This story was shelved in the 1950s. It would have appeared in or around "Walt
Disney's Comics and Stories" No. 215. The intended issue number is
difficult to guess, because Western was by this time publishing Barks's stories
out of order. Barks's comment in his work records is that "this story was
shelved because Donald was too mean to the villain."
Ten-pager listed as "The Milkman", submitted on September 19, 1957. It would have appeared in or around "Walt Disney's Comics and Stories" No. 215. The intended issue number is difficult to guess, because Western was by this time publishing Barks's stories out of order. Barks's comment in his work records is that "this story was shelved because Donald was too mean to the villain."
The story concerns Daisy Dairy Company milkman Donald having difficulties with Mr. McSwine, Barks' standard pig villain. McSwine, who's one of the customers, tries to get Donald's job by thwarting his (successful) attempts in being a good milkman. After some time of tight self-control Donald gets so angry that he slams the window down on McSwine's hands, ties a rope around the bottom of his nightshirt and fills it with yogurt and ice-cold cottage cheese. Donald loses his job and McSwine goes down to the hiring boss. Much to his surprise, he finds Donald being the hiring boss: "It seems the other 199 customers on my route thought I was such a perfect milkman I deserved a better job! So you just don't live right, noisy boy!" After these words, at the end of the story, Donald picks up McSwine and throws him out. (Maybe a reason for shelving the story could also have been that Donald's violence turns out to be rewarding?)
The entire story has survived.
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