The Daily Hesperian (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 18, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 19, 1897 Page: 4 of 4
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CHAPTER XIL
THE INCIDENTS OP AN APTEBNOON.
At high noon some aort of a decision
•earned to have been reached, as York
came aft with a flag of truoe and asked
to speak to the captain. When told to
go ahead, he said:
"Captain, we have given yon plenty
of time to consider our offer, and 1 have
come for yoar answer. You can have
the boats all fitted out, and the doctor
and Roberts shall go with you. We are
bound to have this ship and carry her
where we will, and if you rofuao our
offer the results be upon your own
head."
"Harkoe, yon bloody traitor and vil-
lain!" shouted the captain in reply,
"We not only refuse your offer, but are
ready for what may cornel"
"Then you won't go?"
"Not a step. Begin the attack as
soon as yon please. "
1 stood behind the captain while he
apoktt. As he finished, I felt a soft hand
ou my arm, and I turned to find Mary
Williams at my side. She was very
pale, as was the case with all the other
women and perhaps some of the men,
but 1 could not fail to notice that sh«
was also calm and collected.
"Mr. Tompkins," she said, pulling
me a step or two aside, "there are but
few of us and many of them. Will yon
show me how to load one of these weap-
ons, that I may be of some assistance
when the attack comes?"
"Lor bless you for your brave heart!" I
says I in reply. "Bnt maybe it will be j
better if you look after the women and !
children a bit I see you are the only |
woman who a spark of courage left,
though this is only the beginning of it"
"And what do you think of the situa-
tion?"
"It's a bad one, Miss Williams, as
I'm in honor bound to say, but wo arc
not at such a disadvantage as you may
suppose. Those fellows know nothing
of these iron shutters or of the number
of guns at hand."
"You—you heard Ben Johnson say
that you End I were not to go in the
boats with the others?" she queried,
with a break or two in her voice.
"Aye, that I did, but there will be
no taking to the boats by any of us.
The man means murder for both of us,
but we won't lot that bother ug yet
awhile."
"I want you to promise me some-
thing," she persisted, drawing me still
farther from the porthole. "If you are
still alive when they break into the
cabin, I want you to shoot me."
"Lor save you, miss!" I whispered,
taken all aback by her look of appeal
and strange words. "It will surely
never come to that"
"But if it does."
"Mary," says I, never knowing that
I had spoken her given name aud never
knowing till long afterward that I took
both her hands in mine, "if I had a
dozen lives, I'd give them all to save
yours, and so I don't like to think of
taking the only life dear to me in all
this world. I'd rather see you lying
dead, however, than in the power of
that villain, and if worst comes to
worst, I may give you my last bullet."
"Remember, Ralph. I shall depend
upon it"
I had called her Mary, and she had'
called me Ralph. It was a declaration of
love, made under such circumstances as
were never known before. You smile at
me, but as I told you in the beginning,
I was but a plain sailor man and hardly
knew the meaning of the word "ro-
mance." We were standing in the face of
death, as it were, and yet I could have
lifted up my voice and shouted for joy.
The numbers of the mutineers gave
them confidence. They perhaps argued
that a rush aft of all hands would carry
our position, with little or no damage
to their side. They gathered up what-
ever could be made to answer for weap-
ons, and the cool and lawless way in
which they made ready for the attack
made us wild with anger and impa-
tience. We could have poured a volley
into them at any moment during the
forenoon, but Captain Clark did not
wish to be the first to shed blood,
though he would have been fully justi-
fied in sweeping the decks. I believe he
hoped, as I did, that something might
occur to stop the trouble before any one
was laid low. When it became evident
that they meant to rush, he turned to
us and said:
"I want every one of you to shoot to
kill. Do not be satisfied with killing
one man, but kill two or three, if you
can. If we give them a good dose at
the start it will take the fight out of
them. Every one to his post"
Thirty seconds later the fall gang of
villains, York and Johnson leading,
came rushing at us, and the yells they
uttered would have done CTeditto a war
party of savages. Eight of them carried
a spare yard to be used as a battering
ram, while tbe others had axe9, capstan
bars, iron belaying pins and what not
A few had muskets, but no spare am-
munition. As the first of tbe mob passed
the mainmast, we opened on it and
quickly exchanged our guns to fire
again. I believe that some of our bullets
hit two men, which was not at all un-
likely in such a crowd. Some of them
reached the cabin, and one burly, big
ruffian lived long enough to strike one
blow with his ax, but the rapid fixe so
astonished them and tbe slaughter
among them was so appalling that they
broke back like a flock of frightened
sheep. We kept peppering them until
the last living man had disappeared be-
perhaps
(on we find a shot, pwhad ma bade
and nid:
"Don't low your ma, Ralph. If
we bad them all priaooen, we an not
strong handed enough to nil the bark."
