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THERE THEY ARE. PLENTY OF ROOM FOR THEM.

HEY! DROP THAT, REDSKIN, AND GET OUT!

HEY, AIN'T THAT YANCEY CRAVAT THERE?

BY GOLLY, IT IS!

LET'S GET HIM OVER HERE.

WHAT DO YOU SAY?

I KNOW WHAT'LL FETCH HIM.

WATCH HIS EARS PERK UP

WHEN HE HEARS THE OLD TRAVELER'S SONG.

LET'S GIVE IT TO HIM!

HI-RICKETY WHOOP-TI-DO

HOW I LOVE TO SING TO YOU

OH, I CAN SING AND DANCE WITH GLEE

FOR I'M AS YOUNG AS I USED TO BE

HI-RICKETY! WELL, YOU OLD--

HOW I LOVE TO SING TO YOU

HOW ARE YOU? OLD BUCK!

PITCH ME NAKED INTO A BRIAR PATCH

IF IT AIN'T THE OLD DOG HIMSELF!

I HEARD YOU GOT HITCHED.

YEAH. I GOT A WIFE AND SON

4 YEARS OLD NOW.

HI-RICKETY!

THIS IS LIKE A FOURTH OF JULY

CELEBRATION ON JUDGMENT DAY.

BEATS ALL CREATION.

SAY, WHERE YOU HEADING FOR, YANCEY?

I'M CUTTING DIRT

FOR THE LITTLE BEAR CREEK.

THAT'S THE SPOT, BELIEVE ME!

YES, INDEED.

YOU'RE YANCEY CRAVAT, AREN'T YOU?

AND YOU?

LEE. DIXIE LEE.

OH, INDEED?

GOING FOR A TOWN SITE?

NO. I'M GOING FOR A QUARTER-SECTION RANCH

OUT AT THE LITTLE BEAR CREEK.

THAT'S FUNNY. I'M HEADING FOR LITTLE BEAR, TOO.

I KNOW JUST THE PIECE OF LAND I WANT,

WITH A DIP AND A GULLY

AND A LOT OF SCRUB OAK.

READY...AIM...

AAH!

WHOA.

YOU NEAR FLUMMOXED. ARE YOU HURT?

NO. I'M ALL RIGHT.

OH, BUT HIS LEGS ARE BROKEN.

I HEARD THEM CRACK. PLEASE SHOOT HIM.

AND IN NO TIME-- NO TIME, MIND YOU--

THEY SNAPPED UP EVERY PIECE OF LAND

THAT WAS WORTH HAVING,

AND BY NIGHTFALL, THERE WASN'T AN ACRE.

THINK OF IT, LOUIS.

NOT AN ACRE LEFT OUT OF THAT 2 MILLION.

THE ONLY SPOT I WANTED WAS THE GROUND WE STOOD ON,

AND, WELL, THE GIRL GOT THAT QUARTER SECTION.

YANCEY CRAVAT!

YOU LET THAT HUSSY IN BLACK TIGHTS

HAVE YOUR CLAIM

AFTER HAVING BEEN GONE A WHOLE MONTH

AWAY FROM YOUR WIFE AND CHILD?

NOW, MAMA--

DON'T YOU "MAMA" ME!

ISAIAH!

GO ON WITH YOUR FANNING!

YES, MRS. VENABLE.

WELL?

THE LAND WAS HERS BY RIGHT OF CLAIM.

I DON'T BELIEVE A WORD OF IT.

WHY DID YOU LET HER KEEP YOUR LAND?

IF IT'D BEEN A MAN, I COULD HAVE SHOT HIM.

YOU CAN'T SHOOT A WOMAN.

WHY NOT?

OH, FELICE!

I DON'T SUPPOSE YOU'D RECOGNIZE THE LADY

WITHOUT HER BLACK TIGHTS.

"LET THERE BE NO STRIFE BETWEEN THEE AND ME."

THAT'S FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT, DABNEY.

YOU MAY NOT RECOGNIZE THAT.

