The hen-punchers of Piperock

· 1969

Did yuh ever git so dog-goned good and hungry that yore mind gits to hangin’ onto one single item uh grub, and yuh feels that yuh won’t never be satisfied until yuh gits it? Shore yuh have. Cowpunchers have that failin’ uh heap, and the one item is usually ham and aigs. Shore, ham and aigs is one item uh grub same as liver and bacon or hawg and hominy. The full moon of uh aig yolk, shinin’ on uh background uh juicy ham--Cripes! That’s how me and Magpie Simpkins felt when we ties our broncs in front uh Jimmy Peyton’s chop-house in Piperock, and wipes the alkali dust out uh our ears.…

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