Of that gang of men 18 lay dead on
tbe decks, and in addition then wen
three wounded men whom we let drag
themselves away. Two of the dead bad
«xc«, and two mora bad carried muskets.
We wanted to get these, and so we re-
moved the barricade from tbe door, and
I was about to slip out when Mary Wil-
liams dodged past me and was back in a
minute with guns and axes. She would
have returned for some of the wicked
looking knives which had dropped from
tho hand.* of the sailors as they fell, but
I seized her arm und pulled her into the
cabin. It wus high time, too, for a con-
vict armed '*ith a musket had hoisted
himself out of tbe forebatch and fired
Minutes seem like hours when a
life is at stake. Croup gives no
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She teas back In a minute with guns and
axes.
low decks, and bad we rushed out then
we could have palled the hatches on
and made them prisoners. I was for
doing so, bat Captain Clark, who bad
at her, and the ball struck the casing of
the door beside her bead.
The position now was a curious one.
We held the cabin aud hy means of the
portholes could sweep the decks clean
to the eyes of the ship, and yet we were
prisoners. If we had been a few men
stronger, we could have overcome them
while they were still in their panic, bat
even to have stood guard over that
gang of villains running loose between
decks would have demanded the services
of a dozen men. It was no doubt- tbe
wiser policy to be content with oar ad-
vantage, though no man could predict
how the affair would terminate. For an
hour everything was quiet and not a mu-
tineer showed his head. Then a white
flag was hoisted above the forehatch,
and York hesitatingly came aft to de-
liver a message. We had hoped that
nomo of our ballets had found him or
Johnson or both, but it seined that
they were untouched. It was noticcablo
that York had lost his jaunty air and
looked very much worried as ho ap-
proached us, and his voico had lost all
its impudence as ho said:
"Captain Clark, I am sent to ask for
a truce of half an hour, that we may
clear the deeka of tho dead. At the end
of that time we shall have something
further to say to you."
As we wr.nted the bodies disposed of
as badly a* they did, no hesitation was
made in agreeing to a truce. Three sail-
ors aud seven convicts came up, aud
with many a foul word and bitter curso
they proceeded with their work. Per-
I haps it would have been expecting too
i much to suppose they would give the
I bodies burial in the regular way, but
I ve wero terribly shocked to behold
i them lift up corpse after corpse and
I heave them over tho rail until the last
I w.ls gone. When this work was com-
pleted, one of them went aloft to search
j the sea for sight of sail, while the re-
j maindur, with tho exception of York,
dived below. When tho man came
down and reported and disappeared,
York came aft to say:
' 'Captain Clark, the blood of every
man killed here today is on your head
If you figure that one defeat will turn
U3 from our plans, you are mistaken
Wo will have full possession of this
craft if we have to fight you for. a
month, aud sooner than be defeated in
our object we will sot her on fire and
all perish together. I now renew you
the offer to let you go off in the boats.
It is the last time. It is for you to say
whether you will save your peopLe or
let them stay to be killed. I will re-
turn in 15 minutes for your answer."
He had scarcely turned his back when
Smith, his wife, the two single women
and Mary's mother all cried out in
chorus that we should accept the offer.
