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[Trinity]

<Author's note:  It might be good that Delmonico don't drink none of the recipe.>

Nope...


He shore don't! 

[Trinity]

Brazos Smiles at Del's sense of humor, and turns to Trinity.  "Trinity ol' horse, you looked like one of them there spuges they send in the mail.  All flat and paper thin, then ya add liquid and it puffs up into normal shape, you sure did give me a start!?"

"Wonder if Slim is going ot make an appearance, hope he watches out for Del and his contraption!  he could have a very pressing problem like you did.  You walking kinda funny there Trinity!"

"Well, what 'speck from a person that's done been rolled flat?" 

Trinity goes behind a nearby tree to relieve himself but sreams!  Suddenly several streams of... ... water can be seen coming from both sides of the tree, high and low.

After a  moment, Trinity runs out and grabs the jug and starts chugging.  "Ain' quite done de-flattenin'!!"

[Joyce (AnnieLee)]

At the scream, the Frumpy Fairy Godmother starts to run to Trinity. Then she sees the two different streams, stops in her tracks, and heads back to the house.

"I don't want to know."

[Delmonico]

Delmonico lights the coal oil head lanterns on Mannheim and heads back to the ranch.  As he heads back he decides to chop the roof on Mannheim 6 inches and to leave it black with the red wheels.
He thinks about paintin' flames on it, but decides it don't need painted flames, instead he adds two buckets of sawdust to the firebox and opens the throttle, flames shoot out the stack about 12 feet.

<Authors note: sawdust in the firebox and an open throttle on a steam engine is awsome. >

Delmonico parks Mannheim, blows out the lanterns and banks the fire.  He comes in the house with his jar.  He gets down some bread and spreads in on.

[Joyce (AnnieLee)]

The Frumpy Fairy Godmother peeks into the kitchen where she sees Delmonico spreading what appears to be cheese poop on a slice of bread. She backs away, quickly.

"He's getting stranger by the moment. I wonder if that engine has lead solder joints?"

[Stoney Pete]

 It's not like he woke up from sleep, but he came too.  His joints were stiff as he got off the hammock.  He don't remember moving to the hammock, he thought he wuz in his chair.   His nose hurt so he rubbed it.  Flecks of blue paint were now in his hand.

He gets up slowling and notices a machine belching steam.  "I don't want to know.", he says aloud.  His throat hurt.  He grabs a jug from the porch and swallows. As the squeezin's surge trough him  he's now awake.

Shuffling to the kitchen he notices Del with some soft cheese.  He's glad to see his coffee pot is just how he left it, so he brews a fresh pot.  Grabbing some bread he spreads some cheese and eats.

"Gee whiz that's real good.", said Stoney.

Holding the jar with the lable facing Stoney, Del says, " Nope Cheese Whiz." 

[Silver Creek Slim]

Slim finally rides into the barn, unsaddles his horse, and carries his flattened saddlebags into the house. He goes to his room for clean clothes and goes into the bathroom for a bath.

[Delmonico]

Delmonico comes to the kitchen and announces he has an idea that came to him in the night.  He has a burlap bag of peanuts which he starts to shell.    He gets a large amount and then starts beatin' them in a large mortar and pestle till they are also soft and gooey. 


He then takes this gooey stuff and spreads it on some bread, he decides after the first bite it is very good and announces, "I have invented "Goober Butter."

He then spreads more on slices of bread, and packs them in a bag, grabbing a couple bottles of sarsparilla he heads to Manheim and puts this in his grub box.  He adds water and as he's stokin' up the fire, he thinks he needs a fireman to do this in the morning for him, like a RR engineer.

With a full head of steam in the boiler he heads off to roll some more and plays "God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman" as he heads down the road.

[Silver Creek Slim]

As Slim is soaking the the tub, he hears the tune from the iron horse and is glad he's not on his horse. 

[Brazos Bucky Smith]

Brasos walks into the kitchen, he sees the jar with the cheese stuff in it and says " Boy that Delmonico sure is a Krafty fellow!"  He shakes his head and mutters "But I sure wisht I knew who that Arthur Note fella is they keep talkin' about?  He sure says a lot, but nobody ever sees him!"

Brazos gets out some bread out and spreads the cheese stuff on it, "Sure wisht Del would run over some peanuts and make some peanut butter, I sure like PB and cheese sandwiches.  With all that Christmas music I keep hearing, it's beginning to feel a lot like Christmas!" Looks up at the ceiling ans wonders "who is that singing in the bath upstairs, can't carry a tune in a bucket!"

