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THE PERRYSBURG. P., JOURNAL. FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 1912.
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Richard Llelitnut. tin American with an
affected EiikIIrIi nccent, receive a pros
ont from a frlond In China. The present
proves to bo n pair ot pajamas. A lottor
hints of Hiirprlao to tho wearer. LlRhtnut
loni tho pajamas una Into at nleht Rota
up for n smoko. Ills aorvant, jonKlns,
cornea In nnd, falling to recognlzn l.lKnt
nut, attempts to put him out. Thinking
the servant crazy, LlRhtnut changes hl
clothes Intending to summon help. When
ho reappears Jenkins falls on his neck
with Joy, confirming Ughtnut's hcllof
that ho Is crazy. Jenkins tells LlRhtnut of
tho encounter he had with a hideous
Chinaman dressed In pajamas. In a
message from his friend. Jack Hillings,
LlRhtnut Is nsked to put up "tho kid"
for tho night on his way homo from col
lege Later LlRhtnut finds a beautiful
Elrl In black pajamas In his room. Light
nut li shocked by tho girl's drinking,
smoking and slangy talk. Slio tells him
her name Is Francis and puzzles him
with a story ot her love for her sister's
room-mate, named Frances. Next morn
ing the Rlrl Is missing and LlRlitnut hur
ries to tho boat to see her off. Ho Is nc
costod by a husky college boy, who calls
him "Dicky," but ho does not seo the
Rlrl. Jack Billings calls to spend tho
titnlit with Llghtnut. They discover
8
iriceiess ruuies niuaen in mo Diuions ui
ho pajamnn.
CHAPTER IX. (Continued.)
nilllngs guliicd again "I supposo
not; don't ulnmo you. Way you're
fixed, you don't havo to." Ho walked
slowly to the window and back. "Take
my advice, Dicky, and got those lire
coals Into jour safe deposit vault first
thing In tho morning. Hello, you're
counting them otf! That's wise."
For with the knife ho had left on
tho tablo I was cutting away tho
tough threads that held tho rubles. I
cut oft the second and fourth, leav
ing tho first ruby at tho collar and
tho other two alternates.
"Go on," said Hillings, as I laid down
tho knife. "You'vo only removod
two."
"Don't believe I'll cut off any inoro,"
I said. "Want you to help mo tie up
the others Just as they wero."
i "What!"
1 1 insisted. And though Billings pro
'tcstod and argued and even called mo
names, wo did as I said.
For, by Jove, you know It was per
fectly clear that If thoy had been safe
bo long under tho little covers, tho
Jewels couldn't And any bettor place.
Singular thing Billings couldn't see It.
Besides, the pajamas had to havo fast
enings, you know
I hold one of tho two rubles under
tho light, and, by Jove, I almost drop
ped It did drop my glass. Seolng a
red-hot poker-point In your lingers
would give you the same turn.
"Rippers, Billings! Simply rippers!"
I exclaimed.
I held the other ruby beside Its fel
low Then I waited, listening, and I
heard Billings' hand strike down on
tho back of a chair.
"I guess I'll bo going, old chap," he
said gruffly. "Think I'd hotter, after
all." He cleared his throat. "Sure
you can't sell mo one, Dicky?" Dashed
If his volco didn't tromblo.
"Quite sure, dear boy," I murmured,
without turning around. "Not mine,
you 'know these two."
Billings exploded tbon. It seemed
an opportunity to relievo himself.
"Not yours! Why, you dodgasted idiot,
you nincompoop, you cuckoo, you
chicken head! What notion have you
gotin that fool's noddle now? If those
rumes aro not. yours, whoso do you
think they are?"
I whirled about quickly. "Yours," I
said, and laid them In his band.
"My compliments, old chap," I add
ed, smiling. By Jove! One time, at
least, I put It all over old Billings!
"No!" ho gasped, crouching over
and gripping my shoulder.
I grinned cheerfully.
Ho fell Into a chair and Just sat
there mouthing at mo and then at tho
Jewels in his hand. Old boy looked
devilish silly. Really acted like- ho
had somo nort of Btroke that sort of
thing.
I laughed at him.
