Newbrassky

[Delmonico]

Well it is important, it will be one of the 555 questions on my test.  The NMPI, (Newbrasskey Multi Personality Inventory.)

You did tell him there is a test on this.

[litl rooster]

this will end badly....Litl' Rooster hangs bridal back on the hook and grabs pipe wrench to start his days work.

What in the Sam Hill is a water closet?Septic Tank?

Pa made me move the outhouse a couple of years ago and the well went dry.

(litl' rooster makes note to cram for Delmonico's test)

[Scattered Thumbs]

Unnoticed, a stern looking fellow wearing a black hat and a yellow duster arrived in front of the house. He stared at everybody in front of him (as to if to remember their faces in the future) and only then introduced himself as Scattered Thumbs. He said he would be in the vicinity for a while because he expected some "acquaintances" of his to be in the area and he had "business" with them.
He then asked them if he could tend to his horse there. A black horse as stern looking as his rider.


Note. Sharp eyed persons would take notice that in spite of the fact this new fellow called himself Scattered Thumbs. His saddlebags are marked E.B. 

[Joyce (AnnieLee)]

Fresh from her bath and wrapped in her flannel kimono, the Frumpy Fairy Godmother opens the door to step outside...

And runs into the stranger in the yellow duster.

[Delmonico]

Authors note to little rooster and other new folks.  We have a Water closet and now a septic tank because they are rare, but perriod correct.  The ultimate is to have one that matches the fine Wedgewood China.    I am told this can still be done if desired.   We can afford it cause I sold a "diamond mine" in Wyoming, also based on Historical fact.

[Joyce (AnnieLee)]

(( CoughWedgwoodnotWedgewoodcough ))

[Stoney Pete]

Del.  Have I told you how much I hate tests

[Delmonico]

So what is yer point.

[Scattered Thumbs]

Scattered Thumbs (if that is his real name) had no change of expression after the FFG run into him.
His hands disappeared swiftly in is duster's pockets while in his mind the face in front of him was matched against hundreds of other faces printed on pieces of paper.
Having found no match, his hands slowly came out of his pockets holding a pipe on his left hand and a match on his right hand.
He lit his pipe and then said: I'll go tend to my horse now.

[Joyce (AnnieLee)]

The Frumpy Fairy Godmother stared after the man. Something about him made her uneasy, but she couldn't pinpoint the source of her feeling. Daisy joined her on the porch and she gave the dog some errant scritches as she looked to the barn.

[Delmonico]

Delmonico looks at what is going on out his office window, he figgers the stranger in the fish slicker is lookin' for Slim.   Who else would wear a fish on a bright clear day.

[Scattered Thumbs]

Delmonico looks at what is going on out his office window, he figgers the stranger in the fish slicker is lookin' for Slim.   Who else would wear a fish on a bright clear day.

One with lots of revolvers hidden under it? 


But, you may be right, that Slim carachter sounds fishy. I'll have to look into it.

[Trinity]

Trinity comes out of the brush and sees the stranger talking to Delmonico through his office window.  Stepping up on the porch, he finds the FFG knitting happily in her rocking chair.

"Who's the stranger, Miss FFG?"

[Joyce (AnnieLee)]

The Frumpy Fairy Godmother pauses in her knitting and scowls a little.

"Well, he said his name was Scattered Thumbs. He says he's expecting some acquaintances to arrive to do some business. But.. " she scowls a little more deeply, "his saddle bags have the initials ee bee, and he was wearing a duster on a clear day. And... he seems even more surly than Delmonico, somehow." She folds her knitting in her lap.

"I dunno, Trinity, but I get the feeling he's up to no good."

[Delmonico]

(Authors note: a slicker, a fish slicker not a duster. )

Delmonico meets the stranger in the barn and tells him how many cans of sardines in olive oil that Slim eats with crackers, in bed after he thinks everyone is asleep..  "Now that sounds fishy."

[Trinity]

"No Del, It doesn't sound fishy, it smails fishy!"  Trinity emphasizes his comment by waving the air in front of his nose.

While talking, Trinity also pays close attention to the cloth of the stranger's duster and determines that it is indeed a duster as it is merely dyed canvas instead of rubberized canvas.

[Joyce (AnnieLee)]

Unnoticed, a stern looking fellow wearing a black hat and a yellow duster arrived in front of the house.

((He said it was a duster, so it's a duster! So there! ))

[litl rooster]

the label in the collar sez "genuine Filson Fish slicker" made of 100% Fish Slicker?

[Scattered Thumbs]

From the barn Elliot Belt, er, Scattered Thumbs watches the FFG and the fellow called Trinity talking.
In the back of his mind there's a sort of warning about that Trinity fellow, even if he can't match his face to any poster that he remembers, there is something about Trinity's eyes and attitude that has triggered his alarm system.
After these thoughts Scattered Thumbs proceeds to inspect and clean all the revolvers he's got, the four he's carrying on him   and the others he keeps in his saddlebags.  
He then smokes another pipe and has some shut eye.
In the middle of the night Scattered Thumbs gathers his stuff, mounts his horse and leaves the ranch.
Maybe he's looking for that suspicious Slim fellow Delmonico told him about.

Note. The duster may be dirty and covered with dust and maybe some mud. but it still is a duster not a fish  
Note 2. That's a fake label. What would you expect of a fellow using a fake name 

[litl rooster]

From the barn Elliot Belt, er, Scattered Thumbs watches the FFG and the fellow called Trinity talking.
In the back of his mind there's a sort of warning about that Trinity fellow, even if he can't match his face to any poster that he remembers, there is something about Trinity's eyes and attitude that has triggered his alarm system.
After these thoughts Scattered Thumbs proceeds to inspect and clean all the revolvers he's got, the four he's carrying on him  and the others he keeps in his saddlebags. 
He then smokes another pipe and has some shut eye.
In the middle of the night Scattered Thumbs gathers his stuff, mounts his horse and leaves the ranch.
Maybe he's looking for that suspicious Slim fellow Delmonico told him about.

Note. The duster may be dirty and covered with dust and maybe some mud. but it still is a duster not a fish 
Note 2. That's a fake label. What would you expect of a fellow using a fake name

I should have known  and a fake name too...next you'll tell me that's a toy pistol in your hand