I must admit that on the face it looked
reasonable enough, and at first thought
it appeared to be the easiest way to es
cape our peril. But thosowho bad cried
out had given no thought as to what
might happen. After a bit the captain
spoke to us. In the first place, he de-
clared, tho mutineers were not sincere
in their offer. It was against common
sense to suppose they wonld let us get
away to fall in with some craft or reach
some coast, to put a man-of-war on their
track. If they did not seek to overpower
u.s by a sudden rush while wo were
busy at the boats, they would afterward
ran the boats down with the Hindu,
and that without risk to themselves. As
to Betting the craft on fire, their lives
were as precious to them as ours were
to us, and the threat was simply blus-
ter. When he had finished, all saw the
sense of his remarks so plainly that no
ono had a protest or argument. I had
missed Mary while he was speaking.
Just as he had finished, she came into
the main cabin to say:
"The mutineers have made their way
aft to the bulkheads and will try to
come at us from that direction. I have
been listening and oan hear them quite
plainly."
That was proof enough of their
treachery in all things. Knowing that
we were all in the cabin to discuss the
offer of the boats, a number of them had
begun work at the bulkheads in hopes
to make an opening. Bat tbe brave and
quick witted Mary, without hint from
any one, had given as warning in time.
Haskell and I harried along to tho
bulkheads, to find at least half a dozen
men working on the other side with
axes and chisels. We fired two shots
apiece through the loopholes. There
was a fall and a scream, followed by
rash of feet, and we felt sure they wonld
not try that trick again for some time
to coma We returned to the cabin just
as York appeared on deck for his an
swer. In a voice as cool and steady as
ever heard it before or afterward tho
captain said:
"Go back to the murderous soonn
drcls and say to them that we will
neither take to the boats nor allow them
to do so! As for gale or fire or wreck,
we will take our chances with you.
Don't come aft with any more offers or
messages. From this time on we will
shoot at every man who comes within
range."
York walked off without a word and
dropped down the forcbatch. ▲ minute
later a great roar of yells and corses
reached our ears. The news he carried
forward was not to their liking. Aside
from the shelter of a bullet proof oabin
and a liberal supply of arms, we had
other advantages in our favor. One per
son iu the cabin and one at tbe balk
heads could watch them. Our fire had a
clean sweep of tbe decks. We were
united, while there was much quarrel
ing among them.
From the time York disappeared up
to nightfall not one of tbe mutineers
appeared on deck, nor was there any
change in tbe general situation, except
that the breese gradually died away and
was wholly gone at mnmt. Long
enough before this the women and chil-
dren in the cabin had got tbe better of
ttlCUu «v w «h5b in ittia
b** ot Aoberts and for that matter all
rest of us were terribly anxious as to
what fate might be in store far him and
tbe doctor. It was hard to see bow their
deaths would advanoe the interests of
the mutineers, and yet tbe wounded and
the friends of the dead would demand
vengeance and probably sacrifice the
two prisoners. What made tbe matter
worse was in our realizing that we had
nothiug to offer in exchange for their
liberty.
Night came down as quiet and peace-
ful as any night you ever saw. No
lights were placed in the rigging, nor
was there a man on deck from end to
end of the ship. There was a cheeping
and chirping from blocks and yards
aloft as the Hindu rose and fell on the
heave of tho sea, but never tho sound of
a human voice nor the echo of a foot-
fall outside tho cabin. Like a specter
ship she went drifting slowly to the
north, and in the cabin we spoke in
whispers and wondered what the night
wonld bring forth. We had plenty to
jeat and drink, and the lamps gave out
a cheerful light, bnt no one could for-
get for an instant that nearly a hundred
mutinous sa.iors and hardened crimi-
nals were only a few yards away and
wickedly plotting the destruction of
every one of us. When the sleepy chil-
dren were put to bed, Mary Williams'
old father said ho would ask God to be
merciful to us in our distress, and
while wo all knelt down ho prayed with
tears falling down his wrinkled cheeks.
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CHAPTER XIII.
THREE DAYS AND NIGHTS.
Whatever our position in the cabin,
that of the mutineers was infinitely
worse. They had captured the ship aud
made us prisoners, and yet we actually
controlled the craft and they were pris-
oners to us. No man could take the
wheel or touch a rope without being a
fair target for our weapons. That the
fellows realized the situation was evi-
dent from tho quarreling among them.
