The American (Comanche, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 95, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 23, 1909 Page: 2 of 8
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Min Patricia Holbrook and MUw Helen
Holbrook her niece wew eiuruHteil to
lh euro of Laurence Donovan a Ynjer
Hiimmertng Ti--nr Port Annaminlc
Patricia couHi'ihI to I tonovan that a ‘ u'
feared her brother Henry wiki ruined by
a bank failure had conatantly threatened
her for money from hl father’ will of
whleh M rs PatHeia was guardian T licy
eamo to port Annandale to escape Henry
Donovan sympathized with tho two
women Ho learned of Mis Helen' an-
noying suitor Donovan discovered and
captured an intruder who proved to be
Reginald tlillerpie suitor for the hand of
ftlis Helen llvdhrook Clillesple disap-
peared the following morning A rough
sailor uppeured and was ordered awav
Donovan suw M‘ss Holbrook and her fa-
ther meet on friendly terms Donovan
fought an Italian assassin Ho met the
man ho supposed was Holbrook but who
sa‘d ha was Hartr'dgo a canoe-maker
After a short discussion Donovan left
surlily O'llespio was discovered bv Don-
ovan presenting country church with fldua
tJillesple admitted he knew of Holbrook’s
preaenee Miss pat acknowledged to
itonovan that Miss Helen had been miss-
ing for a few hours
’ CHAPTER VII— Continued'1
I kept up a rapid Are of talk but
listened only to the engine’s regular
beat'' The launch was now close to
the Italian's 'boat and having nearly
completed the semicircle I was obliged
to turn a little to watch him Sud-
denly he sat up -straight and lay to
with the oars pulling hard toward a
point we must pass In order to clear
the strait and reach the upper lake
aiain The fellow's hostile intentions
wefe clear to all of us now and we all
silently awaited the outcome His
skiff rose high in air under the iw-
pulsion of his strong arms and if he
Htruck our lighter craft amidships as
seemed inevitable he would undoubt-
edly swamp us
1 Ijlma half rose glanced toward the
yacht which was heading for the
strait and then at me but 1 shook my
1 head
: “Mind the engine Ijlma” I said
with as much coolness as I could raus-
‘ ter
r a The margin between us and the
skiff rapidly diminished and the Ital-
ian turned to take his bearings with
s every lift of his oars He had thrown
off his cap and as he looked over his
' shoulder I saw hts evil face sharply
' outlined I counted slowly to myself
l be number of strokes that would be
necessary to bring him in collision if
be persisted charging against hie
progress our own swift arrow-like
flight over the water The shore was
close and I had counted on a full
depth of water but Ijlma now called
out warningly in his shrill pipe and
j our bottom scraped as I veered off
This maneuver cost me the equivalent
of ten of the Italian's deep strokes
1 and the shallow water added a new
' element of danger
j “Stand by the oar Ijimir" I called in
a low tone and I saw in a flash Miss
Pat's face quite calm but with her
I lips set tight '
' ' Ten yards remained I judged be-
tween the skiff and the strait and
: there was nothing for us now but to
let speed and space work out their
j problem
j ' IJima stood up and seized the oar
I threw the wheel hard aport in a last
hope of dodging and the launch listed
badly as it swung round Then the
bow of the ski if rose high and Helen
bhrank awav wiih a little cry: tberc
was a scrmching and grinding oi an
Instant as Ijima bending forward
dag the oar into tin- skiff’s bow and
cheeked It with the tui! weight of his
body As we fended off the oar
snapped and splintered and he tum-
bled into the water with a great
splash while we swerved and rrekrd
for a moment and then sped on
through the little stiait
booking back I saw Ijima swim-
ming for the shore He rose in (he
water and called “All right:’’ and 1
knew he would take excellent care of
himself The Italian had shipped Ills
1 oars and lay where we had lett him
and I heard him above the bent of out
- engine laugh derisively as we glided
l out of sight
“Miss Holbrook will you please