OH, IT'S ALL TOMMYROT.

PERHAPS NOW, YANCEY,

YOU'LL STOP THIS RAMPING UP AND DOWN

AND BE CONTENT

TO SETTLE DOWN HERE IN WICHITA,

RUN THAT NEWSPAPER OF YOURS,

AND CONDUCT YOUR LAW PRACTICE--

SUCH AS IT IS--

WITH NO MORE TALK OF OKLAHOMA.

DON'T YOU REALIZE

THAT THIS IS A NEW EMPIRE?

WHY, FOLKS, THERE'S NEVER BEEN

ANYTHING LIKE IT SINCE CREATION.

CREATION! HUH. THAT TOOK 6 DAYS.

THIS WAS DONE IN ONE.

HISTORY MADE IN AN HOUR.

WHY, IT'S LIKE A MIRACLE

OUT OF THE OLD TESTAMENT.

DON'T BE BLASPHEMOUS, YANCEY.

LIKE A MIRACLE

OUT OF THE OLD TESTAMENT.

CITIES OF 10,000

SPRINGING UP OVERNIGHT. HUH.

WELL, I'M GOING BACK.

I'M GOING BACK AND HELP BUILD A NEW STATE

OUT OF THE LAST FRONTIER OF THE NATION,

AND IT'LL BE A STATE SOMEDAY, MARK MY WORDS.

YANCEY! YOU'RE NOT LEAVING ME AGAIN?

LEAVING YOU, MY BEAUTY?

NOT BY A LONG SHOT, SUGAR.

THIS TIME, YOU AND CIM

ARE COMING WITH ME.

LOUIS VENABLE! CAN YOU SIT THERE

AND SEE YOUR DAUGHTER

DRAGGED OFF TO BE SCALPED AMONG SAVAGES?

BUT I WANT TO GO, MAMA.

YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU WANT.

WE'LL START MONDAY WEEK,

FRESH AND FAIR, WITH TWO FREIGHTERS--

ONE WITH THE PRINTING OUTFIT

AND THE OTHER WITH THE HOUSEHOLD GOODS.

WHY, WE CAN MAKE IT IN 9 DAYS.

I FORBID IT! YOU'RE GOING TO STAY HERE

WITH YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER

IN DECENT CIVILIZATION.

I'VE HEARD ENOUGH!

I'M GOING WITH HIM.

AW, THAT'S IT, HONEY.

WHY, WE'VE HAD ENOUGH OF THIS...WICHITA.

WE'RE GOING OUT TO A BRAND-NEW,

TWO-FISTED, RIP-SNORTING COUNTRY

FULL OF INDIANS, RATTLESNAKES,

GUN-TOTERS, AND DESPERADOES!

WHOOPEE!

AAH! AAH!

ISAIAH! I DO DECLARE!

MISERABLE BRAT! YOU FOOL BOY!

HA HA HA!

MASTER YANCEY, MASTER YANCEY,

TAKE ME WITH YOU TO OKLEEHOMEE.

PLEASE TAKE ME, MASTER YANCEY.

YOU AIN'T GOIN' TO NO OKLEEHOMEE.

YOU GOIN' TO TAKE A BATH.

GET OUT, YOU NASTY THING! GET OUT! GET OUT!

HA HA HA! WELL, I'LL GO AND SEE

ABOUT THOSE FREIGHTERS.

COME ALONG HERE, CIM. THAT-A BOY.

MY SON, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE MORE INDIANS

THAN YOU EVER THOUGHT OF.

WELL! I NEVER HEARD OF SUCH A THING!

WHAT DO YOU MEAN, SABRA? YOU'RE NOT GOING!

WHY A VENABLE SHOULD

EVER MARRY SUCH A MAN!

BUFFALO HUNTER!

QUITE RIGHT!

OH, AUNTIE!

A QUART OF WHISKEY A DAY,

LIVING IN THAT DREADFUL

CIMARRON COUNTRY.

