Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-07-23

with a dainty SANDWICH lHdI DA0uoAs
fresh praise from the visitor
you'll have to make new sign, ne
soid. as he sat down the empty plate.
.eWith homemade bread, fresh butter
and chicken that never heard OF the
beef trust, you've an article that cant
be beaten. Look here" he added, 'wny
don't Won start a real inn? There are
hundreds of autos in town. The ROAD
to the falls is the best hereabout ana
there's no chance to buy decent 1000.
Put in a stock of syrups and a tank
of soda. Add some ice cream and cake
and keep everything just as nome
like as you canY
Gertrude clapped her hands. wen
do II. mother" she cried. Cant You
sao what he means? Thank you SO
much for your suggestion"
"rook here" he said. '9That old
r+,,,,n nv the gate is no use, is it?'
"We're going to have it pulled when
Hiram gets the time" said Mira, apol-
ogatlcally. We've been meaning to do
81 ever since the lightning struck It,"
Don't do It," her patron almost
shouted. 1--WE got bully Idea. Let
me be the godfather of the place and
I'll make a sign out of the tree for
christening present"
He was back again early the next
morning. He smiled approximately as
he saw half a dozen small tables scat
tered about under the trees. The grass
rad been moved and the place looked
fresh and inviting
Under his direction a man he had
brought with him began to hack at the
tree.
An auto party came up just then and
took possession of one Of the tables.
Gertrude went off to wait on them, and
by the time they had taken their de-
parture the wood carver had completed
his task.
The old stump, denuded OF It's bark
stood splintered and torn, but with a
smooth oval on its face.
.srhat doesn't seem TO be anything"
said Gertrude, as she regarded his
work.
"It will be a work of art before get
through with it," he explained, "or my
name isn't Ernest Paynter."
rs It? Are you really Mr.. Paynter,
the artist?" she asked, finding that fact
of greater interest than the sign.
"Bless my heart" he exclaimed. 81
seemed to know you all so well that 1
forgot you did not know my name.
am Ernest Paynter and very much at
your service.
She extended her hand with a formal
little "Glad to meet you. Mr.. Paynter,"
that made them both laugh, and, still
holding her hand, he drew her into the
road where she could see the front OF
the sign. On the panel, in raised let
tiers. were the words, Good Luck Inn"
That's the name of the place." he
explained.
The sign seemed all that was need
ed. for trade grew to proportions I'M
dreamed Of. A soda manufacturer sept
a wagon out once a week with load
of tanks for the fountain. Hiram
secured the country for poultry and
eggs, and instead of the long drive to
the creamery each night it was not long
before they bought cows to suppiy their
own increased needs.
Paynter was out almost every day,
and it was he who kept the prices at a
point that sometimes worried honest
Mira Caldwell's conscience. A dollar
for a meal seemed reasonable, but
Ernest held ont for 81 head and very
soon they had TO establish a waiting
| list.
BY the time the motoring season clos
| ed and there were only occasional calls
/ for hot coffee anu sandwiches, Mrs
/ Caldwell was glad OF the rest
Long before most of the hard work
bad been delegated TO hired girls End
she had contented herself with running
the kitchen, In which q new range mad
been established, but these had beer
busy times for all, and even now .he-s
was enough TO keep Gertrude busy, SC
there was a new teacher AT Mink:
| Crossing.
1--WE don't have to worry abodt the
mortgage" laughed Gertrude. That:
paid of and there's plenty In the bank
"And TO think your pa claims thai
the fountain was mascot shifted
Mira. That Ernest Paynter was tbs
real mascot"
HE was wonderfully good" said Ger
trude. softly, as she moved the ladder
over TO the chandelier.
That's what he was was the EN-
phatic response. Gertrude. when yoT
get married. want you TO marry I
man like Ernest Paynter."
Yes. ma'am." Gertrude answereS
dutifully.
Il made my mistake when l narries