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[Scattered Thumbs]

Meanwhile in Tombstone Scattered Thumbs woke up again only to find two men by his bed. One of them was rather short but fierce looking, the other one much taller, and rather young with an embarrassed look on him. The first man spoke. Morning Mister, glad to see you're feeling better. My name is John Slaughter and I'm the Deputy Sheriff for the Cochise County. I was investigating the place where you got shot, when a bullet passed whizzing over my head. Then I found this dime novel readin' would be gunslinger practicing with his guns. He admitted he'd been practicing also the day you were shot, so most likely it was him who shot you, but he wasn't meaning to shoot you.
At this the young fellow stammered. Ah, I'm very sorry about that Mister it was not my intention. I've already arranged with the doctor to bill me for all your expenses. Once again I'm very sorry.
Scattered Thumbs smiled weakly as he said. Well, there was no permanent harm done, and you didn't mean to shoot no one.
After that the two men left, leaving Scattered Thumbs with his own thoughts. Shot by mistake by a teenage boy, I really must be getting old.

[Silver Creek Slim]

Slim CONGRATS on the new little one!!!!
What the count now 400 girls and 1 boy?

"Yep!" 

[Stoney Pete]

Slim CONGRATS on the new little one!!!!
What the count now 400 girls and 1 boy?

"Yep!" 

I'z got 200 girls in 0 boys.

[litl rooster]

Slim and Stoney I feel for yous...you might want to hide in the new bohunkhouse

[Stoney Pete]

Slim and Stoney I feel for yous...you might want to hide in the new bohunkhouse

I was raised with 3 sisters and no brothers.  At least I had boot camp growing up.

[Joyce (AnnieLee)]

A new day and the Frumpy Fairy Godmother wanders into the kitchen. She makes the coffee and breakfast with an occassional glance to the now blank wall. It's quiet in there and once in a while she gives a small sigh.

Taking her coffee with her, she glides out to the porch and sits in her rocker.

[Scattered Thumbs]

<Arthur's note. The wall isn't blank. There's a portrait of Carl Switzer (I didn't find out who it was by myself, Litl Rooster told me ) on the wall. Litl Rooster keeps saying it's me, but it isn't >

[Joyce (AnnieLee)]

 < Author's note: She's looking for the one that coughed. The static painting doesn't count in her mind.   >

[Scattered Thumbs]

< Arthur's note. You mean the astral projection of the nitwit that managed to get himself shot by mistake in Arizona? He'll show up again eventually >

[Joyce (AnnieLee)]

<Author's note: Phooey! He's no nitwit! Hard to protect yourself against something you don't know exists. I think the Frumpy Fairy Godmother liked him, not that she'd admit it! >

[Silver Creek Slim]

Slim walks into the kitchen and pours himself a cup of coffee. He walks out on the porch. "Mornin', FFg."

[litl rooster]

litl rooster notices the pile of mesquite the Capt/Major left behind. He picks some up and smells it, then decides that you don't have to be from Texas to BBQ, and starts a fire in the pit. After washing out the fine you hen turkey he roped this morning, (was in the corn patch) he places it over the fine bed of coals. and adds some of the brushy mesquite to it. This should delight the others when I carry it to the house.

[Trinity]

Smelling the scent of burning mesquite, Trinity rushes over to the pit and watches the goings on. 

"Say, Litl Rooster, are you gonna smoke some sausages an' bris-kit??

[litl rooster]

Nope just this very large chicken I found stealin yer coen this morning. Bris kit is for specially holidays.

[Stoney Pete]

Stoney rides back to the ranch after a depressing weekend seeking realestate.   The Lord will provide he reminds himself.

Seeing nobody up and about on the Ranch he makes coffee and biscuts with gravy.  Fries up a few eggs and sausage and bacon.

He sets him self out on the porch with his breakfast and watches the day get light.

[Silver Creek Slim]

Slim hides up to the porch. "Mornin', Stoney. Any breakfast left?" He jumps offa the horse and grabs his saddlebags which are full of Wiscooooooooooooooosin cheese. He walks up the steps to the porch.

[litl rooster]

litl rooster ties his horse in front of the house, goes in and cuts a chunk of left over Turkey off and a slice of the cheese and puts it in one of Stoney Pete's biscuits. Carefully wraps it in his bandana andwalks back out to his waiting horse. After carefully stowing it in his saddlebags, he draws the latigo snug. Untiyin' Dos,....I wish the others in the house ga dae...Stepping into the stirrup I feel his back arch...It's going to be fun I can tell already. It's late summer and the grass is beginning to get short, We'll go shorten the herd up and get them ready to ship in a month... I yell back to the house Adios has Dos hops his way off. d#%* horse

[Stoney Pete]

"New moring and nothin' was done around here yesterday.  It's right quiet when Del is taken by the plates and the FFG not around.", Stoney thinks.

He gets up and makes breakfast, (adding some of Slims cheese to the eggs), though not as much this time in case folks don't showup.

After eating he slops the pigs, milches the cow and gathers the eggs.

He warshes up pours another cup o joe and sits on the porch.

[Silver Creek Slim]

Slim goes into the kitchen and pours a cup of coffee. He goes out to the porch and takes a seat. "Thanks fer milchin' the cow and gatherin' eggs, Stoney."

[Stoney Pete]

After spending all day sitting on the porch doing nothing Stoney eats a small supper and heads into bed.