WHAT IS CIMARRON?

SPANISH, COUSIN JOUETT. IT MEANS WILD, UNRULY.

YANCEY'S IDEA OF A NAME FOR THE BOY--CIM.

YOU DON'T LIKE ANYTHING YANCEY DOES.

YOU NEVER HAVE.

AND THAT NEWSPAPER OF HIS. WICHITA WIGWAM.

EDITORIALS ABOUT INDIANS' RIGHTS.

YOU MIGHT THINK YANCEY

WAS AN INDIAN HIMSELF.

WHO KNOWS? SOME HALF-BREEDS ARE NO DARKER.

DON'T YOU DARE SAY THAT!

I HEARD HE KILLED A MAN!

I WON'T LISTEN TO YOU ANY LONGER!

I DON'T CARE ABOUT YANCEY'S PAST.

I MARRIED HIM BECAUSE I LOVED HIM,

AND I'M GOING WITH HIM!

I NEVER HEARD OF SUCH A THING!

OH, I CAN SING

AND DANCE WITH GLEE

FOR I'M JUST AS YOUNG

AS I USED TO BE

YANCEY, WHERE IS THAT IRON SKILLET?

I CAN'T FIND IT ANYWHERE.

RIGHT HERE, SUGAR-- THE STOVE.

WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME?

CIM, HONEY, GET UP OFF THE GROUND.

IT'S TOO DAMP.

I THINK WE OUGHT TO GET OUT THAT OLD RAG RUG

AND PUT IT DOWN HERE FOR SUPPER.

RIGHT YOU ARE, HONEY.

HOW I LOVE TO SING TO YOU

FOR I CAN SING

AND DANCE WITH GLEE

FOR I'M JUST AS--

I THINK AUNT CASSANDRA

MUST HAVE PUT THE ANDIRONS IN HERE, SUGAR.

HI-RICKETY!

ISAIAH! ISAIAH!

PLEASE LET ME STAY, MASTER YANCEY, MISS SABRA.

I'LL HELP. I'LL WORK. I'LL DO EVERYTHING.

I'LL HELP YOU IN OKLEEHOMEE.

PLEASE LET ME STAY.

WELL, YOU'RE HERE.

I RECKON YOU CAN STAY, ISAIAH.

I HOPES YOU GO TO HEAVEN WHEN YOU DIE.

LET ME DO THAT COOKING, MISS SABRA.

I'LL FIX 'EM.

YEAH. YOU START RIGHT IN

BY GETTING SOME WOOD.

NOW, SCOOT.

I'S SCOOTIN'.

THERE'S LOYALTY, SABRA, THAT MONEY CAN'T BUY.

WE'RE GOING INTO NEW THINGS, PET...

A NEW EMPIRE...

AND I WANT TO HELP BUILD IT FOR YOU.

AND WE'LL HAVE JUST THE PRETTIEST LITTLE HOUSE

WE CAN FIND, TOO.

WITH FLOWERS AND THINGS?

WITH FLOWERS AND TREES...

AND MORNING GLORIES GROWING ALL OVER.

IT'LL BE OUR FIRST REAL HOME...

ALONE.

AND I WANT YOU TO BE HAPPY...

ALL THE WAY, SUGAR.

OUR FIRST REAL HOME...

ALONE.

HOLD THAT IRON! DON'T MOVE!

I AIN'T AIMING TO CHECK YOU THROUGH.

ALL I WANT'S YOUR READY MONEY. COME ON!

THAT'S THE FIRST TIME I EVER FRONTED YOUR IRON, KID.

WELL, IF IT AIN'T YANCE! HOWDY.

HOWDY.

UH, I'M SORRY I DISTURBED YOU FOLKS.

OH, THIS IS MY WIFE.

HOWDY, MA'AM.

MY SON IS INSIDE ASLEEP.

I'M HEADING FOR OSAGE, AIMING TO MAKE IT MY HOME.

OSAGE, HUH?

GOING TO START YOUR NEWSPAPER THERE?