[Silver Creek Slim]

"T'ain't me. I have hard 'nuff time walkin' with a bucket of milk."  Slim decides he's soaked long enough. He gets dressed and goes out to gather eggs and milch the cow.

<Arthur's' note: Arthur was some king in Britain.  >

[Delmonico]

Munchin' on a goober butter samwhich, Delmonico sees sumthin' in the road and stops, looks, gets an idea and picks it up and puts it in the cab.

As he's rollerin' along he decides the goober butter is a good idea and thinks it would sell.     He thinks of a motto for it, "Chosy Cosies chose Delmonicos."

[Silver Creek Slim]

Slim puts the milch and eggs into the icebox. He pours himself a cup of coffee and looks at the tan stuff in the jar. He sniffs it, decides it ain't dawg doo, spoons some out, and licks it. It ain't bad. He finds the biggest spoon in the kitchen and fills the spoons with the stuff. He takes his coffee and the spoon to the porch to watch Del drive the iron horse to and fro. 

[Delmonico]

Delmonico heads n to the ranch with an idea, when the world discovers this stuff, everyone will want it,  goober butter samwhices, plain, with dill picles, bannanas, cheese bacon, jelly, honey and who know what else.    One could make cookies with it, candy, frosting for cakes.

He'll get a stamp mill, set it up in Dunning, ship in peanuts by rail, this will make more money than the Ride-In.   The FFg can order a new dress.

As he roller's in and banks the fire, he sees Slim on the porch, Slim says, 'mmmfffph" cause his mouth if full of goober butter.

Duke is inthe yard and Delmonico gets the object from the road and tosses it.  It sails over and Duke jumps and catches it.   Slim says "mmmmfffph."

It's a raccoon that got flattened by my roller and dried out in the sun.   You know "Flattened Raccoon In Sun Becomes Exciting Entertainment, F.R.I.S.B.E.E. for short.

<Authors note:  I'll warn litl roooster again. >

[Joyce (AnnieLee)]

< Author's note: No sense in my posting, Del's on a roll. Pun intended. >

[Delmonico]

<Author's Note: Help me out, I don't want to have to flatten Trinity again.   Wait, what about Slim"

Hey slim would you lay down out here in the door yard and close yer eye's, I have a big surprise fer you.>

Delmonico builds up the fire, gets up a good head of steam and goes off lookin' for other adventures with his faithful stead, Mannhiem.   <Deck the halls with boughs of Holly.>

[litl rooster]

author's note>>>>>I cna't stop laughing F.R.I.S.B.I.E.E.  >>>going to the kitchen now to make a goober butter and Gee Whiz sandwich

[Delmonico]

<Authors note, I had that fer lunch, on sourdough whole wheat.>

[Stoney Pete]

It's morning and Stoney can't figure our why he's got Christmas carols running through his brain.
"I hate Christmas carols."  he mutters while brewing some coffee.  "I could put up with Del's phoneygraph, even after hours, but if I hear Christmas carols I'll start blasting with my shotgun till they stop."

Stoney goes out to the pen to slop the hogs and notices a flat dried raccoon in the yard.     Must be that new contraption that Del's been ridding.  On his way back to the house he stops in the barn to get his '78 street howizer, loads two 12 ga. shells and puts more in his vest pockets.  "I won't be hearing no Christmas carols."

Coffee was ready when he got back, he pours hisself a cup and goes back to the porch to sit with his SxS acrossed his knees.  "Gonna kill me anything that even resembles Christmas music."  Stoney rock back and forth with a maniacal look on his face.

(arthurs note: I worked retail for one year. (K-MART) I worked in the Home Improvement section.  That meant Christmas trees and lights and little electric Christmas gadgits that played Christmas carols were in my area before Sept was over.  They were in my area till the day after Halloween when they were moved up front.  But then the day after Thanksgiving they start playing carols over the house speakers. They had canned music complete with their own comercials.  The problem is the tape was only 45 min. long.  I worked 8 hours.  After Christmas till about Feb the clearance sales on the gagits came back to my area.  Since that year I have hated Christmas carols and the comercialization of Christmas.)

[Scattered Thumbs]

Arthur's note (not the King in Britain but a SF writer  ) : DEL! Stop That Mannheim steamroller stuff. It's mid September for Pete's sake.  , and it's 95 F outside. 
Please.