Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1913-05-02

eichard Lightnut. an American with al
affected English accent. receives pres
Int from friend in China The presen
hints OF surprises to the wearer. Lightnu
hons the pajamas and late at night get'
Ap for q smoke. His servant. Jenkins
but attempts to put him out. Thinkint
the servant crazy. Lightnut changes his
ciotkss intending to summon help. Whe1
be feappears Jenkins falls on his ne ea
hat he is crazy. jenkins tells Lghtnut Of
khe encounter he had with hideous
Chinaman dressed in pa1amas; In
Eghtnut IL asked to put up 'the kid
FOR the Right on his way home from col;
2ege. Later Lghtnut finds beautiful
IN block I'M tbe his sr 1Gom drnRins
smoking and slangy talk She tells him
her name is Francis and puzzles him
With story OF her love for her sisters
ing the girl is missing and Lightnut hur-
sies to the boat to see her off. He is &C
posted BY a husky college boy, who calls ais
PIT jack bsn ns ne calls dse' to no. spens the
nigh! with Iightnut. They. discover
priceless rubies hidden in the buttons OF
The pajamas. Billings dons the pajamas
In his apartment a beefy person IN NUT
kon-chop whiskers and wearing pajamas.
Jenkins calls the police, who declare the
5ntru0er TO De q CRIMINAL, cdlleU TONY
Grandpa" The intruder declares he is
Aishtnut's guest and appeals TO the lat-
ter in vain. He is hustled of 70 jail.
6n the morning Lightnut is astonished to
when he gets a message from the latter:
demanding his clothes. Lightnut. bound
Nor Tarrytown. Billings home. discovers
she train. Lghtnut speaks to her and al
dudes to the night before. She declares
Indignantly that Lghtnut never saw her
In black paJamas. At Tarrytown Frances
halls Lightnut as "Dicky" The latter ig-
nores the boy. who then threatens to
thrash him for offending Frances. Light
storms over the outrage of his arrest. He
and Lightnut discover MYSTERIOUS chi
nese characters on the patamas. Profess
por Doozenberry 10 called in TO Interpret
calls the lost silk of Si-Ling-Chi The
writing declares that a person wearing
the pajamas win take on the serahlance
Sf the pT rev wearr ,or he pserTsyTr
j.'Billings" dressed IN pajamas is found In
the professors room and is taken home
In an automoeile With Frances and ~, NO
.ous tank about 'Francis' Billings" is
taken to his room. A servant tells Light
,ceived stating that Billings was under ar
rest In New York for stealing suit Of
black pajanas. Judge BilEnss aston.shes
Iightnut with . tale Of Francis esca-
nades. L!ghtnut asks permission TO speak
70 Frances" The Judge declares that
mot 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 Lghtnut sends them
to Billings room Lightnut has an inter
est,ng hour with Frances He tells Of the
things the judge has been saying about
ment Judge Billings refuses 70 inter-
cede for a man under arrest claiming to
hoe his son Jack. The judge promises
Jack to wear the pajamas that night
Next morning Jenkins tells I-ightnut he
paw him Uightnut fighting With a youth
IN the library during the night.
CHAPTER xxviII.-(continued.)
jenkins proceeded rapidly: You
Twas cording a dressing-robe about you
'as you came IN and l see a glimpse