YEAH.

GOOD.

WELL...

GOT TO BE LOPING.

NEED YOU HURRY AWAY LIKE THIS, KID?

WELL, I--I GOT OVERDRAWN

AT THE BANK AT RED FORK,

AND THEY'RE LOOKING FOR ME.

LUCK TO YOU.

STAY AWAY FROM OSAGE, WILL YOU, KID?

SURE THING,

UNLESS YOU SEND ME AN INVITE. CUT DIRT!

HI-RICKETY WHOOP-TI-DO

HOW I LOVE TO SING TO YOU

I CAN SING AND DANCE WITH GLEE

I'M JUST AS YOUNG AS I USED TO BE

OH, IT'S A POSER, HONEY.

ALL THIS IN 6 WEEKS RIGHT UP FROM THE RAW PRAIRIE.

NEXT TIME YOU CALL ME A THIEF,

IT GOES THROUGH YOUR HEAD!

HE SHOT HIM!

MM-HMM. ESTEVAN MIRO.

HALF-BREED-- HE'S A BAD ONE.

I DIDN'T THINK HE HAD THE BRASS.

MUST HAVE SOME FRIENDS AROUND TOWN.

OH, DON'T YOU WORRY, HONEY. DON'T YOU WO--

OH, LOOK, SUGAR!

THEY'VE NAMED THE STREETS ALREADY.

"PAWHUSKA AVENUE."

THAT'S AN INDIAN NAME, SON.

PAWHU MEANS "HAIR,"

AND SKA MEANS "WHITE." WHITE HAIR.

PAWHUSKA WAS AN OLD OSAGE CHIEF.

AH-AH-AH! I'M AN INDIAN! OLD WHITE HAIR!

CIM. CIM.

HOWDY!

HOWDY!

FLOCK OF WATERMELONS THERE, ISAIAH!

YES, SIR. I SURE GLAD I CAME TO OKLEEHOMEE.

JUST A MINUTE.

I'LL APPEAL TO THE HIGHEST COURT!

YOU'RE A SOONER!

DON'T YOU CALL ME--

GENTLEMEN! STEP RIGHT INSIDE,

AND WE'LL DETERMINE THE STATUS OF THIS CLAIM.

I DON'T WANT ANYBODY CALLING ME A SOONER!

BY THE WAY, HAVE YOU EACH $10 WITH YOU?

YES. YES, WE HAVE.

STEP RIGHT INSIDE, MEN, AND TELL US ALL ABOUT IT.

ALL RIGHT. I WANT TO KNOW...

PLENTY OF LAW PRACTICE.

3 OR 4 CLAIMANTS FOR SOME OF THESE LOTS.

OH, LOOK, HONEY. LOOK. FOLKS WORKING LATE.

PLENTY OF GOOD WATER.

WE'LL FIX YOU UP.

THERE YOU ARE.

HERE YOU GO. THAT'S RIGHT.

NOW, LADY, WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU?

WHY, THERE'S--THERE'S LOUIS HEFNER'S EMPORIUM.

I SAW OLD LOUIS STAKE THAT CLAIM.

FURNITURE IN AN UNDERTAKING PARLOR?

OH, THEY HAVE PLENTY OF COMBINATION STORES OUT HERE

TILL THE TOWN GETS LARGER.

IF YOU WAS A BIRD,

YOU COULD FLY ALL THE WAY OVER!

GET ON OUT! HA HA HA!

HO THERE, PARTNER!

HOLD HER! DON'T LET HER BUCK YOU DOWN!

GET AWAY FROM THAT WICKED THING!

CAN'T YOU DO SOMETHING?

I'M DOING ALL I CAN, HONEY.

OLD ELMER'S BEEN UNCORKING THE REDEYE, I SEE.

YANCEY, DO GET OUT OF THIS

AND FIND A PLACE TO SLEEP.

I'M NEARLY DEAD, AND SO IS CIM.

I'M SORRY, HONEY.

