Just as he had come up, Mose had opened the kitchen door and thrown out a cream can, which had fallen in front of Ford and trickled a white stream upon the frozen ground.

Ford had stooped and picked up the can, had shaken it, and heard the slosh which told of waste.

He had investigated further, and decided that throwing out a cream can before it was quite empty was not an accident with Mose, but might be termed a habit.

He had taken Exhibit A to the kitchen, but had laughed while he spoke of it.

And these were his exact words: "Lordy me, Mose! Somebody's liable to come here and get rich off us, if we don't look out.