The Cushing Citizen (Cushing, Okla.), Vol. 13, No. 41, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 12, 1922 Page: 2 of 8
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THE CUSHING CITIZEN v '
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Gilbert Parker?
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"GO ON— TELL ALL1"
6ynopsl8— Dyck Calhoun gifted
young Irish gentleman of the time
of the French and American revo-
lutions meets Sheila Llyn seventeen-year-old
girl visiting In the
neighborhood They are mutually
attracted Sheila never knew her
dissipated father Erris Boyne her
mother having divorced him In
Dublin Leonard Mallow and Dyck
fight with swords and Dyck Is vic-
tor Erris Boyne secretly In French
employ gets Dyck drunk and tries
to persuade him to join In revolt
against England They quarrel
While Dyck Is overcome with
drugged wine Boyne's second wife
enters the room and stabs her
faithless husband to the heart
Dyck is arrested on a charge of
murder He does not know If he
killed Boyne or not Sheila begs
her mother to go to Dublin with
her to help Dyck Mrs Llyn op-
poses the idea A letter from Mrs
Llyn's wealthy brother In America
decides them to go and live with
him Dyck refuses to enter any
plea except "No Defense” He
might have escaped by revealing
Boyne's treachery but refuses on
8he!la's account He is sent to
prison for eight years Sheila
writes Dyck assuring him of her
belief In his lnnoocence Released
after serving four years Dyck finds
himself destitute his father dead
1 ‘ In London Dyck receives a letter
from Shelia inviting him to come
to America and sending money for
the voyage He feels he cannot in
honor go to her Dyck joins the
British navy as an enlisted man
Bad conditions in the fleet result m
' mutiny Dyck joining the muti-
neers Is chosen by them to com-
mand the ship the Ariadne Dis-
satisfied with the conduct of the
other ships' crews Dyck breaks
with them and sails the Ariadne to
the West Indies He arrives In time
to turn the tide of victory In a
battle between the French and
English fleets Calhoun Is arrested
for his part In the mutiny but
thanked by the admiral for his
work In the battle The British
government gives Dyck the free-
dom of he island of Jamaica of
which his old enemy Lord Mallow
Is governor With a cqnpanton
Dyck secures treasure worth £400(0
from a sunken Spanish ship and
becomes a wealthy and respected
planter Sheila comes to Jamaica
Dyck and Sheila’s mother decide
that the girl must be told all the
truth about her father’s death
(CHAPTER XV— Continued)
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Ever since the day when she hnd
seen Dyck Calhoun at Spanish Town
she had been disturbed In ’mind Dyck
had shown a reserve which she felt
was not wholly due to his having been
imprisoned for manslaughter In one
way he looked little older Hts phy-
sique was as good or better than when
she first saw him on the hills of Play-
more It was athletic strenuous elas-
tic Tet there was about It the abandon-
ment of despair — at least of reckless-
ness That much wasto be said for
him that he had not sought to influ-
ence her to his own advantage She
was so surrounded In America by men
who knew her wealth and prized her
beauty she was so much a figure In
Virginia that any reserve with regard
to herself was noticeable She was
enough feminine to have pleasure Id
the fact thut she was thought desirable
by men yet It played on Insignificant
part In her life It did not give he?
conceit It was only like a frill on
the skirts of life It did not play any
part In her character Certainly Dyck
Calhoun had not flattered her
That one to whom she had written
as she had done should remove him-
self from the place of the deserving
friend one whom she had not deserted
while he was In jail as a criminal —
that he should treat her so gave every
nerve a-thrill of protest At the lodg-
ings in Spanish Town after Dyck Cal-
houn hud left her mother had briefly
said that she had toltf Dyck he could
not expect the conditions of the I'lny-
more friendship should be renewed
that In effect she had warned him
off To this Sheila hnd said that the
killing of a man whose life was bad
might be punishable In any case
that thing was in another land under
itbnorninl conditions and with utter
lack of logic she saw no reason why
he should he socially punished in Ja-
maica for what he had been legally
punished for In Ireland As for the
mutiny he hnd done what any honest
man of spirit would do also he hud
by great bravery and skill brought
victory to the king’s fleet In West In-
dian waters
Then It was she told her mother
how she hud always disobeyed her
commands where Dyck was concerned
that she had written to him while he
was In jail that she had come to
Jamaica more to see him than to re-
form Salem that she had the old Cel-
tic spirit of brotherhood and she
would not be driven from It In a sud-
den burst of anger her mother had
charged I er with deceit but the girl
said she bu followed her conscience
' 'I it h 1 1 with fix
srG1 LBEIiTPARKER
ture as emphatic as her mother’s an-
ger That night they hnd dined with Lord
Mallow and she saw that his atten-
tions hnd behind them the deep pur-
pose of marriage Lord Mallow had
ability and knew how to use It and
he was never so brilliant as on this
afternoon for they dined while It was
still daylight and hardly evening
"I saw a man’s head on a pole on
my way back to King’s house You
have to use firm methods here” Sheila
said "It Is not all a rose garden You
have to apply force?"
