Newbrassky

[Joyce (AnnieLee)]

The Frumpy Fairy Godmother has the good grace not to laugh at Slim.

(Have a good weekend, Pete, glad you joined us in here!  )

[Delmonico]

Delmonico and the Chance-ler of the University of Newbrassky meet fer a noon meal.  even though it's a 100 years to early fer the chicken festable, they have a roasted capon sent down from Wayne Newbrassky.  They also have new beets, steamed and buttered, a-sparrow-grass creamed, mashed taters and gravy and some nice rye bread.    

For dessert they have a piece of gooseberry pie.  Ater eatin' they shake hands and leave their seperate ways.  Delmonico hires a buggy and is seen headin' north on 17th street.

[Delmonico]

Delmonico reaches the State Fair grounds and turns right on Holdrege street and is soon out in the country.  After a couple of miles he gets to the University of Nebrassky Ag College and has a talk with a professer, the profeser gives Delmonico a bag which he puts in the Buggy. 

Delmonico then heads back toward down-town.

[Trinity]

Walking through the barn, Trinity sees the old box sitting below the peg where the barn refuse is normally hung.  "Dern!  Ah done fergot ta git rid of that there box like the FFG tolt me to and now she done had to push it out under the rufuse hook!  Ah better take care of this afore she gits mad at me!"  Staring at the saddle bags and belt on the refuse hook with curiosity, he thinks about looking inside the bags until he finally decides that there must be something wrong with them.  After all, no one would have hung them there if they didn't want to be rid of them. 

With an "Oh waill", he throws the bags over his shoulder and takes up the box.  "This shore is heavy fer an empty box... Hm!  oh waill".  He carries the burden to the edge of the river at the former location of the excrement tube and loads everything including himself into the small boat at the edge and shoves off.  Once he has reached Del's secret fishing hole, he shoves everything into the water and watches it sink.  A few bubbles rise to the surface, then nothing more.

Quickly, Trinity rows back to shore because he thinks he can smell bacon!! 

[Delmonico]

Delmonico goes down to the CB%Q freight office and unloads the buggy and puts this load on the late train, he has decided to stay in Lincoln till in the morning.

Delmonico then has a late supper of steamed lobster and a 18 oz Club Steak.  He also has Coleslaw, steamed carrots, brussel spouts and a big hunk of cheese cake.   The coffee tonight is from the Island of Java.   Afterwards he goes out wanderin' around town and stops in a drugstore and sits at the fountian and has a glass of lemon soda.  

He then goes down to the post office and hangs around the famous salt water fountian in the courtyard.    Planning on catchin' a morning train, he heads back to his hotel.

[Joyce (AnnieLee)]

The Frumpy Fairy Godmother relaxes and knits.

(Only because her author doesn't feel like typing more for her at the moment, but she doesn't know that, she is enjoying the quiet time. )

[litl rooster]

 Not being as polite as FFg, I laugh out loud at Slim(now he will have to clean the rope)and offers the use of his rimfired pistol to take care of the pig on a string. * True story, last fall we were rounded up cattle for shipping, had a pot belly cross pig lead the herd in. Apparently had escaped it owners ended up on one of our leases. One of the guys tried to rope it but it had no neck and kept slipping the loop.. A few days later it dissappeared.*

[Joyce (AnnieLee)]

In the morning, the Frumpy Fairy Godmother makes the coffee and does a walk through of the house, making sure all is in order for Delmonico and his bride. She airs out the newlywed's room and adds a touch of eucalyptis for scent.

With a smile, she returns to the kitchen to make breakfast.

[Delmonico]

Delmonico hires a horse drawn cab and it takes him to the train station.  When the morning train to the Black Hills comes in he boards it.   After a hour or so of traveling he goes to the dining car and has sausage, eggs over easy and pancakes with blackberry syrup for breakfast.      The coffee is a fine Mexican.   As the train rolls along the praire he looks out the window.

[Delmonico]

About sundown the folks from the CB&Q get some hand cars down to the scene of the derailment.      Delmonico has been sitting along side the tracks since late morning, no one has been hurt but the dining car was destroyed.   The hand car crews bring the tired passengers into the station, Delmonico looks at the sign on the depot, "Hazard Newbrassky"

There is a cafe near the depot and Delmonico is able to get chicken fried steak, fried tators and a piece of dried apple pie and some Arbuckles.   Not bad, but not as fine as the Pullman Dining Car.     

