Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-06-06
Bargain IN PAINT
BY LAWRENCE BRONSON.

MIS-. JuLulN ere udH UOOSaI
town. attracted partly by the sho"
card of glossy squares. ~ostensibly col
ored by the Rub-er-Steel pigments
and partly by the fact that the can
which under ordinary circumstances
would have cost fifty cents, was
marked down for this day only to
forty-seven cents. Jandivere smiled
when Mrs. Jandivere said. it was a
clear saving Of three cents and for an
additional two cents she was able to
buy quite a nice little paint brush.
Really it was like getting a paint
brush for nothing.
what are you going to do with
it," he asked.
There are many things ! can do
with it.. | thought the woodwork IN
the spare room would look well in that
shade of green"
"Well. you'll have to wait awhile
then. Brother Robert will be here on
Thursday and we don't want the room
smelling of paint. ! don't believe you'll
get a painter at this season at a days
notice. They're all too busy"
; why. I'm going to do it myself"
said Mrs. Jandivere. What did you
suppose? That's what this paint is
for. It's all ready mixed and q child
can apply it. 1t says so in the cir
cular. 1t dries in ten hours, so there
won't be any trouble about the SMELL"
"Have it your own way" said JAN
divere, r~eSignedly.
swell, how did the painting go?" he
inquired when be came home the fol-
lowing evening. ~ needn't ask,
though" he added, after a look at her
face.
81 wish you'd come upstairs and
look at it," said his wife with q sob
in her voice. 81 can't make 1t out.
They must have given me bad paint.
1t won't color at all"
"Won't color?"
mot a particle except now and then.
It just sort of smears And hasn't
it q peculiar odor? Does al paint
smell like that?"
at does smell panty" said JAN
divere, as he went upstairs. "Why,
you haven't mixed your paint, have
you?" be continued as he looked upon
the %glistening woodwork.
MIXED it? Why, it's supposed to be
already mixed"
"Yes, but you have to stir it, you
know. The paint settles to the bot
tom and leaves just the oil on top.
See here"
He knelt down-and stirred the mix
ture so energetically that he splashed
ONE Of it on his wife's silk waist.
She cried out in horror:
IS told you you'd get s%plashed," he
said. "Why didn't you put on some
thing sensible?"
81 did," she said, Indignantly. 81
wore an old gray short skirt and a
dressing jacket I'd put in the rag bag
and never got a drop on them. But
look 1t you! You're kneeling in a lit
tie puddle of It yourself. And your
nice new suit"
The p~aint-defled garments were put
off and laid aside to go to the clean
er's and the Jandiveres went down to
dinner. There were peas with the
lamb chops-the canned article. jan
divere was fond of peas ordinarily,
but at the first mouthful he laid down
his fork and a spasm Of disgust
crossed his face.
"They taste Of paint" he said.
NONSENSE! It's your Imagination.
Well, they do, don't they? Now, what
do you suppose?"
81 know what. 1t was the can
opener. ! opened the paint can with
that and ! forgot to speak to her about
it. That's just what it is"
The next evening Mrs. Jandivere
had to report a large blister In the
palm of her right hand and that the
paint didn't seem to cover the old
woodwork, which was cherry, except
where it was put on so thick that it
ran all over the floor. Jandivere went
up to look at it.
That's So" he said. you'll have
to put on I'VE or three coats"
81 don't believe l can," said the
lady, tearfully. And it doesn't look
as smooth and glossy as 1t did on the
card, either"
We'll. I'll get a man to-Hello!
You've splashed the wallpaper, l see!"
y couldn't help it." said Mrs. Jan
diyere. 1.-The brush just would splat-
ter. Well. we rather needed a new
paper, anyway, didn't we. dear?"
Jandivere surveyed the prospect In
gloomy silence, with his hands in his
pockets. Then he left the room and
no further allusion was made to the
paint that evening.
: The next night, however, Jandivere.
conferred the library before the gas was
lighted, sat down in a malachfte green
wicker chair. Mrs. Jandivere explained
that her blister had panied her 80
much she had done nothing more to
the room, but had compromised on dec
Grating he chair. which she intended
as q surprise.
HJt was a SURPRISE" conceded jan