The Raymer enterprise. (New Raymer, Weld County, Colo.) 1910-19??, 1919-11-13

BY LAWRENCE BRONSON.

Mrs. Jandivere had bought It down.
town. attracted partly BY the show
card Of glossy squares. ostenslbly 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. Jandlvere smiled
when Mrs. Jandivere said. Il was a
clear saving Of three cents and for an
additional two cents she was able to
buy quite q nice little paint brush.
Really II was like getting q paint
brush for nothing.
what are you going to do with
1T" be asked.
"There are many things Gun 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 painter at this season at days
notice. They're oil too busy"
why. I'm going to do Il myself"
said Mrs. Jandivere. what did you
suppose? That's what this paint is
for. IT'S oil ready mixed and child
can apply It. 1t says so In the cir.
cular. II dries In ten hours, so there
won't be any trouble about the SMELL"
"Haye It your own way" said jan
divere, reslgnedly.
swell, how did the painting got" he
inquired when be came home the fol.
lowing evening. II needn't ask,
though" he added, after a look at her
face.
i wish you'd come upstairs and
look at It." said his wife with sob
In her voice. u can't make II out.
They must have given me bad paint.
1t won't color at ALL"
"Won't colorf
mot particle except now and then.
II Just sort Of smears. And hasn't
II a peculiar odor7 Does oil paint
smell like that?"
'It does smell palnty." said Jan.
divere, as he went upstairs. "Why,
you haven't mixed your paint, have
your he continued as he looked upon
the gllstenlng woodwork.
"Mlxed III Why. It's supposed to be
Mixed"
Eyes, 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
some of It on his wife's silk waist.
She cried out In horror:
Il told you you'd get splashed." he
said. why didn't you put on some.
thing senslble2"
II did," she said. Indignantly. II
wore an old gray short skirt and q
dressing jacket I'd put In the rag bag
and never got drop on them. But
look at you'll You're kneeling In a lit.
tie puddle Of It yourself. And your
nice new suitl"
The palnt-defled garments were put
of and laid aside to 60 to the clean
er's and the Jandiveres went down to
dinner. There were peas with the
lamb chops-the canned article. Jan.
diyere was fond Of peas ordinarily.
but at the first mouthful he laid down
his fork and spasm Of disgust
his face.
"They taste Of paint" he said
"Nonsensel It's your Imagination.
Well. they do, don't they1 Now. what
10 you supposef"
Il know what It was the can.
opener. opened the paint can with
that and forgot to speak to her about
i. That's just what 1t is"
The next evening Mrs. Jandlvere
had to report q large blister In the
palm Of her right hand and that the
paint didn't seem to cover the old
which was cherry, except
where II was put on so thick that 1t
ran all over the floor. Jandivere went
up to look at II.
That's So" he said. you'll have
TO put on two or three coats"
Il don't believe l can" said the
ady. tearfully. "And 1t doesn't look
rs smooth and glossy as 1t did on the
card, either"
Well, I'll get man to-IIellol
You've splashed the wallpaper, seer
Il couldn't help It." said Mrs Jan
livere "rhe brush just would splat.
Ter. We'll. we rather needed q new
paper, anyway, didn't we. dear2"
Jandlyere surveyed the prospect In
gloomy silence. with his hands In his
pockets. Then he left the room and
40 further allusfon was made to the
paint that evening.
The next night, however, Jandivere,
entered the library before the gas was
lighted, sat down In malachite green
wicker chair. Mrs. Jandivere explained
hat her blister had panied her SO
much she had done nothing more to