Lord Mullow smiled grimly “Cest
la force morale toujours”
"Ah I should not have thought It
was moral force always" was the
Ironical reply
We have criminals here” declared
the governor with aplomb "and they
need some handling I assure you We
have In this Island one of the worst
criminals In the British empire”
“Ah I thought he was In the Uni-
ted States 1” answered the girl sedate-
ly “You mean General George Washing-
ton" remarked the governor “No It
Is one who was a friend and fellow-
countrymnn of yours before he took
to killing unarmed men”
“You refer to Mr Dyck' Calhoun
I doubt not sir? Well he Is still a
friend of mine and I saw him today
— this afternoon before I came here
I understood that the crown had par-
doned his mutiny"
The governor was annoyed
“The crime is there Just the same”
he replied “He mutinied and he stol
a king’s ship and took command of
it nnd brought It out here”
“And saved you and your Island 1
understand”
“Ah he said that did he?”
“He said nothing at all to me about
It I have been reading the Jamaica
Cornwall Chronicle the last three
years”
“He Is ever a source of anxiety to
me” declared the governot
“I knew he was once In Phoenix
park years ago” was the demure yet
sharp reply “but I thought he wan a
good citizen here — a good and well-to-do
citizen”
Lord Mallow flushed slightly “Phoe-
nix park — ah he was a capable fellow
“You' Refer to Mr Dyck Calhoun I
Doubt Not Sir”
with the sword! I said so always
and I’d back him now against a cham-
pion but many a bad man has been
a good swordsman”
“So that's what good swordsman-
ship does Is It? I wondered what it
was that did It I hear you fight him
still — but with a bludgeon and he
dodges It”
“I do not understand" declared Lord
Mallow tartly e
“Ah wasn’t there some difference
over his going for the trensure to
Haiti? Some one told me I think
that you were not In favor of his get-
ting his tlcket-of-leave or whatever
it Is called and that the provost mar-
shal gave It to him as he hnd the
right to do”
“You have wide sources of Infor-
mation In tills case I wonder "
“No your honor need not wonder
I was told that by a gentleman on the
steamer coming here He was a na-
tive of this island I think — or per-
haps It was the captain or the mate
or the boatswain I can’t recall Or
maybe it came to me from my man-
ager Darius Boland who hears things
wherever he Is one doesn't know how
but he henrs them He Is to me what
your nMe-de-camp Is to you” she nod-
ded to- -i rd a young man nearby at
the tali- "You shall see my Darius
Boland — Indeed you have seen him
He was there today when you gave
me the distinction of your presence”
"That dry lean cartridge of a fel-
low that pair of pincers with a fcteel”
“And a tougue your honor If you
did not hear it yet you will hear It
He Is to be my manager here S
be will be under your control— If 1
permit him”
“If you permit him mistress?”
“If I permit him yes You are a
power but you are not stronger than
the laws and rules you make For In-
stance there was the case of Mr Dyck
Calhoun When ho enme you were
for tying him up In one little corner
of the island — the hottest part I know
near to Kingston where it averages
ninety degrees In the shade at any
time of the year But the king you
represent had not restricted his 11b-
i ertles so and you b!ng the king
that Is yourself were forced to abide
by your own regulations So It may
be the same with Darius Boland He
may want something and you high
up looking down will say ‘What dev-
iltry Is here!’ nnd decline He will then
turn to your chief Justice or provost
marshal general or a deputy of the
provost marshal and they will say that
Darius Boland shall have what he
wants because It is the will of the
will you represent"
Alnftist the last words the governor
used to her were these: “Those only
live at pence here who are at peace
with me ” and her reply had been :
“But Mr Dyck Calhoun lives at peace
does he not your honor?"