"Don't you see?" I said, trying to
oxplain. "Wouldn't have known a
dashed thing about tho buttons bo
ing rubles but for you. So lucky they
camo to mo so I can get a. chance to
help out your collection. Awfully glad,
old chap,"
He clenched tho Jewels, and looked
down.
"Dicky" Ho coughed a little hus
'Idly us ho paused. "Dicky," Ills volco
was so low I could hardly hear him.
"Dicky, you're off your trolley, and
I'm a damned"
Ho ralsod his arm and dropped lfc-
"Well, never mind what," ho fin
ished with a lift of tho shoulders.
"But I want to .say somothlng. It's
about whot I offered you for thoBO
atones. Tho prico tho amount I
tnamed wasn't even a docont gamble;
Dut It wna all I could go, and oh, 1
-wanted ono so badly, Dicky! And
-now yau'vo mado mo fool llko a dog.
And I can't tako your gift, old chap,
tany moro than I could afford to off or
.you tho real yaluo of ono of those
'beautiful stones. Hero." And he
tpasHcd thorn back to mo.
"I know each of thein to bo worth
mny whore from forty to fifty thousand
dollars," ho said nulotly. "Tlioy'ro tho
V
kind tho crowned heads scoop for
Jewels of stato."
I nodded, and, getting up carelessly,
I strolled to a window.
"Dovlllsh lovoly night," I Bald, pok
ing my head out. And It was. Stars
overhead and all that sort of thing;
and lots of them below, too I could
hoar them singing over on Broadway.
"All right, old chap; thon horo thoy
go Into tho street," I Bald. "If my
friend can't havo 'cm, then no Jolly
crownod bonds shall. That's flat!"
nilllngs started forwnrd with a reg
ular scream.
I waved him back. "Don't como
any nearer, old chap," I said, holding
my arm out of tho window, "or, dash
mo, I'll drop them Instantly. Six sto
ries, you know stono flagging bo-
low."
"But, Dicky"
"If you don't say you'll tako 'em,
tlmo I count three, I'll give 'em a
toss, by Jove! Ono!"
"Hero, Dicky! Don't be a"
"Two!" I counted. No bluff, you
know; I meant Jolly well to do it.
"Just ono word ono second,
Dicky!" ho yelled. "Lot mo oft with
ono, then. Dicky! Dicky, old chap!
Bo n good sportsman!"
I hesitated. Dash it, ono hates to
tako an advantage
Billings Btretched out his arm ap
penllngly. "Do, old chap!" he plead
ed. "Give mo Just ono one only!"
His hand shook llko a quivering
whnt's-its-nnmo leaf.
I yielded reluctantly. "Oh, well,
thon, call it off with one," I said. And
with a sigh I tossed him ono of tho
rubles and dropped the other in the
pocket of my smoking-Jacket. Billings
wiped his forehead, and then ho
thanked mo and wiped his eyes.
"So good of you to give In, old
chnp," he snuffled. "Nover will forget
you for it!"
"Oh, I say, chuck it, you know!" I
protested.
"Whole family will thank you," ho
went on In his handkerchief. "Prince
ly magnanimity and all that sort of
thing you'll JuBt havo to come up for
tho weok end with me this "
"I Was So Startled I Lost
"I will!" I reached forward eagerly
and insisted on shaking hands. By
Jovo, what luck!
And Billings looked regularly over
come. All ho could do was just shako
tils head and pump my arm. Why,
dash it, this seemed to affect him
moro even than giving in about tho
ruby. It was tho first tlmo I had ever
accepted his Invitation, you know,
"Toll you what, old chap," ho said,
as soon as ho could speak. "I'm go
ing to tell you what to do with that
othor Btono. You savo that for hor."
"Her!'' By Jovo, I was so startled
I lost the grip on my monocle, Bill
ings nodded omphatlcally.
"Yea, sir for hor; Bho'll bo along
ono of thoso dnys."
"By Jovo, you know!" I was nlraoBt
dizzy with a sttddon Idea, I flshod
out tho jowel and hold It before my
glass, squinting doubtfully at it I
wondered If it was good enough for
"her."
"1 say, Dllllngs," I murmured
thoughtfully. "Blondes or brunettes,
you know which woar rubles?"
"Both I" Ho said It with a kind ot
Jaw snap. "Thoywvoar anything In
tho Jewel lino thoy can freeze on to."