Wo looked for them to mako some
movo during tho night, and about mid-
ight we discovered that they were
erecting a barricade across the deck be-
tween the fore and the main mast. They
were using tasks and bales to do this,
and, though we coald have opened fire
and driven them off, Captain Clark de-
cided that a barricade would be no
menace to us. They had no ammunition
for the muskets and were probably erect-
ing it to cover themselves while getting
breath of fresh air on deck.
"I'll tell you what, Ralph," said the
captain to mo as we stood alone on
watch after midnight while the others
slept, "I've got hopes of not only get-
ting tho 1 udu back into our own
hands, but 1 believe wo shall carry our
cargo to Botany Bay. They can't sail
the ship nor take to the boats, and what
are they to do?"
"Bat if it comes on to blow a gale?"
queried.
"Let us hope it won't In that event
we may all go down together.''
At 2 o'clock in the morning a breeze
sprang up. out it was nothing to cause
anxiety. The mutineers were pretty
quiet during the last hours of the night,
but when day fairly broke the whole
gang of them were suddenly astir and
betraying great excitement. After puz-
zling over it for a bit, we decided that a
sail must be in sight to the eastward.
How far off or how near she would pass
us we had no means of knowing, as the
bark's head was to the south. Over the
top of tho barricade we could see the
heads of the mutineers and make out
that the object of interest was on the
port bow. It wasn't ten minutes before
there was a furious quarrel among
them, and from such words as we could
catch wo knew they were divided on the
course of action to be taken. They had
no signal of distress to set, even though
they wanted to bring the 6trange vessel
down to us, bat it was more than prob-
able that sho would alter her course to
ascertain why we were drifting away
with all sail carefully stowed instead of
having everything spread to the breeze.
In tho course of half an hour a flag of
truce was displayed above the barricade,
and a few seconds later York revealed
himself and shouted:
"Captain Clark, will you give us the
boats and allow us to leave the bark?"
'Aye, that I won't!" replied the cap-
tain, whose quick wit divined what
was in the wind. "The first ono of you
on this side of that barricade gets a bul-
let into him."
It was likely a merchantman bearing
down on us, and the fellows wanted
the boats to go off and capture her. In
another half hour we hoard them shout-
ing to somebody to l:eep off, as we had
pestilence alx>ard. That was in revenge,
you know. We knew, however, that
the sight of tho barricade and of so
many men crowded together on the fo'-
castle, even if they got no sight of the
convict uniforms, would hold the
stranger by us until she had solved the
mystery. While the mutineers were
still shouting, she passed astern of us,
and we signaled her from the cabin
windows. She proved to be the English
brig Vixen, London, bound from Port
Darwin. The two men in her rigging
figured out the situation pretty prompt-
ly, and the brig was thrown into the
wind and her bout lowered, aud present-
ly her captain was pulled under the
■tern of the Hindu. While the rest of
us kept watch on tbe mutineers and
prepared for any movo on their part,
Captain Clark stated our situation, but
did not ask for help. He found that we
bad drifted more to the north than
what we bad figured on and that wind
and current were setting us in toward
the west coast of Australia, but there
was nothing to worry over as vet.
To be continued.
THE STATE OF TEXAS.
Facts and figures to tlie think-
ing man convey a better idea of a
country than word painting can,
so we give some solid facts for
those who may want to know
eomething about the empire state.
Population In 1SSX).
estimated population low....
Ares. iu sqaare alio.
Length in miles
Breadth in tnllM 75>
Settleuin 1646
Independence Coelared 1886
Admltteu into the union 1845
Area in teres 174,586,840
Acre* In timbered lands 46,000,000
Acrea in mineral land 30,000,000
Aore* of public school lands 60,000,000
Bales of cotton raised. 1890 2,000,009
Bushels ot com raised, 1890 66,600,000
Bushels of oats raised, 1890 11,760,uoo
Bushels of whtsut raised, 1890 6,000.000
Mitos of railway 10,107
Head ot lire stock 16,000,000
Pounds of wool raised 26,000,000
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raxable values 5734,000,000
Vaiup ftirm products ;:-5,0G0,000
Veins live stock 166,000,000
Value exported stock 11,000,000
Value exported hides 6,000,000
Value exported wool ... 4,060,000
Valutfrse school fund, etc 150,000,000
State university fund 14,000,000
Vaiueofrailways 800.000.00C
Business transacted, 1890 S00.000.WX)
PrMic school expense, 1880 i,600,000
Cos. of oapitol building 1,000,000
Number of oounties in Texas 246
Annual taxes oollected 4,000,000
Increase 1 manufactures, 1890 0,000,000
Average amount in treasury 1,500,093
her people.