steer for me?" — and in effecting the
neressary changis of position tpat I
might get to tile engine we were all
able to regain our composure I saw
Miss Pat touch her forehead with hei
handkerchief but she said nothing
Isven after St Agatha's pier hove in
sight silence held ns all The wind
continuing to liesheii was whipping
ihe lake with a : harp lath and 1
niade lunch of m trilling business
with the engine and of the necessity
ijr occasional directions to the girl at
I lie wheel
ly ctmtiition at the danger io
v liich I had stupidly brought 't hern
v as strong in me but there were
other things to think of Miss Pat
nuld not lie deceived as to the animus
o'' our encounter for the Dalian's
conduct couhl ha idly be accounted for
oV’tlie score of stupidity and ihe
11 ttm ai peace und quiet of tills region
oily emphasized the gravity of her
her plight My llrst thought was that
1' must at once anange for her re-
moval to some other place With
Herry Holbrook established wiihiii a
fow miles of St AgHilia'8 Ihe school
was certainly uo longer a tenable har-
borage As I tended ttie engine I saw even
when I tripd to uvoid her the figure of
tw3 Holbrook in the stern quite in-
tent upon steering and calling now
an-j then to ask the course when in
Ijima Bore Under Hit
my preoccupation I forgot to give it
The storm was driving a dark hood
across the lake and the thunder
boomed more loudly Storms in this
neighborhood break quickly and 1 ran
full speed for St Agatha's to avoid
the rain that already blurred the west
We landed with some difficulty ow-
ing to the roughened water and the
hard drive of the wind but in a few
minutes we had reached St Agatha's
where Sister Margaret flung open the
door just as the storm let go wiLh a
roar
When we reuched the sitting room
we talked With unmistakable restraint
of the storm and of our race with it
across the lake — while Sister Margaret
stood by murmuring her interest and
sympathy She withdrew immediate-
ly and we three sat in silence no one
wishing to speak the first word I saw
with deep pity that Miss Pat's eyes
were bright with tears and my heart
burned hot with self-accusation Sister
Margaret’s quick step died away in
the hall and still we waited while the
rain drove against the house in sheets
and the branches of a tossing maple
scratched spitefully on one of the
panes
“We have been found out my broth-
er is here" said Miss Put
“I am afiaid that is true" I replied
"Hut you must not distress yourself
This is not Sicily where murder is a
polite diveislon The Italian vi-red
merely to frighten us it's a case of
sheerest blackmail I am ashamed lo
have given him tile opportunity It
was my fault — my grievous fault and
I am heartily sorry for my stupidity"
“Do not accuse yourself: It was in
evitable from the beginning that
llenrj should find us Hut this place
reemed remote ‘enough I hud leally
begun to feel quite secure — but now!"
“Hut now!" repealed Helen with it
little sigh
I marveled at the girl's composure
— at her quiet acceptance of the situ-
ation when I knew well enopgh her
shameful duplicity Then by one of
those intuitions of giace thnt were
so charming in her she bent forward
und took Miss Pat's hand The em-
erald rings Hashed on both as though
in assertion of hinshin ’ 1
"Dear Aunt Pat! You must not
take that boat affair too seriously It
may not have been — lather — who did
thni"
She faltered di unplug her voice as
rite mi ntioned her talker I was aware
tiini Miss Pat put away her nkce’s
hanivith a sudden gestu’-e — f did not
li-ov- whether of impatience or
vviiei her some new re-o!uhn l ad
t’kea hold of her She rose end
moved nearer io me
"What have you to piopose Mr
Donovan?" sin a iked and toi'e'hing
in her tone Ill the light of her deir
eyes told mo that sho meant to t'ght
that she know more than site winked
to saj and Unit slie relied on my sup-
port and realizing this m 'keait went
out to her anew
"I think we ought to go away — at
once” the girl broke out suddoii'y
"The place was ill-chosen: Father
Stoddard should have known hotter
than to send us here!"
