[Pee-wee Harris by Percy Keese Fitzhugh]@TWC D-Link bookPee-wee Harris CHAPTER IX 2/4
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.
If Pepsy as chef could live up to Pee-wee's promises the neighborhood would soon become famous.
That was her one forlorn hope, that the fame of their offerings would get abroad and lure the traffic from its wonted path.
But Pee-wee's enthusiasm and energy carried all before them like a storming column and she was soon as hopeful and confident as he. When her chores were finished that afternoon she hurried to their refreshment parlor, where Pee-wee sat behind the new counter like a stern schoolmaster, cards strewn about him, his round face black with stencil ink, still turning out advertising bait for the public. "I don't care what they say," she panted; "we're going to make a lot of money and buy the tents.
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