To that he hnd replied : “No man
is at peace while he has yet desires
to satisfy” He paused a minute and
then added : “That Erris Boyne killed
by Dyck Calhoun — did you ever see
him that you remember?”
“Not that I remember” she replied
quickly “I never lived In Dublin”
“That may be But did you ever
know his history?” She shook her
head in negation His eyes searched'
her face carefully and he was aston-
ished when he saw no sign of con-
fusion there “Good God she doesn't
know She’s never been told I” he said
to himself “This is too startling I’ll
speak to the mother”
A little later he turned from the
mother with astonishment “It’s mad-
ness" he remarked to himself “She
will find It out Some one will tell
her By heaven I’ll tell her
first” he hastily said “When she
knows the truth Calhoun will have no
chance on earth Yes I’ll tell her my-
self But I’ll tell no one else” he
added for he felt that Sheila once
she knew the truth would resent his
having told abroad the true story of
the Erris Boyne affair
So Shelia and her mother had gone
to their lodgings with depression but
each with a clear purpose In her mind
Mrs Llyn was determined to tell her
daughter what she ought to have
known long before and Sheila was
firm to make the one man who had
ever Interested her understand that
he was losing much that was worth
while keeping
Then had followed the Journey to
Salem Yet nil the while for Sheila
one dark thought kept hovering over
everything Why should life be so
complicated? Why should this one
man who seemed capable and had
the temperament of the Irish hUls and
vales be the victim of punishment and
shnme — why should he shame her?
Suddenly without her motor's
knowledge she sent Darius Boland
through the hills In the early morn-
ing to Enniskillen Dyck Calhoun's
place with a letter wlftth said only
this: “Is It not time that you came
to wish us well In our new home? We
shall expect you tomorrow”
When Dyck read this note he thought
it was written by Sheila but Inspired
by the mother and he lost no time
In making his way down across the
country to Salem which he reached
a few hours after sunrise At the
doorway of the house he met Mrs
Llyn
“Have you told her?” he asked In
anxiety
Astonished at his presence she
could make no reply for a moment
“I have told her nothing” she an-
swered “I meant to do so this morn-
ing I meant to do it — I must”
“She sent me a letter asking If it
was not time I came to wish you well
In your house nnd you and she would
expect me today"
“I knqw naught of her writing you"
was the reply — “naught nt nil But
now that you are here will you not
tell her all?”
Dyck smiled grimly “Where Is she?”
he asked “I will tell her”
The mother pointed down the gar-
den “Yonder by the clump of paints
I saw her a moment ago If you go
thut way you will find her”
In another moment Dyck Calhoun
was on his way to the clump of palms
and before he reached It the girl came
out Into the path When she saw him
she gave a slight start then stood still
and he came to her
“I have your letter” he said “and
I came to say what I ought to say
about your living here you will bring
blessings to the place”
She looked ut him steadfastly
"Shall we talk here” she said “or in-
side the house? There is a little shel-
ter here In the trees" — pointing to the
right — “a shelter built by the late
manager It has the covering of a
hut but It Is open at two sides Will
you cotne?”
As she went on ahead he fconld not
fall to notice how slim nnd trim she
was how perfectly bet' figure seemed
to fit her gown — as th -ugh she had been
poured Into It and yet the folds of
tier skirt waved and ‘tinted like silky
clouds around her! Under cover of
the shelter she turned and smiled at
him
“You have seen ttiy mother?”
“I have Just cotne from her” he an-
swered "She bade me tell you what
ought to have been told long ago und
you were not for there seemed no
reason that yon should The sorrows
that had come to your mother be-
longed to days when yon were scarce
out of the cradle But you did not
know You were not aware that your
mother had divorced your father for
crime against marital fidelity and
great cruelty You did not know even
who that father was Well I must
tell you Your'father was a hand-
some man a friend of tftlne until I
knew the truth about him and then
he (lied — I killed him so the court
snld”
Her face became ghastly pale After
a moment of anguished bewilderment
she said: “You mean that Erris Boyne
was my father?”
