Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1896-10-29

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milk. Various Irregularities have
been reported besides this. and we re-
greet to say that we find it necessary to
drop you from our list till further nc
tice. Inclosed please find check fer
ninety dollars and seventy five on, :
hundredths, as payment for the pa. t
months cream. Yours truly
Cloyerdale Cooperative Creamery.
4 {Per M.
/ 1T beats the Dutch" said Rudolph.
The matter had now reached a point
when mother would hear of it any
way" so the excitement burst out at
\ the dinner table with a velocity and
/ volume that surprised the still uncon-
\ fessed culprit exceedingly
You great simpleton! she ex-
claimed. why under the canopy
/ didn't you tell me before what a mcss
was brewing"
Why. what good?"
/ For answer she went ahead and told
4 her story. and she was not long in tell
/ ing it, you may be sure; and before the
conclave was over 1t was ascertained
I that Eta had not shirked the strain
( ing of the wager milk, and that part
of the mystery was explained NAL
colin now received plentiful supply
Of chatting most amiably, and re-
turned 1t with interest when the next
move in the game of mystery uncov-
cred Ettas mistaken attempt to be
useful"
4 Mrs. Cantwell, now that she had
confessed" enjoyed it all immensely.
l There certainly was a very humorous
side to the series of blunders, and |
shall have to acknowledge that, now
that the disaster was probably averted,
/ the threatened disaster acted upon her
as a sort OF solace for past unpleasant
ness. She had not looked so happy for
I a month. As for the others, the de-
preston that had visited them for the
/ past two days took wings at once, and
there was a regular jubilee. Malcolm
4 was so overjoyed that he danced a jig
4 right there in the dining room. He
whirled Eta into an impromptu waltz
before she knew it, and called for
three cheers for my girl" Mrs. Can't
we'll laughed and held on to her sides.
! The two sharps glistened like dia-
monds, and when she could speak
\ loud enough to be heard through the
clatter in which Rudolph and her hus-
band were also launched she said:
( Lyman, I'm going to see the COM
I pany this very afternoon, and Malcolm
and Eta shall 60 with me and when
/ all we culprits get down on our knees
to them, they'll make it all right,
know. I've felt kinder mean all along.
/ You've all been very good about it, and
now I'm tired of incorporation
I'm going to cooperate after this, and
I'm going to tell the company the
whole story--every word, whether or
no."
They went. The company received
them coldly--were disposed at first to
be incrodulous and crusty, but by the
time tho full explanation was made the
crust cited, and the straight lines of
dignity on the presidents face got all
tangled up with the corners of his
waxed moustache.
II only wish that the discrepancies
and irregularities reported at other
places could be explained away so sat
isfactorily" he said. 81 shall instruct
the collector to call for your cream to-
morrow morning 1t looks now as
though the company may have been a
little hasty in dropping you from the
route without further investigation l
trust that everything will be pleasant
in our further intercourse. The COM
pany had resolved to make an example
of the next one that was discovered
attempting to cheat. / am glad that
YOU have escaped he said, extending
his hand to Malcolm.
Malcolm's reply was: Thank you,
but have made up my mind to guard
against future emergencies, by invest
ing in a new girl-one that will not be
drag upon me in adversely"
The G. G. c. cast look of inquiry
in Etta's direction that was lost, how
ever, upon that composed young lady.
TIE country milkmaid had suddenly
transformed herself into a self-po-
sessed city lady, who seemed to be
much interested in the antics of a
couple of kittens outside.
So the non-co-o operation in the Can't
we'll family came to a close. Cousin
Eta reconsidered the matter, and con-
sented to become member OF the as
ISOLATION after all When this an
nouncement became public, Rudolph,
if we may trust his veracity, felt like
cudgeling himself that he, Also had
not made some blunder that would
have entitled him to some sort of rec
ognition, and fair chance with his
more fortunate brother. But he con
soled later, In a manner satisfactory to
himself and to a young branch of the
Crabtree family-very satisfactory, in
deed
And now that the G. G. G. is firmly
established, and the regulations and re-
quirements thoroughly understood by
thp nporlp the early supDOSed eyiden-