Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-09-04

Richard Lightnut, an American with an
affected English accent, receives a pres
rsnt from a friend in China. The present
proves to be a pair of pajamas. A letter
hints Of surprises to the wearer. Lightnut
dons the pajamas and late at night gets
aIp for g. smoke. His servant, jenkins
comes in and, falling to recognize Light
nut, attempts to put him out Thinking
she servant crazy, Lightnut changes MS
ne reappears Jenkins falls on his neck
with Joy, confirming hghtnuts BELIEF
shat ne Is crazy. Jenkins tells Lghtnut of
the encounter he had with a hideous
aIfinaman dressed in pajamas In a
message from his friend, Jack Billings;
Lightnut is asked to put up the Kid
for the night on his way home from col
lege. Later Lfghtnut finds beautlful
girl in black pajamas in his room. LAght-
nut is shocked by the girls drinking
smoking and slangy talk. She tells him
with a story of her love for her sister S
roommate, named Frances. Next morn
Rng the girl is missing and Lightnut hur-
Ties to the boat to see her OF. he is &C
cOsted by a husky college boy, who calls
him ''Dicky." but he does not see the
girl Jack Billings calls to spend the
night with Lightnut. They discover
priceless rubies hidden in the buttons OF
the pajamas. Billings dons the paJamas
and retires. Lightnut later discovers
in his apartment a beefy person In NUT
toH-chOp whiskers and wearing pajamas.
Jenkins calls the police, who declare the
Intruder to be a criminal, called Foxy
Lightnut's guest and appeals to the lat
ties IN vain. He is hustled off to jail.
IT. the morning Ltghtnut is astonished to
find Billings gone, and more aStonlSned
when he gets a message from the latter,
demanding his clothes. Lightnut, bound
for TarrytOwn, Billings home, discovers
Frances" the girl of the pajamas, on
the train. Iightnut speaks to her and al
1udes to the night before She declares
Indignantly that Lightnut never saw her
in black pajamas. At TarrytoWn Frances
NV VOuth. who
halls Lightnut as "Dicky." The latter 1g-
nOres the boy, who then threatens TO
thrash him for offending Frances. Light
NIT takes the next train home. Billings
STORMS over the outrage of his arrest. he
and Iightnut discover mysterious chi
nese characters on the pajamas. Profess
fhe hieroglyphics. He raves over what he
calls the lost silk of Si-Ling-Cht The
the pajamas will take on the semblance
slf Ehe previous wearer. The professor
burrows the pajamas for experiment
Billings dressed in pajamas is found In
the professors room and is taken home
in an automobile with Frances and a wo-
man Lghtnut calls the trump" Light
nut is angered by the trump si am,
taken to his room A servant tells Light
nut that a message has Just been re-
Cafved stating that Billings was under ar.
rest in New York for stealing a suit Of
black paiamaS. Judge Billings astonlsheS
T8@htnut with a tale Of Francis esca-
paydcs. Lightnut asks permission to speak
10 ssYTrances" The Judge declares that
NOT another living person would tackle
she fob, and Ldghtnut, his mind occupied
viii, the beautiful Frances, is greatly
guysfided Policeman O'Keefe returns the
black pajamas and Lightnut sends them
10 Bnlings room. Lightnut has an inter
@asting hour with Frances. He tells OF the
things the judge has been saying about
FRANCES" much to Frances amuse-
Huzut Judge Billings refuses to inter-
s.eSa for q man under arrest claiming to
he MS son Jack The judge promises
Jack to wear the pajamas that night.
Next morning Jenkins tells Lightnut he
saw him QIightnuO fighting with a youth
IN the library during the night.
CHAPTER XXVIlI.-(Continu
.Jaakjns proceeded rapidly: You
was cnrding a dressing-robe about you
as Won came in and I see a gIfmDse