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[Texas Lawdog]

As Slim looks at the flames, he remembers past Christmases, and dreams of Christmases to come.

[Silver Creek Slim]

Slim goes to his room and puts on the shirt that the FFG gave him a few years ago.

[Trinity]

Trinity digs out his cardboard-stiff trousers and stands them in the corner of her room.

[Delmonico]

Delmonico looks around the ranch house, sees nothing going on that needs his attention.  He leaves a note on the dining room table, "I'm going to Omaha for supplies, see you in a few days."

He saddles Reuben and heads to Dunning and the CB&Q depot.

[Silver Creek Slim]

Slim stokes the fire.

[Leo Tanner]

Leo brushes down Lumpy.

[Sod Buster]

Sod Buster checks his plow and harnesses for the mules in anticipation of the spring planting season.

[Ozark Tracker]

Sod Buster remembers back to last Springs  Harvest and looks forward to this years crops.

[Trinity]

Trinity goes over to make sure that the stranger is planting corn.  Trinity has an extra large order to fill this year.

[Lucky Irish Tom]

Irish puts on a pot of coffee and starts cleaning things up, knowing Del will want a clean kitchen when he returns.

[Texas Lawdog]

Lawdog splits some wood and fills up the wood box next to the cook stove.

[Silver Creek Slim]

Slim milks the cow and gathers the eggs. He starts making breakfast.

[Texas Lawdog]

Texas Lawdog goes out to the smokehouse and brings in a slab of bacon for breakfast.

[Delmonico]

Delmonico puts Reuben in the livery stable and catches the evening eastbound CB&Q.

[Silver Creek Slim]

Texas Lawdog goes out to the smokehouse and brings in a slab of bacon for breakfast.

"Thank ya, sir. That will go good with the eggs."
Slim cooks up eggs and bacon. "Come and git it!"

[Lucky Irish Tom]

Everyone sits down to have something to eat before Trinity shows up.  The only time you can get a bit to eat iz when he's chekin his Stills.

[Texas Lawdog]

G Men, T Men, Revenuers too,  searchin' where Trinity made his home brew!

[Leo Tanner]

Leo sits back an enjoys listnin ta the Lawdog sing George Jones whilst he cleans his pistols with bacon grease.

[Texas Lawdog]

Leo, Save a little of the bacon grease to fry up some taters in.

[Ozark Tracker]

rubbed yer pistol down with bacon grease,  I remember the last time somebody done that.  Trinity gnawed the hammer and front sight plum offen it.

[Leo Tanner]

I shoulda thought a that.  He's prolly got inta the deer tallow too

[Texas Lawdog]

Jest as long as he don't eat my fried taters and onions.

[Delmonico]

Delmonico arrives in Omaha and gets a hotel room.  He heads out to eat supper in some fancy place.

[Leo Tanner]

The Cracker Barrel?

[Delmonico]

No at Reuben Kulakofsky's place, I need to see if he really is makin' my samwhich and if he is, I need to collect royalties.

<Authors Note: Thousand Island Dressing. > 

When the bread is done, Delmonico warms up the sauerkraut and slices some of the salted beef. (corned beef )  He slices the very dark rye bread, puts one the holey cheese, the meat, the dressing and the kraut.  He then butters the tops of the bread and browns them till the cheese melts and serves them fer suppper.  "Since my ridin' mule was with me when I got the beef I'll name it fer him.  I proclaim this a Reuban Samwhich."

<Author's Note: Since there are many claims to the invewntion, I'll claim it also. >