UH, SAY, WHERE IS THE BIXBY HOTEL?

LAST TURN!

YOU JUST PASSED IT ON THE OTHER CORNER!

SURE ENOUGH?

HONEY, WE PASSED RIGHT BY IT. GET ALONG!

SEE YOU LATER, FELLAS. GIDDAP! COME ON HERE, BOY.

I WON'T BRING UP MY BOY IN A TOWN LIKE THIS!

I'M GOING BACK HOME!

DON'T YOU THINK YOU BETTER WAIT

UNTIL MORNING, HONEY?

YOU KNOW, A GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP,

AND THINGS ARE GOING TO LOOK ENTIRELY DIFFERENT.

I'LL BE BACK SOON.

WELL, LOUIS HEFNER!

ONE OF THE TOWN'S LEADING MERCHANTS NOW, I GATHER.

HELLO, YANCE!

I'M GLAD TO SEE YOU HERE!

I'M GLAD TO BE HERE.

I TRUST THE FURNITURE END OF THE BUSINESS

IS DOING BETTER THAN THE OTHER.

YEAH. ONLY BEEN 3 KILLINGS SO FAR,

BUT WE'LL HAVE TO START A FULL JAIL

PRETTY SOON, I GUESS.

YOU'RE GAMBLING?

NO.

JUST WATCHING WHERE THE MONEY GOES.

YANCEY! YANCEY CRAVAT!

OLD GRAT!

YES! COME OVER HERE!

WELL, YANCEY CRAVAT!

WHY, YOU OLD DOG!

OH, YOU ARE STILL WEARING THAT WHITE HAT, HUH?

YEAH, AND YOU'RE STILL MAKING

LIGHTNING CALCULATIONS.

YOU KNOW THE BOYS?

MOST OF THEM. MOST OF THEM.

OOH, ESTEVAN MIRO.

SO YOU'RE CRAVAT, HUH?

YEAH. AND YOU?

YOUNTIS. LON YOUNTIS.

HOWDY.

HOWDY.

GENTS, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO HAVE?

THIS IS ON THE HOUSE.

BRANDY.

I'LL HAVE BRANDY.

ARE YOU GOING TO START A NEWSPAPER?

YEAH, GRAT.

YEAH. YEAH.

I UNDERSTAND THE FORMER EDITOR HERE,

A MAN NAMED PEGLER, DIED.

WAS SHOT IN THE BACK, HUH?

MM-HMM.

WHAT ARE YOU AIMING AT?

HERE YOU ARE, GENTS.

HAVE ANOTHER ONE.

ALL RIGHT.

MR. CRAVAT,

I'D LIKE TO T-T-TALK TO YOU A MINUTE

IF YOU HAVE T-T-TIME.

YOU SEE, I'M A P-P-PRINTER AND A D-D-DARN GOOD ONE,

AND YOU SEE, I HEARD

YOU WERE GOING TO OPEN A NEWSPAPER OFFICE

CALLED THE OKLAHOMA W-W-WIGWAM, SEE?

AND I'D LIKE TO-- WELL, GO TO WORK.

OH, LISTEN TO THE LAMBS ALL A-CRYIN'

THAT I WANT TO GO TO HEAVEN WHEN I DIE

HOWDY. HOWDY.

HOWDY, YANCEY!

HOWDY, BULL.

GOOD MORNING.

GOOD MORNING.

MORNING...

SAFFRON-ROBED, ROSE FROM THE OCEAN

TO BRING LIGHT TO GODS AND MEN, HUH?

OCEAN?

CORSET LACES, CELLULOID COLLARS,

DARNING YARN, RUG RAGS,

SHOESTRINGS, SUSPENDERS.

HAVE YOU ANY FANCY BRAID?

YES, MA'AM, I HAVE SOME FANCY BRAID.

THAT'S SOL LEVY,

THE WALKING NOTIONS COUNTER.

SUSPENDERS, DARNING YARN...

HOWDY, SOL!

HOWDY, MR. CRAVAT. HOWDY, MA'AM.

