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[Joyce (AnnieLee)]

The Frumpy Fairy Godmother, who had been mysteriously absent for a time, appears on the porch with a scattering of glittering sawdust.

"Whatcha building now, Delmonico?" She asks, with a very wary look.

[Trinity]

Trinity is glad to see the FFG and struggles up out of the hammock to greet her.  He pours her a glass of his new recipe and handing it to her, he says:  "Wail, whar ya been Miss FFG?  Ya done been missed!"

[Joyce (AnnieLee)]

She takes a polite sip of the recipe, then looks at the fluid. "What's the flakey stuff floating around in it?"

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[Delmonico]

Delmonico comes out of the barn with a contraption with a big wheel on front with pedals and a small wheel on back.  The wheels are held together with some small pipes.

"It is a Velocipede," and with that he heads off down the really smooth road.

[Joyce (AnnieLee)]

For once, the Frumpy Fairy Godmother is impressed and she gives a low whistle.

"Look at that, Trinity, Delmonico did something that not only isn't harmful or evil, it looks like fun!"

[Delmonico]

Suddenly Delmonico stops and gets off his velocipede, he looks along the road and there is poop with gold flecks in it.   This makes him wonder what kind of creature has good flecks in it's poop.

[Trinity]

She takes a polite sip of the recipe, then looks at the fluid. "What's the flakey stuff floating around in it?"

"Why that's gold miss FFG.  Ah done thought it might make a nice addition to the drank.  Y'ain' gotta take little sips of the stuff.  Go on, take a hearty slug.  It'll make ya breathe easier! "

For once, the Frumpy Fairy Godmother is impressed and she gives a low whistle.

"Look at that, Trinity, Delmonico did something that not only isn't harmful or evil, it looks like fun!"

"Shaw-nuff!  That shore does look like fun!  Say, what's  Del starin' at over yonder?"  They both watch Delmonico shake his head and re-mount his Velocipede only to lose balance.  In a slow, drawn out maneuver of frantically turning the handle bars left and right and weaving all about the road, he finally falls; landing in a cloud of dust. 

Trinity turns to the FFG: "Sure has been dry this summer"

[Joyce (AnnieLee)]

"But it looks like dragon dandruff!" She takes a slug anyway, swallowing hard to keep from coughing. Her eyes watering, she looks down the road just in time to see Delmonico's puff of dust. She can't help it, she laughs.

[Trinity]

Trinity whispers: "Shhhhh or he will turn that contraption into something evil!!!  Why'd you make such a face at mah new recipe?  Ah thank it's rather good!  Dragon dandruff, phooey."  *glug glug* 

"Ah think Ah'll name it Goldschläger in honor of all them gold miners in Californy"

[Joyce (AnnieLee)]

Her laughter trails off.

"Are you telling me I just drank GOLD??" She stares at Trinity in startlement.

[Trinity]

"Wail, it were in the bottom of mah saddle bags.  There might be a little more than gold flakes, but the cookin' process killed anything bad." 

[litl rooster]

Brazos Bucky come by the wagon this evening and told me about Del's new contraption and his accsedent...I laughed out loud when I heard he didn't get hurt.  He also told me to hurry up with the round up and get back cuz Trinty has discovered GOLD at the Ranch with No Name.  Believing the gold has mostly run out in them parts, thinks Brazo's has discovered one of Trinty's stock piles, and got the news wrong.

[Trinity]

<<Author's note:  Those gold flakes in particular came from the time that gophergrease and Trinity sold some recipe to the miners / minors (depending on who's telling the story! ).  If this new recipe goes over well, Trinity is going to have to "find" some more, either from one of his stock piles or through more sales.>>

[Scattered Thumbs]

Dern germans and their fancy sport horseless carriages

Arthur's note: you mean like this one? They used them to go sight seeing Europe in the 1940s

[Delmonico]

Delmonico finnally gets back to the house to tend his road rash with some Iodine.   He has been layin' in the road all busted up, all night long, while folks just laughed.    With out help from any of the heartless folks who live at the ranch he makes it to his office.

The reason Trinity was able to write in the part about fallin' off was because of a rut in the road, that won't roll out.   Delmonico decides the roller was not the right tool so he orders another Traction Engine and a Road Drag instead of a roller.  He also orders a green traction engime because it will look good with the name this one is gonna get, Draggin' Wagon.

[Joyce (AnnieLee)]

The next morning, the Frumpy Fairy Godmother spends her usual amount of time in the room with the Wedgwood porcelain. When she is done, she stares into the bowl.

"My lands, it does have gold flecks in it. Now it looks like dragon poop!"

She hurriedly flushes, washes her hands, and heads downstairs.

[Delmonico]

<Author's note:  I would like to point out that Delmonico had nothing to do with starting the poop that showed up recently in this thread. >

[Silver Creek Slim]

<Arthur's note: What is this a fecal matter convention?> 

Slim rides into the yard, puts his horse away, and takes his saddle bags filled with Wiscoooooooooooooooooooonsin cheese to the house. "Morning y'all."

[Delmonico]

Delmonico is in the kitchen, all covered with scrapes and Iodine.   He also notices that the Sturrips on Slim's horse are still let out clear to the end.

[Silver Creek Slim]

Slim walks into the kitchen to put the cheese in the icebox. "Del, what happened to you this time?"