"Father Stoddard did Hie best ho
could for us Helen It is unfair to
blame him" said Miss Pat quieUy
"And Mr Donovan lias la-eu much
more than kind in undertaking to
caie for us at all"
"1 have blundered badly eiionghl”
1 confessed penitently 1
"It Tl"' 4 be belter Aunt Pat” be
Arm a Repeating Rifle
gan Helen slowly “to yield What can
It matter! A quarrel over money — it
is sordid — ”
Miss Pat stood up abruptly and said
quietly without lifting her voice and
turning from one to the other of us:
“We have prided ourselves for 100
years we American Holbrooks that
we had good blood in us and charac-
ter and decency : and morality and
now that the men of my house have
thrown away their birthright and
made our name a plaything I am' go-
ing to see whether the general de-
cadence has struck me too and with
my brother Arthur a fugitive because
of bis crimes and my brother Henrv
ready to murder me in his greed ft Is
time for hie to test whatever blood is
left in my own poor old body and I
am going to begin now! I will not
run away another step I am not go-
ing to he blackguarded mid hounded
about this free country or driven
across the sea and 1 will not give
Henry Holbrook more money to use iu
disgracing our nuine I have got to
die — ! have got fo die before he gets
it” — and she smiled at me so bravely
that something clutched my throat
suddenly — “and I have every inten-
tion Mr Donovan of living a very
long time!”
Helen had risen and she stood star-
ing at her aunt in frank astonlshnu nt
Not oficn probably never before In
her life had anger held sway in the
soul of this woman and there was
something splendid iu its l larsife sta-
tion She had si oken in almoit her
I’sual lone though witli a passionate
tremor toward the close but her Very
resli aint was in itself ominous
’’it shall lie H3 you say Miss Pat" I
said as scon us I hud got my breath
"Certainly Aunt Pat” murmured
Helen tamely "We can’! lie driven
round the world We may as well
stay where we are”
The storm was abating and 1 threw
open the windows to let in the nir-
"If you haven't wholly lost faith in
me Miss Holbrook — "
“I have every faith in you Mr Don-
ovan!" smiled Miss Pul
"I shall hope to lake better care of
you in the future" ”
'Tuni not afraid J think thut if
Hepry lines out that he cannot frighten
me it will have a calming effect upon
him”
"Yes I suppose von aie light Almt
Put" said Helen passively
i went home feeling that lily resinui
cihilities had been greatly increased
lij Miss Pal's manllcslo on Ihe whole
1 s relieved that sl’e had not or-
dered a retreat for it would have dis-
tressed me sorely to abandon the game
at this juncture to seek a new hiding
place for mv charges
Ixnig altcrwurd Miss Put's declara-
tion of war rang in my earn My heart
leaps now us 1 remember it And I
should like to tie a poet long enough
to write “A Dailndo of All Old Ladies"
or a lyric in their honor turned with
the grace of Col taveltre and blithe
with the spirit of Friar Herrick 1
should like to inform it with their
beautiful tender sympathy that is
quick with tears but readier with
strei-gth to heiii and to save and it
should reflect too Ihe noble patience
undismayed by time and distance t Hut
makes a virtue of waiting — waiting in
the long twilight with folded hands for
the ships that never come! Men old
and battle-scarred are celebrated in
song and story but who are they to
be preferred over their serene sister-
hood? Let the worn mothers of the
-
I world be throned by the fireside or
placed at comfortable ‘ ease in the
shadow of hollyhock and old-fashioned
loses' in fnmlliur gardens It matters
little for they are supreme in any
company Whoever would be gracious
must serve them whoever would be
wise must sit nt their feet and take
counsel Nor believe too readily that
the increasing tide of- years has
quenched the fire in their souls rath-
er it burns on with the steady flame
of sanctuary lights - Lucky were he
who could imprison in song those qual-
ities that crown a womun’s years—
voicing what is in the hearts of all of us
as we watch those gracious angels go-
ing their quiet ways tending their
secret 'altars of rrjomory with flowers
and blessing them with tears
CHAPTER VIII
A Lady of Shadows and Starlight
It was nine o'clock before Ijima
canio in dripping from his tumble la
the luke and his walk borne through
the rain ’ The Italian had made no ef-
fort to molest him he reported but
he had watched the man row out to
