The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-08-09

p,chard Iightnut. an American with an
rN.nd Ensiish accent, receives a pres
Me- y, sro,n a friend In China. The present
~ est 70 be a pair Of patamas. A letter
~ .rrprise to the wearer. Iightnut
ssa .n.s the pajamas and late at night gets
r. Tor smoke, His servant, Jenkins,
mes in and, failing to recognize Light
mt attempts TO put him out. thinking
he servant crazy. l4ghtnut changes his
slN,bes intending to summon help. When
* reappears Jenkins falls on his neck
Wei toy, confirming Lightnut's belief
hat he Is crazy. jenkins tells Lightnut Of
he encounter he had with hideous
T m dressed in ,paiamas, In a
sigbtnut Is asked to put up "the Kid"
tnr the night on his way home from col
;sge, Later IAghtnut finds beautiful
nj in black psjamas in his room; Light
kmoslng and slangy talk, She tells him
ssr name is Francis and puzzles him
With story Of her love for her sisters
roonn-mate named Frances, Next morn
srg tbe girl Is missing and Lightnut hur-
.lss 10 the boat TO see her off. He is &C
.ostad by husky college boy, who calls
MIN "Dicky" but he does not see the
III Jack Billings calls to spend the
nght with Lightnut. They, discover
nrceless rubies hidden In the buttons Of
he paiamas. Billings dons the pajamas
And retires Idghtnut later discovers
IN his apartment beefy person in NUT
son-chop whiskers and wearing pajamas
jenkins calls the police, who declare the
intruder TO be criminal. called Foxy
Irsndpa" The intruder declares he IL
IIshtnut's guest and appeals to the lat
tor In vain He Is hustled off to jail
IN the morning Iightnut Is astonished TO
1n5 Billings gone, and more astonished
when he gets message from the latter
demanding his clothes. Lightnut, bound
for Tarryt0wn, Billings home, discovers
Frances the girl OF the psjamas, on
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iudes to the night before. She declares
Indignantly thar I1ghtnut never saw her
N black pajamas, At Tarrytown Frances
IS met by a husky college youth who
nores the boy. who then threatens 10
thrash him for offending Frances. Light
nut takes the next train home. Billings
storms over thaseutrage Of his arrest He
and Idehtnut discover mysterious Chi
psse characters on the pajamas. Profess
sor Doozenberry IS called In to interpret
the heroglvphies Ne raves over what he
calls the lost silk OF Si-Ling-Chi. The
writing declares that a person wearing
the pajamas VIII take on the semblance
81 tie previous wearer The professor
borrows the pa1amaS 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 Ilghtrut calls the trump" Light
nut Is angered by the frump's Islander
Gus talk about Francis" Billings" Is
taken TO his room. A servant tells Light
nut that message has Just been re-
ceiycd stating that Billings was under ar
| rest In New York for stealing suit OF
black pajamss. Judge Billings astonishcs
| Ightnui with a tale OF Francis esca-
pades I4ghtnut asks permission to speak
10 Frances" The Judge declares that
rot another living person would tackle
the Job, and Lightnut, his mind occupied
| with the beautiful Frances, is greatly
mystifed Policeman O'keefe returns the
! black pajamAs and Lightnut sends them
| 70 Billings rooms.