Texas is a cosmopolitan state,
but native Americans predomin-
ate. The negro population of the
state is small compared to other
southern states and the "race
problem" cuts no figure here. The
state is settled largely with immi-
grants from different parts of the
Union, those from the southern
and western states predominating.
laws.
The laws of Texas are made for
her own people and are the most
liberal, eqnitable and just any-
where.
homestead laws
Are the most liberal, and her col-
lection laws the most lenient to be
found in any state in the Union.
These laws not only provide
against misfortune, but give the
family a guarantee against waste-
fuTextravagance and bad manage,
ment on the part of the husband.
The following extracts from the
state constitution will give an idea
of the protection which the state
throws around a family:
"Art. 17, Sec. 49. The legisla-
ture shall have power, and it shall
be its duty, to protect by law from
forced sale a certain portion of the
personal property of all heads of
families, and also of unmarried
adults, male and female.
taxation
Is light, our state ad valorum tax
is now 20 cents on the $100, and
our state school tax is 18 cents
on the $100. County taxes do not
often reach 50 cents on the $100.
land.
Improved lands are worth from
$10 to $50 per acre.
Our lands produce a greater va-
riety of crops than can be found in
almost any other county. They
have the rare advantage of bring-
ing both wheat and cotton crops—
something not found in many
places.
roads.
Good roads reach into every sec-
tion of the county and substantial
bridges span all streams.
education.
We have ninety public schooh
in the county outside the city oi
Gainesville—eighty-six white and
four colored. These schools run
on an average of six month each
year.
"Sec. 50.—The homestead of s
family shall be and is hereby pro-
tected from forced sale for pay
ment of all debts except for the
purchase of money, the taxes due
thereon, or for work and material
used in constructing improve
ments thereon, and in this last
case only when the work and ma-
terial are contracted for in writ-
ting, with the consent of the wife
given in the same manner as is
required in making a sale and
conveyance of the homestead; nor
shall the owner, if a married man,
sell the homestead without the
consent of the wife given in such
manner as may be prescribed by
law
"No mortgage trust, deed or
other lien on the homestead shall
ever be valid, except for the pur-
chase money thereof, improve-
ments made thereon as hereinbe-
fore provided, whether such mort-
gage or trust deed or other lien
shall have been ereated by the hus-
band alone or together* with his
wife; and all pretended sales of
the homestead involving any con-
dition of defeasance shall be void.
"Sec. 51. The homestead nat in a
town or city, shall consist of not
more than 200 acres of land, which
may be in one or more parcels,
with the improvements thereon;
the homestead in a city, town or
village shall consist of a lot or
lots not to exceed in value $5000
at the time of their designation as
a homestead without reference to
the value o any improvements
thereon.
COOKE COUNTY.
Cooke is one of the northern tier
of counties and is separated from
the beautiful Indian Territory on
the north by Red river.
It is a splendid farming section
and is also well adapted to stock-
raising.
The soil of the county is about
equally divided black waxey, san-
dy and red sandy. About one-
half the county is timber and the
balance prairie with streams run-
ning through it, on which can be
found excellent timber and water
Red river borders tlie county on
he north for sixty miles.
Elm fork of the Trinity, Clear
creek and other streams flow
through it.
The county has an area of 933
square miles, equal to 597,120
acres.
It had in 1890 a population of
24,602.
It now has a population of per-
haps 30,000.
RAILiJOADS.
The Missouri, Kansas & Texas
railroad runs through the county
from east to west and the great
Santa Fe system runs through
fron north to south.
A road is surveyed and will soon
be built fj-QL, Gainesville north-
east to the coal mines at McAlee
ter, I. T.
