Neither the gloomy predictions of his uncle nor the laughing
skepticism of his aunt dimmed his enterprising ardor. The signs
which he printed with his uncle's crate stencil, procured from
the barn, bespoke the variety of tempting offerings which existed
so far only in his fertile mind.
He was somewhat handicapped in the preparation of these signs
by the largeness of the perforated letters of the stencil and the
limited size of the cards. He had preferred cards to paper because
they would not blow and tear and Aunt Jamsiah had given him a pile
of these, uniform in size, on one side of which had been printed
election notices of the previous year. It was impossible,
therefore, for Pee-Wee to include all of each tempting announcement
on one card, so he used two cards for each reminder to the public.
Thus on one card he printed FRANKFURTERS and on its mate intended
for posting just below, the palate-tickling conclusion, SIZZLING HOT.
FRANKFURTERS
SIZZLING HOT -->
This is how the sign would appear upon some fence or tree. It
would be a knockout blow to any hungry wayfarer.
Another two--card sign, intended for warmer weather, read:
ICE CREAM
<-- COLD AND COOLING
Other signs originating in Pee-Wee's fertile mind and covering
the range of food and drink and auto accessories were these:
PEANUT TAFFY
SWEET AND DELICIOUS -->
OUR TIRE TAPE
<-- STICKS LIKE GLUE
NON SKID
CHAINS -->
FRESH
<-- BANANAS
DRINK
SWEET CIDER -->
MAGIC
<-- CARBON REMOVER
There were many others, enough to decorate the road for miles in
both directions.
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