,i,, ih Cnma .sage from his friend. Jack Billings,
 TIghtnut is asked to put UP the kiu i
 tar inc night on hls way nome rom s,, Soi,
 ior ater Iightnut finds a beautitui lese' in hIack pajamas in his room. Light giii ts t,, shocked by the girls drinking, ' .moting .rs and slangy talk. She tells nm nm
 her name is Francis and puzzles mn,
 wiu, mate named Frances. Next morn rom ,ty tha girl Is missing and Lightnut hur-
 s .as. to the boat to see her or. lie IS aS- lies nns,ed by q husky college boy, who calls si,i sirl Jack Billings calls to spend the ssinbt with Lightuut. They discover nriceless rubies hidden In the buttons or mha nsiamas. Billings dons the paJamas uS na retIres Lightuut later discovers sn his apartment a beefy person in nut .,aan'nbon vhiskers and wearing pa)aues
 1I.nsins calls the police. who declare the ,.tr,,de- to be criminal, called FOXY Tsandna The intruder declares ne ls S,ghtnut's guest and appeals to the lat- ,sr in vain He Is hustled off to 1aii. iu the morning Bightnut IS astonished 10 find Billings gone. and more asloillS.eu when he gets a message rom the s id..si samanding his clothes. Lightnut; pouhu Sor Tarrytown, Billings home; discovers ,Trances,' the girl of the pajamas' on the train. Idghtnut speaks to her ana ana tl. al- iudes to the night before. She' declai B es
 ndignantly that Lightnut never ga" hef In bsrk bahamas. At Tarrytown trances
 Ia met by husky college youth, Wlo halls IJghtnut as "Dicky." The latter ig-
 nores the boy, who then threatens to ,Sresh him for offending Frances. IIght- nnt takes the next train home BiIuhgs storms over the outrage of his arrest. 1e and Lightnut discover mysterious tin- nese characters on the pajamas. froIes
 sar DoozpDherry Is called In to interpret Ina abieraglyphiCs He raves oyer what ne calls he lost silk of Si-Ling-Chi Ihe
 writing declares that person wearing
 inc pajamas will take on the sembiehce of the previous wearer. The pfolessoi
 barrows the pajamas for experiment
 "Rllngs" dressed in patamas K fpund m
 inc professors room and Is taken nome
 i, an automobile with Frances ana Wo man IBghtnut calls the trump. Llght-
 nnf is angered by "the frump's siander ou. talk about Francis. Billings IS taken t0 his room servant tells Light nut that a message has Just pesh re ceived stating that Billings was under at rss, in Nv York for stealing q suit Of black pajamas. Judge Billings astonishes Iightnut with tale of Francis esca- pades. Ilghlnut asks permission to speak to "Franrcs The judge declares that m, another living person would tackle the job and Lightnut. his mind occupied with the beautiful Frances. is greatly mystlfed Policeman O'Keefe returns the black pajamas and Lightnut sends them | to Killings room Lightnut has an inter esting hour with Frances He tells Of the things the judge has been saying about Frances" much to Frances amuse- ment Judge Billings refuses to inter cede for n man under arrest claiming to be his son Jack The judge promises Jack to wear the pajamas that night Next morning Jenkins tells l.ightnut ne saw him ULightnuD fighting with youtn
 Billings tells Lightnut the judge IS going to send Frances to r-formatory.