GAINESVILLE,
The county site, is located on thi
Elm fork of the Trinity, six miles
south of Red river. It lias a popu-
lation of about 10,000, and is a
busy, hustling, growing place. It
has eleven churches, six splendid
brick school houses, two good
flouring mills, an ice factory, an
iron foundry, the shops of the
Santa Fe railroad, a cotton com-
press, a broom factory, soap fac-
tory, cotton seed oil mills,
pressed brick works turning
out splendid brick, four
newspapers, three banks with a
capital and surplus of $650,000,
and various other enterprises.
It is a live place and men with
money or muscle can do no better
than to cast their lots here.
THE WAGES
of the laboring man, whether mar-
ried or not, are as sacred as the
household.
Section 28 of Art. 16 of the con-
stitution reads: "No current
wages for personal service shall
ever be subject to garnishment."
The statutes exempt the follow-
ing personal property from forced
sale:
"All household and kitchen fur-
niture. All implements of hus
bantiry. All tools, apparatus and
books belonging to any trade or
profession. The family library
and all family portraits and pic-
tures. Five milk cows and their
salves. Two yoke of work oxen,
with necessary yokes and chains
Two horses and one wagon. One
carriage or buggy. One gun.
Twenty head of sheep. All sad-
lles, biidles and harness necessary
for use of the family. All pro-
visions and forage on hand for
home consumption, and all current
wages for personal services
To all single persons are re-
served : "All wearing appaiel, all
tools, apparatus and books be-
longing to any trade or profession.
One horse, saddle and bridle. All
current wages for personal ser-
vices. ''
Wherever the people's homes
are safe there will patriots be
found. Hence tramps and beggars
are not so common among us as in
other countries.
And dealer in
PLUMBER
Plumbing Material
and Tiling.
304 E. California Street
Corner Dcnion.
Artesian
Steam 111 S. Dizon Street,
Laundry
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Is the only concern in the
city that gives you
The Domestic Finsih.
It saves your linen, is neat,
stylish and attractive
ALSO HIGH GLOSS.
Edwards' Quinine
Hair Tonic
HAS NO EQUAL
Removes Dandruff, Softtens the
Hair and Promotes the^ Growth.
"A Superior Dressing."
75 CENTS A BOTTLE.
Coal.
St. James c?al, best lump.
Leave orders at H. Schiff's, cor-
ner Commerce and Bioadwav.
people's oderless process
—for—
Cleaning Vaults, Sinks and Closets
Withoat Offense or Smell.
Orders can be left at
Scheline'e store,
Edward's drag store,
William Kilgore's.
T. J. Reed.
Laces are very much in vogue
for trimming all kinds of woolen
dresses. See the assortment we
are showing. S. Zaoharias.
EDWARDS, The Life Dra&st
A Bargain.
One 9-column Campbell print-
ing press.
One half-medium Gordon print-
ing press.
One quarter-medium Gordon
printing press.
One Boss paper cotter.
all in good repair.
And three composing stones,
two cabinets, over 100 fonts job
and display type, chases, galleys,
Mustang mailer and in short a
complete news and job outfit that
cost $3500, for sale at Denison,
Tex., for $800. Apply to
T. J. Crooks, or
B. C. Murray,
Denison, Tex.
YOU ARE THE ONE
We are talking to if you snffer
from hedake, neuralgia, etc.*
try a box
Edwards' Quick
Hedake Powders..
Guaranteed to euro in one<
minute.
EDWARDS, Tho Lire Druggist.
Constipation in its worst forms,
dyspepsia, sick headache, bilious,
nesa and derangement of the liver
are residily enred by DeWitt's
Little Early Risers. These little
pills never gripe. Small pill, safe,
pill, best pill. H. W. Stark
Drag Co.
1879. 1895.
TRANSFER LINE.
H. C. HORD.
All manner of freight packed
and shipped. Hauling done to
any part of the city. Ware rooms
for all kinds of storage. Office at
Raokley's furniture store. No.
205-207 California street, Gaines-"
ville, Tex. Orders solicited: Satis
faction guaranteed. H. O. Hobd
* Ail the different forms of skin
troubles, from ehapped hands to
eczema and indolent ulcers can bo
enred by DeWitt's Witch
Salve, the great pile cure.
Stark Drag Go.
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The Daily Hesperian (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 18, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 19, 1897, newspaper, January 19, 1897; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth503576/m1/4/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Library Consortium.