“Well, the more shares we have to make of the cow the less each one will cost us,” said Natalie.
“And the less our dividends will be, too,” added Janet
“Whether we get dividends or not, we will have our milk, butter and cream, right at hand all the time. And if we want to sell the cow in the Fall we can get our money back again,” said Miss Mason.
“If we haven’t killed her before then,” was Belle’s pessimistic reply.
“If we kill her we can collect insurance, you know,” and this remark from Janet caused a general laugh.
After many other interesting details were discussed and decided upon, it was planned that the hunt for the cow would begin the following morning. Miss Mason was delegated to act for the Camp girls as the automobile would not hold all of the scouts. Miss Mason accepted the responsibility with a speech, and then the two groups parted. The scouts went back to camp and the farm girls went to look after their individual tasks.
CHAPTER VIII
AN ANIMAL HUNT
But the proposed hunt for the cow did not take place the following day as Mrs. James had said it would, because a postcard arrived on the late mail announcing the appearance of Sam, Rachel’s nephew, on the first train from the city which would stop at Four Corners.
Rachel was overjoyed at the news, and Mrs. James thought it best to send the automobile to meet Sam in case he had not been given specific directions of how to find the farm. This plan would interfere with the scouts driving about the country in search for their cow.
When Frances started for the station in the morning, the other girls accompanied her, as they purposed a visit to Nancy Sherman and Hester Tompkins to interest them in the corporation. They became so interested in this absorbing topic that the incoming train was forgotten. When it was remembered and the girls hastened to reach the station, they found the train had been in and gone again, some time before they got there.