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Show PAGE 12 Its been a long Oon't Talk To Strangers 1 1 don't care what you're going to eat. I want some hot water. Weve been sleeping cold, working cold and using cold Hey, put that gun down! The horses takin' care of? Good. Beans'll be ready in a while. If I had a big copper pot. Id heat me up some water and sit and soak all this dirt off me. Im so dirty, by the time I was clean, the water d be thick enough for you to eat for soup. Well just be careful. If you sit in that pot long enough, I might pretend Im one of those cannibals and stick a fork in your dirty hide. Course there aint hardly enough meat on your bones to make a meal so youd be safe from me. Best watch out for the buzzards though. If you look as dead as you smell, they might just peck your eyes out. Say, looks like we might be gettin company. I dont recognize the hose, do you?" Nope cant say as I do. You loaded up? Me, too. I doubt he's up to handlin' two at once. Hello the camp. Mind if I join Weve had a good trip, though. Pros pectins hard work but one of these times, we're gonna find us a good one. Why, I wouldnt be surprised if we ended up with more money than we can spend fore this is through. Why we could even. Oh lay off it. You think Im foamin at the mouth about food, then you start in on bein rich. Theres a fool in these hills and he aint ridin my horse. Jest shut up for a minute. The river's right over this ridge and I want to see if that ferry's there so I can get to my dinner. Gol dang it! You sure you won't swim over there and get die ferry so my n my saddle don't have to consider gettin in that cold water? Normally I would, but all that talkin about food youve been doin has got me so hungry, I dont think I could make it. Since were such good friends. Ill tell you what I will do for you. If you get some wood together, Ill cook up some beans for your dinner... water. I want hot water first thing and I aint swimming that stupid river. I dont care if you have to go hungry for a week. I ain't putting me in that cold water for nobody or nothing. We'll wait for someone to bring the ferry over. Geez, dont get your bowels in an uproar. I was just thinkin out loud. It ain't a crime to think about food. Im just plain old sick and tired of beans. Not only am I sick of me eating them. I'm sick of you eating them. Id a died from the fumes if wed a been indoors. I dont care if I never see another bean as long as I live. Joshua Haslem and Nate Hunting had been prospecting on Blue Mountain, east of Vernal and were returning home somewhere around the early 880s. The following event transpired on the east bank of the Green River, just above the Burton Ranch in Jensen. This account was taken from a transcription of a tape recording made on that ride home. Direct Dial Phones - Free Cable T.Y. & HBO Refrigerators & Microwaves Non Smoking Rooms - AAA Mountain JL P.0l wouldnt have . you boys?" Nope, come on in. 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Him and those beans bout did me in. I was sure glad to see spring. Right now I dont know which sounds the best- - a good dinner or a hot bath, but we gotta have something sides beans for dinner. Ill go see if I cant find something to add to em. Be back directly. Hes cornin' bade and hes got something with him. Can you see what it is? Well, its awful big for a rabbit. Heck, its too big for a deer. Uh oh, Nate. Thats a back quarter of beef. Heres some meat. This is Gods country. We are Gods children. These are Gods cattle and He put them here for us to eat, so have some meat By die way, bowd you fellows plan on getting that ferry over here? We're gonna wait til someone comes over from the other side. Well, Ill tell you what, I aint got a lot of extra time on my hands. Ive got to be headed out early in die morning, so Ill bring the ferry over for you. Least I can do for you boys sharin your dinner with me. Hey, you guys ever gonna get out a dime blankets?" Huh? 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