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[Delmonico]

Trinity's clothes are so ragged though the smoke just goes through.  Delmonico hollors at him, "I'll let ya out if ya eat yer pizza, them bones in them anchovies has cal-see-um in them, they is good g\fer yer bones and teeth."

[Trinity]

Misunderstanding Delmonico, Trinity thinks he is asking for a bone.  Confused, but glad to please, he throws the bone of the ham he was just eating through the flue where it bounces out of the fire and lands at Delmonico's feet.

[Delmonico]

When Delmonico gets up in the mornin' the fire has gone out.  He opens the door and looks, Trinity is sleepin' on the floor and has that nice amber smoked color.  Suddenly Delmonico remembers, "I should have brined him fer a couple weeks or so, first."

As he heads back to the house he remembers that Trinity is already pickled.

[Trinity]

The fresh air causes Trinity to wake up.  He notices that his skin has changed color.  He stares at it for a moment before licking to taste it.   

"Mmmm!"

He shakes his head, grabs another ham and walks back to the house.

[Brazos Bucky Smith]

Brazos is sittin' in the rocker with his feet up on the rail.  he sees Trinity comin' up the stairs and says "Mornin' Trinity, nice dark tan ya got there, and man, your sure smellin' better these days, what is it ode' du Hickory?

[litl rooster]

litl rooster rides back to the Ranch with No Name and see's the Kelly Green barn. Think I took a wrong turn some where!?!? Then seeing Lucky's wagon sitting there with empty paint pails realizes he is not lost. wlking by the smoke house I notice there is trail of Ham bones to the house, realizing now Trinty must have needed a snack. Yep at home   Who painted the Barn, Del?

[Delmonico]

When Delmonico gets up the barn is now red.  

What happened is Irish Tom stashes his whiskey behind the barn, when he got up this mornin' in the Dark, Delmonico had filled his bottles with red barn paint.  When he drank with out lookin' it made him sick and the panit particles atomized and flew toward the barn.

However out behind the barn, Irish Tom looks like he's Kelly Green.

Delmonico then waits for his groceries.

[Joyce (AnnieLee)]

A wagon comes up the road to the ranch, but it isn't Delmonico's groceries, it's the Frumpy Fairy Godmother with a pile of dry goods. Also in the back of the wagon is one of those new-fangled treadle sewing machines. With a smile, she climbs down from the wagon, pausing to retrieve a bundle of flannel.

"It's good to be back, who painted the barn?"

[Silver Creek Slim]

Slim rides into the dooryard and sees the FFg and the wagon full of dry goods. "Howdy, ma'am, good ta see yer back. I'll put my horse away and help ya unload the wagon." Slim leads his horse to the barn.

[Delmonico]

Well It's good to see you back, ya see anything of my groceries?  You'll be busy keepin' them in line here, I've been havin' trouble with the whole bunch, even Slim.  

Why that durn Tom had to paint the barn twice ta get it right, trinity wouldn't eat his supper the other night.  Just been a bunch a problems they have been.

[Silver Creek Slim]

"Me! I haven't been here fer two whole days!" 

[Joyce (AnnieLee)]

"Thank you, Slim!" The Frumpy Fairy Godmother looks over her shoulder to Delmonico. "Odd, they never give me any trouble. You, on the other hand... " her voice drifts away as she enters the house.

[Silver Creek Slim]

Slim comes from the barn with the "Mighty Ten" and saddlebags. He enters the house, puts the shotgun by the door, and puts the cheese in the icebox. "I hope the cheese lasts longer than last week."  He puts the saddlebags next to the shotgun and goes out to unload the wagon.

[Delmonico]

Lock that cheese up from Tom, yer cheese caused part of the problems.

[Delmonico]

The two freight wagons arrive and Delmonico has the teamsters unload the goods into the pantry and cellar.  There are barrels, bags and airtights by the bunch.

[Silver Creek Slim]

"Del, what was in the crates that arrived late last week while ya was off shoppin?"

[Delmonico]

Nuthin', I had them shipped just to make you wonder what I was up to.

"Ok, I want that crate of canned anchovies in the pantry, right next to the crate of sardines.  The canned salmon and the canned lobster should also be put right there, and don't forget the canned oysters need in the same place."

[Silver Creek Slim]

"It sure is smellin' fishy 'round here." 

[Joyce (AnnieLee)]

The Frumpy Fairy Godmother comes downstairs for another load of fabric. She pauses, seeing all the canned fish.

"Wow, dog food comes in tins, now?" With a wave of her wand, the canned fish is all relegated to neat stacks in the basement.

[Delmonico]

<Authors note: In this era of no iodized salt, the canned fish is important to folks on the plains, lack of iodine in the diet could cause goiters. >