If you found Lewis’s shorts, you can choose not to return them to him. There are a lot of things you can do with them, such as:  Prop the Shorts on Your Grange Display Contest during Fall to receive 750g from Lewis as a bride to keep his secret Add the shorts as a special ingredient and dunk them into the soup during the Luau Festival. Afterward, you’ll see an interesting dialogue between the Governor and Lewis.  Give it back to Lewis only when he’s on Ginger Island; you’ll see him wear the shorts as beach attire for 28 days straight.  Tailor it using a gold bard. This will turn the shorts into trimmed lucky purple shorts.