The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-06-27

Richard Idghtnut, an American with an
affected English accent. receives "a pres
ant from a friend in China. The present
proves TO be a pair OF pajamas. A lellet
afhuts or surprise TO the wearer. LlguIIuS
Cons the pajamas and late al nlght -
up for n SMOKE. HIS servant, JeilNlii5'
conner In and, failing to recognize LtBht-
nut, attempts 10 put him out. Ihlnhin6
the servant crazy. Lightnut changes Hls
clothes intending to summon help. Wheh
he reappears Jenkins falls on MS hSch
with JOY, confirming Iightnuts pellet
that he Is crazy. Jenkins tells ldghtnut OIL
the encounter he had with a Mucous
Chtnaman dressed in pa1amaS. IN d
message from his friend. Jack Billings:
Lsshtnut Is asked TO pat up the hiu,
for the night on his way home from col
lege. Later Lightnut finds q DeauJLul
girl in black pajamas in his room. Light
nut Is shocked by the girls drlhktns'
Pn1oking and slangy talk. She tells nm
her name Is Francis and puzzles nun
with "a story OF her love FOR ter slsler >
roommate, named Frances. Next morn
Ing the girl Is missing and Lightnut hur-
ries to the boat 10 see her off. He Is &c
costed by "A husky college boy, who calls
him "Dicky.' but he does not see the
girl. Jack Billings calls TO spend the
night With Lightnut. They discover
priceless rubtes hidden in the buttons OF
the pajamaS Billings dons the pajaInas
and ~retirst' Lightnut later discovers
In his apartment d beefy person in NUT
ton-chop whiskers and wearing pa1amas.
Jenkins calls the police. who declare the
AAlhA AAttA " ~ ~ ~ III 49,
Grandpa" The intruder declares ne ls
Lightnut's guest and appeals to the lat~
ter In vain. He is hustled off 20 jan.
In the morning Lightnut is astonished 10
And Billings gone, and more astonished
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 Grain. Iightnut speaks 10 her and al
ludes TO he night before. she declares
Indignantly that Lightnut never saw her
IN black pajamas. At Tarrytown Frances
Ia met by a husky college youth, who
halls Lightnut as "Dicky." The latter u
nores the boy. who then threatens TO
thrash him for offending Frances. Light
nut takes the next train home. Billings
storms over the outrage or his arrest. he
and Lightnut discover mysterious chi
pese characters on the pajamas. PROBES
sor DooZenberry is called In to interpret
the h~ieroglyphics. He raves over what he
calls the lost silk OF Si-Ling-Chi. TIL
writing declares that a person wearing
the pa1amas will take on the semblance
of the previous wearer. The professor
boYrows the patamas for experiment.
SBillings'' dressed In patamas Is found In
the professors room and Is taken home
In an automobile with Frances and a wo-
man Lghtnut calls the trump, Light
au. Ia angered by "the frump's' SANDER
pus talk about Francis" Billings" Is
AIKEN 10 his room. A servant tells Light
nut that a message has just been re-
ceived stating that Billings was under ar
rest BIN New York for stealing a suit OF
black pajamas. Judge Billings astonishes
Lightnut with a tale OF Francis esca-
sades. Lightnut asks permission to speak
10 Frances"