"Yes I mean thnt They say I'
killed him They say -he was found
with no sword drawn but -that my
“They Say Killed Him"
open sword lay on the table beside me
while I was asleep and that It had
let out hls life-blood”
“Why was he killed?” she -asked
horror-stricken and with pale lips
“I do not know but if I killed him
It was because I revolted from the
proposals he made to me I — ”
He paused for the look on hqg face
was painful to see and her body was
ns that of one who had been struck
by lightning His heart smote him
nnd he pulled himself together to tell
her nil
“Go on” she sold “I want to hear
I wnnt — to know all I ought to have
known — long ago but that can’t be
helped now Continue — please”
Her words had come slowly In gasps
almost and her voice was so-frayed
he could scarcely recognize 1L A11 the
pride of her nature seemed shattered
“If I killed him” he said presently
“it was because he tried to tempt me
from my allegiance to the crown to
become a servant of France to—”
He stopped short for a cry came
from her Ups which appalled him
“My God — my Godl” she said with
bloodless lips her eyes fastened on
hls face her every look and motion
the Inflection of despair “Go on — tell
all” she added presently with more
composure
Swiftly he described what hap-
pened in the little room at the trai-
tor’s tavern of the momentary recon-
ciliation and the wine that he drank
drugged wine poured out but not
drunk by Erris Boyne and of hls later
unconsciousness At last he paused
-“Why did these things not come out
at the trial?” she asked in hushed
tones
He made a helpless gesture “I did
not speak of them because I thought
of you I hid It — I did not want you
to know what your father was"
Something like a smile gnthered at
her pale lips “You saved me for the
moment nod condemned yourself for-
ever” she said in a voice of torture
"If you hnd told whnt he was — if you
had told that the Jury would not have
condemned you they would not have
sent you to prison”
"I believe I did the right thing” he
said “If I killed your father prison
was my proper punishment But I can’t
remember There was no other clue
no other guide to Judgment So the
law said I killed him and — he had
evidently not drawn hls sword It
was clear he was killed defenseless”
“You killed a defenseless man!”
Her voice was shnrp with agony
“That was mentioned at the trial —
but I did not believe It then — In that
long ago” She trembled to her feet
from the bench where she was sitting
“And I do not believe It now — no on
my soul I do not”
“But It makes no difference you
see I wos condemned for killing
your father and the world knows that
Erris Boyne was your father and
here Lord Mallow the governor knows
It and there Is no chance of friend-
ship between you and me You dare
not be friends with me — ”
Her face suddenly suffused and she
held herself upright with an effort
She was about to say “I dare Dyck —
I do dnre !” but he stopped her with a
reproving gesture
“No no you dare not and I would
Dot let you If you would I am an ex-
convlcL They say I killed your fa-
ther and the way to understanding
between us is closed”
She made a protesting gesture
"Closed I Closed I — But Is It closed?
No no some one else killed him not
you You couldn’t have done It You
would have fought him — fought him
as you did Lord Mallow and In fight-
ing you might have killed him but
your sword never let out hts - Ufe
when he was defenseless— never”
look of Intense relief almost of
happiness came to Dyck's face “That
Is like you Shelia but It does not
cure the trouble You and I are aa
far apart aa noon and midnight The
law has said the only thing that can
be said upon 1L"
She - sank down again - upon the
wooden bench “Oh how mad you
were not to tell the whole truth long
ago I You would not have been con-’
demned and then—”
She paused overcome and hls self-
control almost deserted him With
strong feeling he burst out: “And
then we might have come' together?
No your mother — your friends myself
could not have let that be See Sheila
I will tell you the whole truth now-
aye the whole absolute truth I have
loved you since the first day I saw
you on the hills Not a day has
passed since then when youWere not
more to me than any other woman In
all the world”
A new light came Into her face the
shadows left her eyes and the pallor
fled from her lips "You loved me?”
she said In a voice grown soft — husky
still but soft as the light In a sum-
mer heaven “You loved me — and
have always loved me since we first
met?"