the Stiletto and climb aboard Ijima
has an unbroken record of never hav-
ing asked me a question Inspired by
curiosity He may inquire which shoes
I want for a particular morning but
why where and when are unknown in
bis vocabulary He was I knew fair-
ly entitled to an explanation of the in-
cident of the afternoon though ho
would nsk none and when he ' had
changed his clothes and reported to
me in the library I told him in a word
that there might be further trouble
and that I should expect him to stand
night watch at St Agatha’s for a
while dividing a patrol of the grounds
with the gardener His “Yes sir’
wus as calm as though I had told him
to lay out my dress clothes and I
went with him to look up the gardener
that the division of patrol duty might
be thoroughly understood "N
I gave the Scotchman a revolver
and Ijlma bore under his arm a repeat-
ing rifle with which he and I had di-
verted ourselves at times in the pleas-
ant practice of breaking glass ballsy I
assigned him the water-front and told
'he gardener to look out for Intruders
from the road These precautions
taken I rang the bell at St Agathffs
and asked for the ladies but was re-
lieved to learn that they had retired
for the situation would not be helped
ay debate and if they were to remain
at St Agatha's it was' my affuir to
plan the necessary defensive strategy
without troubling them And I must
admit here that at all times from tls
moment I first saw Helen Holbrook
with her father at Red Gate I had
every intention of shielding her to the
utmost The thought of trapping her
of catching her flagrante delicto was
revolting I had perhaps a notion
that in some way I should be able to
thwart her without showing my own
hand but this as will appear was
not to be so easily accomplished
I went home and read for an Jtour
then got into heavy shoes and set
forth to reconnoiter The chief ave-
nue of clanger lay I Imagined across
the lake and 1 passed through St Aga-
tha's to see that my guards were
about their business then continued
along a wooded bluff (tlmt rose to a
considerable height above the lake
There was a wlpding path which the
pilgrimages of 'schoolgirls In spring
and autumn had worn hard and I fol-
lowed it to its ciest where there was
a stone bench established for the ease
of those who wished to take their sun-
sets in comfort
Ttie path that rose through the
wood from St Agatha’s declined again
from the seat and came out some-
where below where there was a spring
sacred to the schoolgirls and where I
dare say they still indulge in the in-
cantations of their species I amused
myself picking out the pier lights as
far as I had learned them following
one of the lake steamers on its zigzag
course from Port Annandale to the vil-
lage Eleven chimed from the chapel
clock the strokes stealing up to me
dreamily A moment later I heard a
step in Hie path behind me light
quick and eager and I bent down low
on the bench so that ils hack shielded
me from view and waited The steps
drew closer to the bench and some
one passed behind me 1 was quite
sure that it was a woman from the
lightness- of tho step the feminine
quality in the voice that continued to
hum u little song and at the last mo-
ment the soft rustle of skirts I rose
aipl spoke her name before my eyes
were sure of her
"Miss Holbrook!” I exclaimed
She did not cry out though she
stepped hack quickly from the bench
"Oh it’s you Mr Donovan is It?”
- "It most certainly is!” I laughed
"We seem lo have similar tastes Miss
Holbrook"
(TO BE CONTINUED)
Where Her Sympathies Lie
Tm so sorry for Mr Brown He’s
suffering from a severt attack of the
unit” k
"I’m not half so sorry for Brown as
I am for Mrs Brown" replied the
neighbor who knew what it meant to
have a sick man in the bouse — Detroit
Free Press
COUNTRY WHOSE SOIL SPELLS
WHEAT AND OUT OF WHOSE
'FARMS THOUSANDS ARE
GROWING RICH
t - -—
WHAT PRESIDENT TAFT AND
OTHERS THINK OF CANADA
Another Fat Year for the Canadian
West
Our Canadian neighbors to the north
are again rejoicing over an abundant
j harvest and reports from reliable
sources go to show that the total yield
of 1909 will be far above that of any
other year 1 1
It is estimated that $100000000
will this year go into the pockets of
the Western farmers from wheat
alone another $60000000 from oats
and barley while returns from other
crops and from stock will add $40-
000000 more Is it any wonder then
that the farmers of the Canadian
W’st are happy?
