"That won't do."
"Well, then there's some old circus bills pasted on the inside of the barn door," said Peter, as he squatted in front of the kerosene barrel and began filling a can.
"I dunno, guess I'll take a look at 'em anyway," replied Sam, doubtfully, as he started out of the back door toward the barn.
Peter watched through the doorway, and wondered what Sam was up to until he was called back to business by the kerosene which was running over the top of the can.
Sam returned to the back room after an absence of ten minutes, took up his brush and eagerly went to work. After half an hour's labour he had painted something that resembled a homemade no-trespassing-beware-of-the-dog sign upside down, which read:
"BIG SHOW
COME ONE COME ALL AND SEE
THE MORNING GLORY
CLUB in
Shakespeare.
Veterans Hall Manville Wed. Evg. Feb. 17, 18—, at eight o'clock SHARP doors open at seven tickets 25 cents RESERVED seats and children 15 cents EXTRA, no children and dogs in ARMS not admitted."
Sam held up the sheet and read it again and again with pride. His only regret was that he had no red or green paint to heighten the effect and make the poster a work of real art.
"Peter," he called, when he was sure that his work could not be improved, and when Peter appeared in the doorway, asked: "What do you think of that?"