"But which"
"Tho worst? Blondes, my boy
blondes, every time; especially those
going nround In black." Billings spoke
gloomily. "Lot'mo toll you, my boy
and I know don't you ovor havo any
thing to do with a blondo if sho's In
black, especially black r'lk hear?"
By Jove, his uplifted finger and
fierce way ot saying it gave mo a reg
ular turn, you know. But thon there
was tho ruby, and I was thinking
that
"Perhaps the four of them In a
bracolot," I muttered, "with something
elso to help out. Thoy might do."
"Thoy might," said Billings In a
tone of coarse sarcasm. "They might
do for a queon!"
I flashed a quick look at him. "Just
what I was thinking," I answered
gontly.
"Meantime," said Billings, yawning,
"let's go to bed."
And Just as I rang for Jenkins 1
suddenly was seized with a perfectly
ripping Idea that checked a long
yawn right in the middle and almost
broko my Jaw. For I saw how I could
do something handsome that would
even up with Billings In a way for
the ruby ho wouldn't take.
"Tell you what, old chap," I said,
slapping him on the shoulder, "you
aro going to have them tonight!"
"Have have what?" burst from
him. "Rubles? I tell you I won't
tako another "
"Rubles!" I ejaculated contemptu
ously. "Rubles nothing! v Something
bettor something worth whllo, dash
It!"
I bow he would never guess It.
"Why, you shall sleep in the pa
Jamas from China," I exclaimed. And
gathering them, I placed them in his
hands.
"By George, Dicky!' Billings' face
showed feeling. "How infernally
clever of you, old chap! How thun
dering timely, too!"
Ho held them up singly, studying
their outlines critically.
"And see here, Dicky why, great
Thomas cats!" His eyes turned on
me wonderlngly. "Never noticed It be
fore did you7 But I do believe they
are Just my size!"
the Grip on My Monocle."
His size! By JoVe, I had forgotten
all about the ltom of size! I Just col
lapsed into a chair as ho said good
night, and sat there blinking In a
regular stupefaction ot horror as hln
door closed behind him.
For ho was dovlllsh sonsltlvo about
his bulk, and I dured not say a woid.
CHAPTER X.
A Nocturnal Intrusion.
"Oh, but I say, It's Impossible, you
know!" And I staled at Jonklns In
credulously. Ho grinned foolishly. "I know, sir;
but he's In 'om, Just tho snmo, and 1
must say thoy do fit lovely Just easy
llko." "By Jovo!" I gasped helplessly.
"Thon tho Jolly things must bo mado
of rubber, that's all! Why, look horo,
ho weighs ovor throb hundred
pounds, you know!"
Jonklns' bond wnggod engaclously.
"I think that's how It Is, sir; it's won
dorful what they do with rubber now;
my brother wears a rubber cloth band
ago that ain't no bigger 'round than
my arm when it'a off of him, and
lie"
"Dare eay," I said sleoplly as I foil
back upon my pillow, "Good night.
H"T?3MB jL. JJC M
Jenkins; hope you'll got enough sloep
to mako up for tho other night."
Jonklns sighed as ho punched out
tho light. "Thank you, sir and good
night," ho murmured.
How long I slept I cannot tell, as
thoy, say In stories, you know; but I
was brought jolly wldo awake by a
light that shone through the bed
room's open door. For If there's ono
thing will wako mo quicker than
everything else it's a light In the room
at night. Fact is, I always want it as
black as tho what's-lts-name cave, or
else I can't sleep. And this light
came from the small electric stand on
the writing-desk. I could tell that by
tho way It shone.
And Just then the little silver gong
In thero chimed three. Jolly rum
hour for anybody to bo up unless
they were having somo fun or wero
sick. So I raised my head and called
softly:
"Jenkins er Billings!"
No answer. Reluctantly I swung
jmt and stepped within the next
room. Not a soul there, by Jove!
Then I moved over to Billings door,
which was wldo open for coolngss,
like my own. I could not see tho
shadowed alcove In which the bed
was placed, and so I stood thero hesi
tating, hating awfully to risk tho pos
sibility of disturbing him, don't you
know. And Just then my eyes, rang
ing; sleepily across the room toward
the private hall, were startled by the
apparition of an open doorway.