I'LL GIVE YOU A REAL GOOD BARGAIN...

AND THEN IT POUFS WAY UP HERE.

NEVER SAW ANYTHING LIKE IT IN MY LIFE.

I'M AFRAID THEY THINK MY DRESS

IS A LITTLE TOO ELABORATE.

WHY, MILTON WOULD HAVE NO WORDS FOR SUCH BEAUTY.

HOWDY, CIM!

HE CALLED YOU "CIM."

MM-HMM.

THE BOYS ARE UP TO SOMETHING.

WHO ARE THEY?

I CAN'T SAY FOR SURE,

BUT I THINK THEY'RE THE ONES THAT DID PEGLER DIRT.

PEGLER? WHO--

OH. ISN'T THAT THE EDITOR?

THE ONE WHO WAS FOUND SHOT DEAD?

YOU MEAN THEY DID IT?

OH, I DON'T SAY THEY DID IT, EXACTLY.

THEY KNOW MORE THAN IS COMFORTABLE.

STILL WEARING THAT WHITE HAT, HUH?

WHO'S THAT?

THAT'S LON YOUNTIS.

NOTHING TO BE ALARMED ABOUT.

AAH!

IT'S ALL RIGHT, DARLING. DON'T BE FRIGHTENED.

STAND RIGHT WHERE YOU ARE.

THAT DIRTY SCUM.

INSIDE.

GET OUT OF HERE.

HALF-CIRCLE CUT,

YOU'LL FIND THAT THE CRAVAT BRAND.

CAN'T YOU TAKE A JOKE, YANCEY?

JOKE, NOTHING!

IF YOUR MISSIS WASN'T WITH YOU...

YOU'LL "MISSIS" ME? YOU--YOU DIRTY SCUM!

YOU'RE A LOT OF GOOD-FOR-NOTHING LOAFERS,

THAT'S WHAT YOU ARE,

SHOOTING AT PEOPLE IN THE STREET.

YOU LEAVE MY HUSBAND ALONE!

I DECLARE, I'VE A NOTION--

HONEY, HONEY. SABRA. SABRA.

WHY, IT'LL BE ALL OVER THE SOUTHWEST

THAT YANCEY CRAVAT

WAS HIDING BEHIND A WOMAN'S PETTICOAT.

BUT YOU DIDN'T. THEY CAN'T SAY SO.

YOU SHOT HIM VERY NICELY

IN THE EAR, DARLING.

WELL...YOU SHOULDN'T INTERFERE

WHEN MEN ARE HAVING A LITTLE FRIENDLY SHOOTING.

FRIENDLY? A BULLET WITHIN AN INCH OF YOUR HEAD?

HE KNEW WHERE IT WAS GOING.

COME ON, SUGAR.

I THINK WE'D BETTER FIND THAT HOUSE

WE'RE GOING TO LIVE IN, DON'T YOU?

HUH? COME ON.

DOWN A LITTLE.

A LITTLE MORE. WHOA, WHOA.

A LITTLE MORE.

DOWN A LITTLE MORE. HOLD IT! HOLD IT.

THAT'S IT. NAIL HER!

I-I-I'LL--I'LL B-B-BUSHWHACK HER.

WELL, HONEY? WELL, WE'RE HERE.

YES, WE ARE. WE'RE HERE.

WE'RE GETTING STARTED, TOO.

HONEY, WHEN I THINK OF THAT 5 YEARS IN WICHITA...

I THOUGHT YOU LIKED IT IN WICHITA.

A PRISONED SOUL, MY PET. 5 YEARS IN ONE PLACE?

THAT'S THE LONGEST STRETCH I'VE EVER DONE.

5 YEARS. BACK AND FORTH LIKE A TRAIL HORSE.

HOUSE. OFFICE. VENABLES. VEGETABLES.

IN A LITTLE WHILE, I'D HAVE TURNED INTO

EITHER A VENABLE OR VEGETABLE,

ONE OR THE OTHER.