Thousands of American farmers
have settled in the above mentioned
provinces during the past year men
who know the West and its possibili-
ties and who also know perhaps bet-
ter than any other people the best
methods for profitable farming
President Taft said recently In
speaking of Canada:
“We have been going ahead so rnp-
i!ly in our own country that our heads
have been somewhat swelled with the
Idea that we are carrying on our shoul-
ders all the progress there Is in the
world Wo have not been conscious
that there is on the north a young
country and a young nation that is
looking forward as it well may to c
great national future They have
7000000 people but the country is
still hardly scratched”
Jas J Hill speaking before the
Canadian Club of Winnipeg a few days
ago said:
“I go back for 53 years when I
came West from Canada At that time
Canada had no North-WesL A young
boy or man who desired to carve his
own way- had to cross the line and
to-day it may surprise you— one out
of every five children born In Canada
lives in the United States Now you
are playing the return match and the
North-West is getting' people from the
United States very rapidly We
brought 100 land-seekers mainly from
Iowa and Southern Minnesota last
night out of SL Paul going to the
North-WesL Now these people have
all the way from five ten to twenty
thousand dollars each and they will
make as much progress on the land In
one year as any one man coming from
the Continent of Europe can make do-
ing the best he can In ten filteen or
twenty years”
It is evident from the welcome
given American settlers in Canada
iiat the Canadian people appreciate
them Writing from Southern Alberta
recently an American farmer says—
“We are giving them some new
Ideas about being good fprmers and
they are giving tm some new ideas
about being good citizens They have
a law against taking liquor into the
Indian Reservation One of our fel-
lows was caught on a reservation with
a bottle on him and It cost him $50
One of the Canadian Mounted Police
ffund him and let me tell you they
find everyone who tries to go up
against the laws of the country
“On Saturday night every bar-room
is closed at exactly 7 o’clock Why?
Because it is the law and It’s the
rrme with every other law There
iA’t a bad man in the whole district
and a woman can come home from
town to the farm nt midnight if she
wants to alone That’s Canada’s idea
how to run a frontier they have cer-
tainly taught us a lot
“On the other hand we are running
their farms for them better than any
other class of farmers I guess 1
can say this without boasting and the
Caandlans appreciate us We turn
out to celebrate Dominion Day they
are glad to have us help to farm the
country they know how to govern
we know how to work"
Another farmer from Minnesota
who settled In Central Saskatchewan
some yearB ago has the following to
say about the country: —
“My wife and I have done well enough
since we came from the States we can
live anyway We came in the spring of
1901 with the first carload of settlers’
effects unloaded in these parts and
built the first shanty between Sas-
katoon and Lumsden We brought
with our car of settlers’ effects the
sura of $1800 in cash to-day we are
worth $10000 We ‘proved up’ one
of the finest farms in Western Canada
and bought 320 acres at $3 per acre
We took good crops off the land for
four years at the end of which we
had $8000 worth of improvements in
the way of buildings etc and had
planted three acres of trees Two
years ago we got such a good offer
that we sold our lnnd at $45 per acre
From the above you will see that we
have not done badly since our ar-
rival” Prof Thomas Shaw of St Paul Min-
nesota with a number of other well
known editors of American farm jour-
nals toured Western Canada recently
and in un Interview at Winnipeg said
in part: —
“With regard lo the settlement of
the West I should say that it is only
well begun I have estimated that in
Manitoba one-tenth of the land has
been broken in Saskatchewan one-
thirtieth and i’ Alberta one-hundred
andBeverty-fifth I am satisfied that
lit -til! three provinces grain can be
grown successfully up to the sixtieth
parallel and in the years to come your
vacant land will he taken at a rate
of which you have at present no con-
ception We have enough people In
the United States alone who want
homes to take up this land
“What you must do in Western Can-
ada is to raise more live stock When
you are doing what you ought to do
in this regard the land 'which Is now
selling for $20 pep per? will be worth
from $50 to $100 pre acre It is os
good land as that which is selling for
more than $100 per acre in the corn
belt
“I would rather raise cattle in West-
ern Canada than in the corn belt of
the United States: You can get your
food cheaper and the climate -in bet-
ter for the purpose We have a bet-
ter market but your market wi’l im-
prove faster than your farmers Will
produce the supplies’ Winter wheaL
