Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-08-07

Richard Lightnut, an American with an
affected English accent. receives a pres
ent from friend in China. The present
proves to be a pair of pajamas A letter
hints of surprise to the wearer Lightnut
ions the pajamas and late at night gets
up for q smoke. His servant, Jenkins,
comes in and, falling to recognize Light
nut, attempts to put him out. Thinking
the servant crazy, Lghtnut changes his
clothes Intending to summon help. When
ne reappears Jenkins falls on his neck
with joy, confirming Lightnut'S belief
That he is crazy. Jenkins tells Lightnut of
the encounter he had with a hideous
message from his friend. Jack Billings,
IAghtnut is asked to put up the kid"
Tor the night on his way home from col
lege. Later LightnUt finds beautiful
girl in black pajamas in his room. Light
nut is shocked by the girls drinking,
smoking and slangy talk. She tells him
with story of her love for her sisters
HrOOm-mate. named Frances. Next morn
ing the girl is missing and LightnUt hur-
rieS to the boat to see her off. He Is &C
him "Dicky." but he does not see the
girl. Jack Billings calls to spend the
night with Lghtnut. 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
ton-chop whtskerS and wearing pajamaS.
Jenkins calls the police, who declare the
intruder to be a criminal, called Foxy
Grandpa. The intruder declares ne IS
1dghtnuts guest and appeals to the lat
ter In vain. He is hustled Off to jail
In the morning Lightnut is astonished TO
lind Billings gone, and more astOnshed
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. Lightnut speaks to her and cl-
ludes to the night before. She declares
Indignantly that Lightnut never saw her
in black pajamas. At TarrytOwn Frances
is met by a husky college youth, who
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 ajamaS. Profess
sor Doozenberry is called in to interpret
the hieroglYphics. He raves over what he
calls the lost silk of Si-Ling-Chi The
writing declares that a person wearing
the pajamas will take on the semblance
borrows the pajamas for experiment
Billings" dressed in pajamas is found in
the professors room and Is taken home
in an automobile with Frances and wo-
man Iightnut calls ''the trump" Light
nut is angered by ''the frump's SANDER
GUS talk about Francis" Billings is
taken to his room. servant tells Light
nut that a message has just been re-
ceived stating that Billings was under ar
rest in New York for stealing a suit of
black paJamas. Judge Billings astonishes
Lightnut with tale of Francis esCa-
pades Ilghtnut asks permission to speak
TO Frances" The judge declares that
not another living person would tackle
the job and LightnUt, his mind occupied
with the beautiful Frances is greatly
mystihed Policeman O'Keefe returns the
black paiamas and Iightnut sends them
10 Billings rooms.