WELL...

WE'D BETTER GET THIS OFFICE AND PRINT SHOP SETTLED

IF YOU'RE EVER GOING TO GET OUT

AN ISSUE OF THAT NEWSPAPER.

JESSE RICKEY WILL TEND TO IT.

HE'S A P-PRINTER, AND A D-DARN GOOD ONE.

I GOT TO SEE ABOUT THESE REAL-ESTATE TRANSFERS

AND WRITE UP SOME EDITORIALS AND NEWS.

WE GOT A CLUE TO THE PEGLER KILLER LAST NIGHT.

I WANT TO FOLLOW IT UP.

I WISH YOU WOULDN'T.

IF I CAN FIND OUT WHO KILLED PEGLER,

I'M GOING TO PRINT IT

IN THE FIRST EDITION OF THE OKLAHOMA WIGWAM.

WELL, DID YOU-- DID YOU SEE THE--

WELL, WE GOT THE S-SHINGLE

HUNG OUT ALL RIGHT, MISS C-C-C-CRAVAT.

LOOKS FINE, MISS SABRA.

COME ON NOW, I-IS-IS--

COLORED BOY.

WE'D BETTER PITCH IN AND INSTALL THINGS.

NEVER MIND, RICKEY.

I'LL STRAIGHTEN THIS ROOM.

YOU GO ON INTO THE PRINT SHOP WITH ISAIAH.

YES'M.

WE'LL HURRY UP WITH THE PRINTING PRESS

AND--AND D-D-D-DUST OFF THE ADJECTIVES.

THANK YOU!

LOOK, MAMA.

SEE WHAT AN INDIAN JUST GAVE ME.

CIM, CIM! HOW MANY TIMES HAVE I TOLD YOU

NOT TO TALK TO THOSE DIRTY, FILTHY INDIANS?

HERE. HERE. TAKE THIS IN THE KITCHEN.

BE CAREFUL NOW. DON'T DROP IT.

THEN COME BACK AND HELP MOTHER.

ALL RIGHT, MAMA.

SAFETY PINS, COLLAR BUTTONS, NEEDLES, THREAD,

THIMBLES, CROCHET COTTON, CELLULOID COLLARS,

SAFETY PINS, CROCHET COTTON, NEEDLES...

HERE COMES THAT LITTLE SHRIMP AGAIN.

LET'S SEE HOW HE FEELS TODAY.

HEY, SOL! COME HERE.

I WANT TO BUY

A LITTLE FANCY LACE.

HA HA HA!

COME ON OVER HERE!

COME ON, SOL.

NEEDLES, THREAD...

COME ON, SOL!

I WANT TO BUY MY GAL A BUSTLE.

HOW MUCH FOR A CORSET COVER?

THROW ME A PAIR OF SIDE GIRDLES!

SAFETY PINS, COTTON GLOVES, NEEDLES...

PLEASE! PLEASE DON'T!

PLEASE! PLEASE DON'T!

PLEASE DON'T.

PLEASE DON'T. PLEASE DON'T.

WAIT A MINUTE! PLEASE. PLEASE.

PLEASE DON'T.

WELL.

PLEASE DON'T DO IT, MISTER.

HOW ARE YOU, MR. LEVY?

PLEASE. PLEASE, MISTER.

THAT'S ALL RIGHT. THAT'S ALL RIGHT.

LET'S YOU AND ME HAVE A DRINK.

NO, THANKS.

PLEASE, NO. NO, NO.

GO ON.

IT WON'T HURT YOU.

I DON'T WANT ANY. THANKS.

WHAT, YOU DON'T WANT IT?

BE A REAL FELLA AND HAVE A DRINK.

NO, NO.

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF A COOT

THAT WON'T TAKE A DRINK?

WHERE YOU GOING THERE?

PLEASE, MISTER.

COME HERE, YOU LITTLE RUNT FELLOW.

COME UP HERE.

NO, PLEASE! PLEASE, MISTER.