Delmonico thinks he is glad he sent his packages ahead instead of having them in the train wreck because some of them are fragile.

[Joyce (AnnieLee)]

Late in the evening, the big brown wagon arrives, unexpectedly. Figuring the packages are wedding presents, the Frumpy Fairy Godmother has the driver stow them in the parlor. He lingers a while and she feeds him...

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food and coffee.

As the sun starts to sink low, she bids him a fond farewell, then milks the cow and gathers the eggs.

[Delmonico]

Later in the evening they get the tracks cleared and the CB&Q gets another train to Hazzard.   
Delmonico decides to go ahead and take it into Dunning even though it will be late before they get ino town.

[Delmonico]

Delmonico changes his mind and buys a ticket from the conductor to take him on to Mullen.   He goes to the dining car and has a piece of coconut creme pie and a couple of cups of Sumatran coffee as the train follows the Middle Loup river as it turns to the west.

[Delmonico]

Delmonico drinks the last of his coffee as the train nears Mullen.    Gettin' off the train he suddenly realizes he's drank so much coffee the last few days that he ain't sleepy.

He grabs his warbag, his bedroll and his 38-55 Ballard Rifle.  He goes to the livery stable where there is still a light on.  He rents a mule and saddle and makes arrangements to ship the mule back from Dunning by rail.  He also borrows a coffee pot and trades a handful of seegars for a pound of Arbuckle's.

He heads south on the mule with plans on being on the forks of the Dismal by early morning.

[Joyce (AnnieLee)]

The Frumpy Fairy Godmother sweeps off the porch, much to the consternation of the managerie sleeping there. Then she heads upstairs and has a lovely, hot bath with scented water, and washes her hair. Since it is a warm night, she wraps up in a cotton kimono robe for her porch knitting.

[Joyce (AnnieLee)]

Morning brings the aromatic scent of fresh coffee. The Frumpy Fairy Godmother milks the cow and gathers the eggs. With a wink to Duke, who still wanders past Delmonico's room and whimpers, she dices up some ham and grates some cheese while the skillet is warming. Cracking the eggs, she whips them with a fork, adding just a smidge of milk. She pours the mixture into the skillet, then watches as it turns opaque over the heat. Then she tosses in the ham and cheese and carefully folds over one half of the eggs onto the mound. A bit later, she flips over the semicircle until the eggs are a light golden brown and the cheese inside is melted.

Since Slim will be bringing more cheese on his return from Wissyconsyn, she makes omlettes for the dogs, The Cat, and all the humans.... three for Trinity.

[Delmonico]

Delmonico arrives at the forks of the Dismal about dawn, he scrounges up enough wood to make a small fire and heat a pot of coffee.

When the coffee is gone he rides a few miles up the North Fork of the Dismal lookin' at the river in all the bends.  He then heads south accross the hills till he comes to the South Fork and checks all the bends as he rides downstream.

Coming back to the fork he has gathered enough wood on his ride for another pot of coffee.  When it is done he heads east following the main channel and lookin' in all the bends.

[Trinity]

Trinity seats himself down to the table and ties on a napkin.  Three ham and cheese omelettes, his favorites.  Mmmmm!  Within moments the omelettes are gone and with his mouth full of the last bites he asks  "Got any bacon, Ma'am??"

Trinity glances down at the dogs' omelettes...

[Joyce (AnnieLee)]

Feeling hungry eyes on them, the dogs wolf down their omelettes. The Cat looks at Trinity, then hawks up a hairball on his(her?) omelette, then looks at him again with an "I dare you" expression.

"No, we're out of bacon Trinity, sorry. Would you like another omelette?" The Frumpy Fairy Godmother does her best not to stare at The Cat.

[Delmonico]

Late in the afternoon Delmonico finds a lone cedar tree and gets off his rented mule.  He gathers enough dry twigs off the lower branches to make a pot of coffee.

When he finishes his coffee he heads on down the Dismal River, still lookin' in all the bends of the river.