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[Joyce (AnnieLee)]

Daisy and Claire follow the Frumpy Fairy Godmother as she heads to the garden. While Duke is cooped up in Delmonico's room, they get to roll around and chase bunnies as the Frumpy Fairy Godmother tends to the plants.

[Silver Creek Slim]

Slim calls to the FFg, "Whatcha got growin' in that there garden?"

[Delmonico]

Delmonico is still in his office with the Yaller dog, fiddlin' with the strange package.

[Joyce (AnnieLee)]

The Frumpy Fairy Godmother checks her basket, then calls back:
"Tomatoes, onions, squash, some late beans... need to dig more potatoes and it looks like the corn will be ready this weekend!"

[Delmonico]

Delmonico sticks his head out of the door, "Don't feed the corn to Trinity, you know how that fasinates him."

As the door closes music is heard to come from his office.  Real music with an orc-er-str-ar.

[litl rooster]

litl rooster passes FFG working in the garden and speaks so not to startle her...Evenin' Ms FFg,  Can you tell me how Delmonico got all those music men in his office? If any one is looking for me I'll be burning late oil, in preparation of the Fall drive.

[Delmonico]

<Authors note, Cause Delmonico done ordered a Edison Pho-no-graph with 200 wax cylinders, each playin' a different tune. >

[Delmonico]

Late into the night, even after Midnite, Delmonico and Duke are listenin' to the pho-no-graph.   

Delmonico has learned that even if he don't like EEE-tall-ion opery, Duke does.      So as Delmonico cranks the little handle on the opery cylinder for the 55th time, Duke sings along.

[Delmonico]

Finally Delmonico tells duke to quit it and the opery is over.   Delmonico curls up in his quilts and duke curls up on his rug at the foot of the bed.

[Joyce (AnnieLee)]

After far too little sleep, the Frumpy Fairy Godmother rises and heads downstairs from her cupola. She pauses outside the door to Delmonico's room and listens for a moment, then removes the pile of blankets and towels that had been stuffed around it. She sets them to the side and meanders to the kitchen to start coffee.

[Scattered Thumbs]

Jack Dalton walks to the front of the house. Looks around and sees no one.

Anybody Home! He shouts. But there's no reply.

That's funny, I could swear I heard music and singin' a while ago, I wonder if that idiot Averell  came to these parts. I'll wait in the porch for someone to come by.

Jack seats on the porch, and after a while he's fast asleep and drooling. 

[Stoney Pete]

Jack Dalton walks to the front of the house. Looks around and sees no one.

( Author's note: See below.)

Slim goes out to gather eggs and milch the cow. He walks past Trinity and Stoney, who are snoring on the porch.

Jack seats on the porch, and after a while he's fast asleep and drooling. 

Stoney wakes up and there's a stranger sleeping on the porch beside him.  Having been a stray once himself he thinks nothing of it.  "One more for breakfast.",  he thinks.  As he approaches the stove he remembers the wanted poster.  "This could be him.", he mumbles to hisself.  "Who cares?  Not my problem no more."

Stoney heads to the smoke house to get more bacon.  With that now on the stove he make coffee, eggs, buscuts and gravy.

Heading to the porch with his food and coffee he awaits the waking of the stranger.

[Scattered Thumbs]

Jack Dalton walks to the front of the house. Looks around and sees no one.

( Author's note: See below.)

Slim goes out to gather eggs and milch the cow. He walks past Trinity and Stoney, who are snoring on the porch.

<Arthur's note: Oops! I guess ole Jack was already very sleepy when he arrived to the ranch house  >

<Arthur's note too: This Jack fellow is not the same person that was here yesterday. Even though he looks just like him, he is some 4 inches shorter>

[Scattered Thumbs]

Smelling the coffee Jack wakes up. Only to find out there's another feller sleeping in the porch, he then notices there's also a bearded feller sitting  in the porch having breakfast.

Howdy Mister! My name is Scattered Thumbs and I'm looking for my brothers, they look a lot like me but one is taller and the other two are shorter. Have you seen any of them?
And, er..Is there any extra food? I can pay for it.

[Stoney Pete]

"Yes there is extra food.  I cooked extra cause you wuz asleep on the porch when I woke up.  No you can not pay for it.   The FFG would skin me alive ifn' I did not extend the same courtesy to strangers that wuz extended to me when I arrived."

Stoney goes and fixes the man a plate and a cup of coffee and bring them to the man on the porch.

"Yup your brother wuz here.  Eatin' apples and soap and anything else we put in front of him.  Don't rightly remember which way he went.  He wuz looking for you and the other brother.  Even used the same name you using.  Not that that matters to me anymore."

Stoney sat back in his chair and sipped more coffee.

[Scattered Thumbs]

Even used the same name you using.  Not that that matters to me anymore."

Stoney sat back in his chair and sipped more coffee.

Hearing this Jack blushed slightly, then said.

You should not pay much attention to what my baby brother said, he's not very bright but you'd be amazed at the quatity and variety of things he can eat.
Anyway, much obliged for the meal. Afterwards I'll try to find my brother before he gets himself in trouble.

Jack seats in the porch and stars eating showing an appetite almost as good as his brother's

[Silver Creek Slim]

Slim stumbles into the kitchen for some coffee, since Del and Duke were listening to music half the night, he didn't get much sleep. He pours himself a BIG cup and sits at the table sipping.

[Stoney Pete]

Slim stumbles into the kitchen for some coffee, since Del and Duke were listening to music half the night, he didn't get much sleep. He pours himself a BIG cup and sits at the table sipping.

(Authors question:  Did the wee on keep you up last night?)

[Silver Creek Slim]

Slim stumbles into the kitchen for some coffee, since Del and Duke were listening to music half the night, he didn't get much sleep. He pours himself a BIG cup and sits at the table sipping.

(Authors question:  Did the wee on keep you up last night?)

(Arthur's note: Yep.  )

[Scattered Thumbs]

After cleaning his plate spotless and having drank to the last drops of coffee, Jack Dal....Er, Sacattered Thumbs rose to his feet and said.

Well, I'll try and find Aver... er, my brother. Once again thanks for the fine meal.

Jack starts walking away from the house thinking. <I seen that bearded fellow before, he was partners with Elliot Belt, he's a bounty hunter too. I better find that idiot Averell fast, we can't opperate freely with a dangerous bounty hunter hanging around.>