“I have always loved you Sheila
and shall do so while I have breath
and life I have always given you the
best that Is in me tried to d? what
was good for us both since my mis-
fortune— crime Lord Mallow calls It
as does the world Never a sunrise
that does not find you in the forefront
of all the lighted world never a flower
have I seen that does not seem sweeter
— it brings thoughts of you never a
crime that does not deepen its shame
because you are In the world In pris-
on when I used to mop my floor and
clean down the walls when I swept
the dust from the corners when I
folded up my convict-clothes when
I ate the prison food and sang the
prison-hymns when I placed myself
beside thd bench In the workshop to
make things that would bring cash to
my fellow-prisoners In their need
when I saw a minister of religion or
heard the Litany when I counted-up
the days first that I hnd spent In jail
and then the days I Ld still to spend
In Jail when 1 read the books from
the prison library of the land where
you had gone and of the struggle
there when I saw you la my mind’s
eye In the cotton fields or on the ve-
randa of your house In Virginia I
had but one thought and thnt was the
look In your fnce nt Playmore and
Limerick the sound of your voice as
you came singing up the hill just be-
fore I first met you the Joyous beauty
of your bodyf
“And nt sea?” she whispered with a
gesture at once beautiful and pathetic
for It had the motion of helplessness
and hopelessness
“At sea” he answered with hls eyes
full of Intense feeling — “at sea I was
free at last doomed as I thought an-
guished In spirit and yet with a wild
hope that out of it would come deliv-
erance I expected to lose my life
and I lived each day as though it
would be my last I was chief rogue
In a shipful of rogues chief sinner
In a hell of sinners and yet I had no
remorse and no regret I had done
all with an honest purpose with the
good of the sailors In my mind and
so I lived In dally touch with death
honor and dishonor Yet I neVef saw
a sailor In the shrouds or heard the
night watch call ‘All’s well!’ in the
midst of the night and mutiny thnt I
did not long for a word from you that
would take away the sting of death
Those days at sea for ten long weeks
were never free from anxiety not
anxiety for myself only for the men
who had put me where I was had
given me captain’s rank had — ”
Suddenly he stopped and took from
hls pocket the letter he was writing on
the very day she landed In Jamaica
He opened it and studied It for a mo-
ment with a dark look In hls face
“This I wrote even as you were land-
ing in Jamaica and I knew naught of
your coming It was an outbreak of
my soul It was the truth written to
you and for you and yet with the
feeling that you would never see It I
was still writing It when Michael
Clones came up the drive to tell me
you and your mother were here Here
It Is with all the truth and terror iu
Jt — aye there was terror for It gave
the soul of my life to one I npver
thought to see again and If seeing
should be compelled to do what I have
done — tell her the whole truth at once
and so have it over
“But do not think thnt In telling It
now 1 repent of my secrecy I repent
of nothing 1 would not alter anything
What was to be Is and what is has its
place In (lie book of destiny No I
repent nothing yet here now I give
you this to read while still my story of
the days of which you know Is In your
ears Here It Is It will tell the whole
story for when you have read It and
do understand then we part to meet no
more ns friends You will go back to
Virginia and I will stay here You
will not regret coming here but you
will desire our friendship to cease and
what has been to be no more while
the tincture of life Is In your veins
Sheila read this thing for It Is the rest
of the story until now”
He handed her the papers and she
took them with an inclination of the
head which said: “Give It to me I
will read It now while my eyes can
still bear to read 1L I have laid on my
heart the nettle of shame and while
It Is 8 till burning there I will reud all
that you have to teach me”
“I will go out In the garden while
you read It” he said “In a half-houi
1 will come back and then we can say
good-by” he added with pain in hls
voice but firmly
I “No do not go” she urged “Sit here
I on the bench — at the end of It here”
she suld motioning with her hand
He shook hls head In negation “No
I will go and say to your mother that
I have told you and ease her mind
for I know she herself meant to tell
you" f
As he went he looked at her face
closely It was so young so pathetic
so pale yqt so strangely beautiful and
her forehead was serene That was one
of her characteristics In all her Ufe
her forehead remained untroubled and
unllned Only at her mouth and in her
