The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-09-06

Richard Lightnut. an American with an
Affected English accent. receives q pres
emit from q friend In China. The present
prove. to be pair q 4, paJamas letter letter
dons the pajamas and late at night gets
UP for a smoke. His servant. Jenkins.
comes in and. falling TO recognize Light
the servant crazy. Lightnut changes his
clothes intending to summon help When
he reappears Jenkins falls on his neck
that he is crazy. jenkins tells Lightnut of
the encounter he had with hideous
Chinaman dressed in patamas: In a
from r .f hs friend nd, lack b ks
for the night on his way home from col,
lege. Later Lightnut finds a beautiful
girl In black paJamas In his room: Light
nut is shocked by the, girls drinking.
smoking and slangy talk. She tells him
Der name IL Francis and puzzles him
with story of her love for her sisters
ing the girl is missing and Llghtnut hur-
seosted by husky college boy. who calls
him but he does not sns see the
night with Lightnut. They. discover
priceless rubies hidden in the buttons OF
the pajamas. Billings dons the pajamas
and retires LiEhtnut. later discovers
In his apartment beefy person In NUT
ton-chop whiskers and wearing pajamas.
Jenkins calls the police. who declare the
lntTuUer 10 Dc n criminal tdItd ToNy
Grandpa" The intruder declares. he is
Lightnut's guest and appeals TO the lat
ter in vain. He Is hustled off to jail.
In the morning Lightnut Is astonished to
find Billings gone. and more astonished
when he gets a message from the latter,
demanding his clothes. Ilghtnut, bound
for Tarrytown. billings. home: discovers
Frances" the girl OF the pa1amas., on
the train. Lightnut speaks to her and al
iudes to the night before. She declares
Indignantly that Lightnut never saw her
is met by a husky college youth, who
halls LIahtnut as 'Dicky" The latter ig-
nores the boy who then threatens TO
thrash him for offending Frances. Light
nut takes the next train home. Billings
storms over the outrage OF his arrest he
and Lightnut discover mysterious chi
nese characters on the pajamas. Profes-
sor Doozenberry Is called In to interpret
the hierogfyphics He raves over what he
calls the lost silk OF Si-Lng-Chi. The
writing declares that a person wearing
of the previous wearer. The professor
borrows the patamas for experiment
billings dressed IN pajamas 10 found In
the professors room and is taken nome
in an automobile with Frances and wo-
man Lightnut calls the trump. Light
nut II angered by 1.-THE frump's slander-
GUS talk about "Francis.' billings Is
taken TO his room. servant tells Light
nut that message has just been re-
reived stating that Billings was under ar.
rest in New York for stealing a SUIT OF
black paJanaS. judge blltinEs bSipHAHhSS
Tirhtnut with tale OF Francis esca-
pades Iightnut asks permission 10 speak
To Frances" The Judge declares that
not another living person would tackle
ne lob. and Lightnut. his mind occupied
with the beautiful Frances. Is greatly
mystined. Policeman O'Keefe returns the
black pajamas and I.ightnut sends them
70 Billings room. Lightnut has an inter
esting hour with Frances. He tells ~ the
things the Judge has been saving about
Frances" much to Frances amuse-
ment Judge Billings refuses to inter-
eede for n man under arrest claiming to
be his son Jack.