can be grown in one-half of the coun-
try through which I have passed and
alfalfa and one of the varieties of
clover in three-fourths of it The
farmers do not believe this but it Ik
true”
Keeping pace with wheat produc-
tion tue growth cf railways ha 4 been
quite las wonderful and the whole-
country from Winnipeg to the Rocky
Mountains will soon be a net-work of
trunk and branch lines Three great
transcontinental lines are pushing
construction in every direction and
at each siding the grain elevator is
to be found Manitoba - being the
first settled province has now an ele-
vator capacity of upwards of 25000000-
bushels Saskatchewan 2000000 and
Alberta about 7000000 while tho ca-
pacity of elevators at Fort William
and Port Arthur on the Great Lakes
is upwards of 20000000 moret
Within the provinces of Manitoba
Saskatchewan and Alberta there are
flour and oat-neal mills ’with a com-
bined capacity of 25000 barrels per
day and situated along eome famous
water powers In New Ontario there-
are larger mills than will be found
anywhere In (the Prairie Provinces'
Last year the wheat crop totaled
over 100000000 bushels This year
the crop will yield 30000000 more A
recent summary shows that on the 1st
of January 1909 the surveyed lands
of the three western provinces totaled
134000000 acres of which about 32-
000000 have been given as subsidies to
railways 11000000 disposed of In oth-
er ways and 3800000 given by the
Canadian Government as free home-
steads being 236000 homesteads ' of
160 acres each Of this enormous ter-
ritory there Is probably under crop
at the present time less than 11000-
000 acres what the results will be
when wide awake settlers have taken
advantage of Canada’s offer 'and are
cultivating the fertile prairie lands
one can scarcely imagine
Public Sentiment Aroused -
Every state west of tbe Mississippi
except Idaho Wyoming Utah Ne-
vada and New Mexico has now joined
the fight against tuberculosis State
sanltoria for the treatment of tubercu-
osis patients have been now estab-
lished in Minnesota Idaho Missouri
Arkansas North Dakota South Da-
kota and Oregon State Anti-Tuberculosis
associations have been organ-
ized and are at work in Washington
Oregon California Arizona Montana
North Dakota Colorado Nebraska
Kansas Oklahoma Texas Minnesota
Iowa Missouri ' Arkansas and Louis-
iana In all these states strenuous ef-
forts to wipe out tuberculosis are b
ing taken
Pathos Out of Place in Schools
In an address at a teacher’s insti-
tute Miss Martha Sherwood said that
sad and pathetic stories should havt-
no place in the public schools She
declared the pupils’ great need Is hu-
morous stories and the kind that
make children roll on the ground
with laughter “Anything to make
them laugh and laugh loudly” she
said “it makes them grow puts
sunsbino into their lives and develops
contented men und women”
Btxtk or Ohio rrrr or Tolzdo I
Lucas County f -Frank
4 Chznby makes oath that he Is senior
Kartner ol the linn of F J 1 henry A Co doing
useless In Uio City of Toledo County and State
aforesaid and thnt said firm will pay the sum of
OMi llt'NIiKI-ll LKJLLAK-3 (or each and every
case of Cataiinii that uauuot be cured by the uat of
Ball’s Caiakiiu cults
FRANK J CHENEY
Rwom to before me nntf subscribed tn toy presence
this 6th day of Dcoember A ! 1686
i ft AC £
A W GLEASON
Notary Public
HaII's Catarrh Care fa taken internally and net
directly upon the Und und mucous surfaces u4 tha
System beod for testimonials free
F J CHENEY A CO Toledo Ov
Sold by all Dnierlsuu 7re
Take Hairj Family FUla for eoastlDatfoo
“Soft and Nice"
She — George dear do you love me?
He — Yes Darling very much
She — Say something soft and nice ti
me
He — Oh custard pie! — Judge
Desperate But Effective
Knieker — So Joues has a gooff
scheme?
I’ocker — Yes he carries a little dy-
namite to blow up any auto that I'liii
over him
A dealer sold imitation Spearmint
His customer gave it to a friend The
dealer lost his customer The cus-
tomer lost his friend
What a young ntun earns in tho day-
time goes into )ls pocket but what be
spends iu the evening goes into his
character — Dr Cuyler -
WO NOT ACCKPT A HTHSTITCTK
whim you want iVrry JhvIh' I’ulnkillnr as nothin
m n h irtHxl for rhmmmiisnt neuralgia and Aim Hit r
troubles 70 yuar in troitMunt uah &c 3&o and 0Uc
I have lived to know thut the great
secret of human happiness Is this —
never suffer your energies to stagnate
’ JtnE TOl'B riOTIIES FAOEDt
Use Red Crnsn Ball Blue and make them
jrhite again Large 2 oz package 5 cents
A woman Isn't necessarily level-
headed because her hat is on straight
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Bourne, E. A. The American (Comanche, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 95, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 23, 1909, newspaper, December 23, 1909; Comanche, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1851784/m1/2/: accessed June 29, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.