eyes did misery or sorrow shbw He
looked Into her eyes now and he wne
pleased with what he saw for they
had' in them the glow of understanding
and the note of will which said : “You
and I are parted but 1 believe la you -and
I will not Show I am a weak wom-
an by futile horror We' shall meet no
more but I shall remember you” --
As he turned away It was with the
sharp conviction that he had dealt a
blow from which thp girl would re-
cover but would never be the same
again She was rich "beyond the
drennis of avarice" but that would not
codsole her She had resources within
herself had what would keep her
steady Her Ups opened as thqugh she
would say something but nothing cam6
from them She only shook her head
sadly as If to say “You understand
Go and when you come again It will
be for us te part In peace — at least In
peace”
Out In the garden he found her
mother After the first agitated greet-Ing-7-agltnted
on her part — he said :
“The story has been told and she is
now reading — ”
He told her the story of the manu-
script and added that Sheila hnd car-
ried herself with courage
Presently the woman sal to him r ‘
“She never -believed you killed Erris
Boyne Well It may not help the situ-
ation but I say too that I do not be-
lieve you did I cannot understand
why you did not deny having killed
him" ' i
“I fcould not deny In any case the
law punished me for It and the book-
Is closed forever"
“Have you never thought that some
one — ”
“Yes I have thought but who Is
there? The crowd at the Dublin ho-
tel where the thing was done were
secret nnd they would Ue the aproik
off a bishop No there Is no light and
to tell the truth I care not now”
“But If you are not guilty — It Is nor
too late there Is my girl I If the real
criminal should appear — can you not
see ?”
The poor woman distressedly pale
her hair still abundant her eyes still '
bright her pulses aglow as they had
ever been made a gesture of appeal
with hands that were worn and thin
She had charm still in a way as great
as her daughter’s
“I can see but Mrs Llyn I haver
no hope I am a man whom some men
fear — ”
“Lord Mallow !”’she Interjected
“He does not fear me Why do you -say
that?”
"I speak with a woman’s Intuition
I don’t know what he fears but he-
does fear you You are a son of his-
tory you had a duel with him and
beat him you have always beaten
him even here (£vhere he has been
supreme as governor — from first to
last you have beaten him”
“I hope I shall be even with him at
the last — at the very last” was Dyck
Calhoun’s reply “We were made to
be foes We were from the first ’ I
felt it when I saw him at Playmors
Nothing has changed since then He-
will try to destroy me here but I Wll
see It through The man Is a fool I
could help him here but he will have
none of it and he is running great -risks
He has been warned that th
Maroons are restive that the blfcc
slaves will rise If the Maroons hrfve
any Initial success and he will listen
to no advice And up there" — he
turned and pointed — “up there In Tre-
lawney the Maroons are plotting and
planning and any day an explosion
may occur If It occurs no one will be
safe especially If the blacks rise too—
I mean the black slaves There will
be no safety then for any one"
“For us as well you mean?”
“For you as well as all others and
you are nearer to Trelawney than
most others You are In their path
So be wise Mrs Llyn and get back
to Virginia as soon as may be It Is
a better place than this”
“My daughter Is mistress here”
was the sorrowful reply “She will
have her own way"
“I will tell her what I fear and she
may change her mind”
“But the governor may want her to
stay” answered Mrs Llyn none too
sagely but with that In her mind
which seemed to Justify her
“Lord Mallow — oh if you think
there is an influence in him to keep
her that Is another question” said
Dyck with a grim smile “But never-
theless I think you' should leave here
and go back to Virginia It Is no safe
place for two ladies In all senses
Whatever Lord Mallow thinks or does
this is no place for you This place Is
your daughter’s for her to do what
she chooses with It and I think she
ought to sell It There would be no
trouble In getting a purchaser It Is
a fine property"
“But the governor might not think
aa you do he might not wish It sold"
(TO BE CONTINUED)
His Whereabouts
First Flea — Been on a vacation? v
Second Flea — Nope on a tramp— ‘
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Green, E. M. The Cushing Citizen (Cushing, Okla.), Vol. 13, No. 41, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 12, 1922, newspaper, January 12, 1922; Cushing, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1750242/m1/2/?q=music: accessed June 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.