Startled, all right! And yet, by
Jovo, I was In such a Jolly fog, I Just
stood there, nodding and batting at It
for a full minute before I could take
It in.
"What I call devilish queer," I de
cided. I walked ovor and stuck my
head out into tho dark hall.
"Billings! Jenkins!" I whispered.
By Jove, not a word! Everything
a3 silent as the tomb!
I didn't llko It a bit so mysterious,
you know. Besides, dash it, tho thing
was getting me all waked up! I Just
knew If onco I got excited and thor
oughly awake, it would take me near
ly ten minutes to get to sleep again.
And, by Jove, just then the excite
ment came, for I got hold of tho fact
after I had stared at It a while, that
tho door of my apartment opening
into the outer corridor was standing
ajar. Why, dash it, It was not only
standing, It was moving. Then sud
denly the broad streak of light from
the corridor widened under tho im
pulse of a freshening breeze, and the
door swung open witn a bang.
And then I heard my name spoken.
By Jove, I had been standing thero
with my mouth open, bobbing my head
like a silly dodo; but, give you -my
word, I was suddenly wide awake as
a jolly owl wagon!
Away down tho corridor, by tho
mall chute, a man was standing, read
. ing a framed placard. Nothing partic
ularly remarkable in this, but as the
door banged Job turned his head
sharply and ejaculated:
"Dammit! Now, that will wako
Llghtnut!"
I was surprised, because I couldn't
recall ever having seen him before;
yet, standing as he did under the light,
I had opportunity for a devilish good
vlow.
He was a heavy set old party, rather
baldlsh, -with snowy mutton chops and
a beefy complexion that was jolly well
tanned below tho hatband lino, you
know. The kind of old boy you size
up as ono of the prime feeder sort
and fond of looking on the wine when
It 13 Oporto red. Had something of
th.e cut of tho retired India colonels
ono sees about the Service clubs In
London straight as a lamp post still,
but out of training and In devilish
need of tapping that sort ot duck,
you know!
What n respectable-looking old par
ty might be up to, wandering around a
Bachelor apartment building at three
In tho morning, wob none of my busi
ness. What's more, you know, I
didn't care a Jolly hang. But tho
thing that dashed mo was that Just
as I moved toward the door to closo
It, ho uttorod my name again and
came straight toward mo as though to
speak.
So 1 bad to wait, by Jove, for I
couldn't close the door In his face.
Awfully rotten thing to do that, you
know
"Lost his floor and wants to in
quire," I decided.
And then as he toddled across tho
last yard and stopped beforo mo, 1
saw that the old chap was In his night
things somo darkish! sort ot pajamas.
"By George!" ho exclaimed with a
leer that showed hla almost toothless
old gums. "Bet you nover would guesB
what I got up for!"
No, dash It, I didn't even care to
try. I just coughed a little.
10 BE CONTINUED.)
Encore.
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"I know; but I liked the style ot
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Ask nothing but what Is right, sub
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son. Easy to Lick Russia.
A couplo of little newsies stood in'
front of the Youngstown (O.) Tele
gram bulletin recently reading the
printed lines and making comments on
the press reports.
"Geo, It says here 'at there's liable
to be some o' troubles 'Ith Russia on
account ob de treaty," said one.
"What's de difference?" said the
other. 'DIs country don't need to
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Lamb's Tenure of Life Not Long.
A party of privileged sightseers
were admitted to a private view of a
menagerie between performances,
and among othor things were shown
what was calle'd a "Happy Family,"
that Is to say, in one and the same
cage there was a toothless lion, a
tiger, somewhat the worse for wear,
and a half-famished wolf. Beside
these wild animals, curled up In one
corner, was a diminutive lamb which
shivered as it slumbered.
"How long havo the animals lived
together?" asked one of tho party.
"About twelve months," replied the
showman.
"Why," exclaimed a lady "I am
sure that little lamb Is not as old as
that."
"Oh," said the showman," quite un
moved, "the lamb has to" be renewed
occasionally."
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Since tho Slugger, Coffee, Was Aban-
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"I don't know how It happened, but
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"From that tlmo I have not had a
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and know beyond all doubt this Is due
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