Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1912-09-13

Richard Lightnut, an American with an
affected English accent, receives pres.
ent from a friend in China The present
proves to be pair OF pajamas. A letter
hints of surprises TO the wearer. Iightnut
dons the pajamas and late at night gets
up for n smoke. His servant, Jenkins.
( nut. attempts TO put him out. Thinking
the servant crazy, Llghtnut changes his
clothes intending to summon help. When
he ,reappears Jenkins falls. on his neck ,S
that he is crazy. Jenkins tells Lghtnut OF
the encounter he had with hideous
s@asn from a1'isfd lis friend p'}]sGp'B }aa
Iightnut is asked to put up 'the kid
for the night on his way home from col,
isse' Leg Later sde Lightnut tipds bedutlbtl gbt
nut is shocked, by the. girls drinking,
lmoking and slangy talk. She tells him
Tn heT name is FranSis and puzzles nHI sm
room-mate, named Frances. Next morn
Ing the girl is missing and Lightnut hur-
ries to the boat to see her off. He Is % %ae-
him "Dicky." but he does not see the
girl. Jack Billings calls to spend the
night night with Lisht5nut is5 They ytaSe dsCeVoF of
the pajamas. Billings dons the pa1amas
and retires. Lightnut later discovers
In his apartment beefy person In NUT
'ton-chop whiskers and wearing pajamas,
Jenkins calls the police who declare the
Intruder to be a criminal. called Foxy
GRANDPA" The Intruder declares he IS
LiShtnuts 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
demanding HIS clothes Lightnut; bound
for Tarrytown, Billings home. discovers
Frances" the girl of the paJamas. on
the train. Lightnut speaks to her and al
ludes to the night before. She declares
Indignantly that Lightnut never saw her
In black paJamas. At Tarrytown Frances
To ,DI1a In Xyhn n
halls Lightnut 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 I.ightnut discover mysterious Chi
nese characters on the pajamas. Profess
the hioroglyphics; He raves over what t., ne
calls the lost silk of Si-Ling-Chi The
writing declares that a person wearing
the paiamas will take on the semblance
cf the previous wearer. The professor
borrows the pajamas for experiment.
billings" dressed in pajamas is found In
IN an automobile with Frances and wo-
man Lightnut calls "the trump" Light
nut is angered by "thc. frump's slander-
ous talk about Francis Billings" Is
taken TO his room servant tells Light
nut that message has Just been re-
ceived stating that Billings was under ar.
black pajamas. Judge Billings astonishes
Lightnut with a tale of Francis esca-
padcs. Lightnut asks permission to speak
10 Frances" The Judge declares that
not another living person would tackle
the job. and Llghtnut. his mind occupied
with the beautiful Frances. is greatly
mystfed. Policeman O'Keefe returns the
black paiamas and Lightnut sends them
to Billings room Lightnut has an inter-
esting hour with Frances. He tells of the
things the Judge has been saying about
"Trances," much to Frances amuse-
ment Judge Billings refuses to inter-
cede for man under arrest claiming to
be his son Jack.