The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-07-04

SYNOPSIS.
Richard Lghtnut. an American with an
Affected English accent. receives a pres
snt from "a friend In China. Tho present
rrTves TO be a pair OF pajamas. A letter
pnfn<s Of surprise 10 the wearer. Lightnut
Cons the patamas and late at night gets
np for n smoke. His servant, Jenkin.
oofaes In and. falling TO recognize Light
nut, attempts TO put him out Thinking
the servant crazy, LRhtnut changes ms
clothes intending to summon help. When
he reappears Jenkins falls on his neck
with JOY, confirming Lightnut's belief
lhat he In crazy. jenkins tells Lghtnut OF
ChinamAn dressed in patamas. IN e.
message from his friend, Jack Billings,
nghtnut is asked to put up the kld
FOR the night on his way home from COZ
girl in black pajamas In his room; Light
nut In shocked by the girls drinking.
INVOKING and slsngy talk. She tells him
her name Is Francis and puzzles aim
wish a story Of her love for her sisters
roommate. named Frances. Next morn
Ing the girl is missing and Lightnut nur-
RES TO the boat to see her OFT. lie 10 &C
him "Dicky" but he does not see the
girl. Jack Billings calls 10 spend the
night with tAghtnut. They, discover
the pajamas. Billings dons the patamas
and %retires. IAghtnut later diiscovers'
In his apartment a beefy person In NUT
ton-cbop whiskers and wearing paJames.
Jenkins calls the police, who declare the
Intruder TO be a criminal. called Foxy
Grandpa" The intruder declares ne 10
Lightnut's guest and appeals TO the iat-
her in vain. He 10 hustled on 10 lail
In the morning Lightnut Is astonlshsi 10
and Billings gone. and more astonished
when he gets a message from the ihtlerI
demanding his clothes. lAghtnut, oouno
Tor Tarrytown, Billings home, discovers
EFrances," the girl OF the patamas., on
the train. Lightnut speaks TO her ana al
iudes TO the night before. She declares
~Indignsntly that LisftAg1 nsyeT i FrSn ees
u met by a husky college youth, who
sorss Ire boy, who then threatens TO
him for offending Frances. Lnght-
takes the next train home Bliilngs
storms over the outrage or his arrest. re
and Lghtnut discover mysteriovs chi
characters on the pajamas. Protes.
, e. b D@oO,snSss5Iry T. gai FsSea n over 20 ' what he
rails the lost silk of si-Ling-Chi The
declares that a person wearing
the pa1emas will take on the semblance
Of the previous wearer. Ths proIessor
billings dressed In pajamas Is found In
the professors room and Is taken nome
In an automobile with Frances and a wo-
man Ilghtnut calls 1.-The trump" Light
nut is sngered by ''ths frump's Islander
pus talk about Francis" Billings" is
10 his room. A servant tells Light
nut that a message has Just been re
teet In New York for stealing a suit or
black pajamas. Judge Billings astonishes
Lightnut with a tale OF Francis esca-
pades. Lghtnut asks permission to speak
10 Frances" The Judge declares that
aot another Twins person would tackle
khe Job, and L%ightnut, his mind occupied
with the beautiful Frances, Is greatly
Mystined,
II CHAPTER xxiv-(Continued.)
why. sir, l don't think you need
be worrying but what they're all
right" and the big policeman nodded
confidently; I'm fact there don't seem
90 be no damage az all" He added
meditatively: Which Is some won
DER. considering how we had to
ro~ugh-house Foxy Grandpa before we
softened him down In his cell tn
other night" Here his cheeks swelled
and he lent q long sheaf OF brown
liquid at a grasshopper on the freshly
Nhitened door-stones-and got II. too,
missing the polished toe OF
Jenkins boot. mo, sir!"-emphatic-
ally don't think you'll be hearing
any boiler from your lady friend when
she goes to-eh, wharf.-the stared
ut Jenkins blankly, for Jenkins had
ooughed--"oh, excuse mel"Esnd bis
Dig hand lifted apologetically to hfs
mouth, while his eyes rolled upward
What Just meant was that | know
gil to the good; l went all
over 'em!" Sra~
!. "Ohl" l muttered, turning rather
faint. I dropped the parcel and Jen-
kins picked II up. BY Jove. for a mo-
ment, he came jolly near having to
pick me up. too. ! was that shocked
and Frustrated!
THE only thing--the only thing
tall" I had TO wait through an agon-
tzing moment while his tongue
gathered his wad and pcremptorill
expelled 1t. this time cnliyening the
cold, dead monotony of the silver-gray
macadam-"was her-I mean, was the
bapts."
"Ah-nl" l put my hand to my SIDE
and looked NJ jenkins appealingiy,
but he was looking upward, his eyes
kind OF cast v Q like a birds; the
lines OF his mouth frightened to an
hrch-and / knew ne was suffering
tool But we must try to stand It a
little ~longer-Just a little!
Through n i%nstant's respite, Mr..
O'Keefe's thick tongue was occupied
N striving &c glutenize the entire
wrapper of a much crushed and awful
" yellow cigar. Then he separated a
mouthful from the end and proceeded.
Il did notice with the legs. that
cne of EN- vas just n bit longer than
IN other, and down at the station we
was q wondering IT," the brown head
Of q cracking match drew a long,
eurving what-you-call-it on the smooth.
creamy masonry. and he paused to
pump madly. striving to ooax a draft
n smoke-"we wondered If twas
tn~tentional." BIS eyes sought mine
hquiringly.
BY Jove. I was &c frozen with hor.
Soc,-I-sezsSDx yer lock AWAY; Just.
Ufood there. helpless. you know. and
nv tollv mo0ocle hanging linn