TAKE IT, SON.

PLEASE DON'T, MISTER. PLEASE.

PLEASE DON'T, MISTER.

HAVE ANOTHER HERE.

PLEASE! PLEASE!

WHEN I TELL THEM TO TAKE A DRINK,

THEY DRINK, DON'T THEY?

THEY DO!

YOU'RE A ROUGH, EH, YOUNTIS?

JUST WHIP YOUR WEIGHT IN WILDCATS, HUH?

WHO ASKED YOU?

COME ON, SOL. YOU ALL RIGHT, HUH?

SURE. THAT'S THEIR IDEA OF A JOKE.

YOU GO AHEAD ABOUT YOUR BUSINESS.

THEY WON'T BE BOTHERING YOU NONE NOW.

THANKS, MR. CRAVAT.

THANK YOU.

THREATENING TO MAKE OSAGE THE TERROR OF THE SOUTHWEST

AS IN THE OLD DAYS OF THE CIMARRON, EH?

NOW, YOU AS THE EDITOR--

YEAH, ME AS EDITOR

AM INTERVIEWING CITIZENS OF NOTE

REGARDING THEIR SENTIMENTS.

WHAT'S YOURS?

STICK TO YOUR LAWING.

COME ON, YOUNTIS.

YOU KNOW WHAT I'M AIMING AT.

WHO KILLED PEGLER?

I'M ADVISING YOU

TO KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT,

OR THE NEXT TIME,

IT WON'T BE YOUR SOMBRERO!

WELL, THANKS FOR THE SENTIMENT. MINE IS--

CHEROKEE DEATH CRY. IT MEANS YOU OR HIM.

THE SECOND BUTTON ON HIS COAT

IS ABOUT THE SPOT FOR HIS WISHBONE...

MAYBE A COUPLE OF INCHES HIGHER.

GET YOUR REAL-ESTATE PAPERS FILED ALL RIGHT?

MM-HMM.

YANCEY, DEAR.

YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BOTHER ANY MORE

ABOUT THAT PEGLER MAN, ARE YOU?

DON'T YOU BE WORRYING

YOUR PRETTY HEAD ABOUT THAT.

OH, PLEASE.

WHAT DOES IT MATTER? HE'S DEAD.

MAYBE HE DID SHOOT HIMSELF.

BESIDES, YOU'VE GOT CIM AND ME TO THINK OF.

PEGLER WAS SHOT IN THE BACK

TRYING TO DO WHAT I WANT TO DO--

MAKE A MODEL EMPIRE

OUT OF THIS NEW OKLAHOMA COUNTRY.

NO, SIR.

I'LL SHOW THEM, FIRST CRACK.

THE OKLAHOMA WIGWAM

PRINTS ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME,

KNOWING NO LAW EXCEPT THE LAW OF GOD

AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THESE UNITED STATES.

SAY, THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD SLOGAN.

TOP OF THE PAGE,

JUST AHEAD OF THE EDITORIAL COLUMN.

OH, YANCEY, LET THEM ALONE!

I DON'T WANT YOU TO BE KILLED. I DON'T.

HONEY, I'M GOING TO CLEAN UP THE PEGLER KILLING

OR I WON'T BE ALIVE MYSELF.

YOU DON'T WANT TO LOSE ME JUST YET, DO YOU?

HMM?

NO, DEAREST.

THERE HE IS.

HOWDY, CLEM.

HOWDY, MA'AM.

HOWDY, MA'AM.

YANCEY, OUR WOMENFOLK THINK IT'S ABOUT TIME

THAT SOME CONTACT BE ESTABLISHED

BETWEEN THE TOWN AND PROVIDENCE.

THERE AIN'T A MINISTER HERE,

AND WE'VE COME TO ASK YOU

TO CONDUCT DIVINE SERVICE NEXT SUNDAY.

DIVINE SERVICE?

WHY, SURE. I'LL BE PLEASED TO.

THEN IT'S SETTLED. FINE.

WE'LL HAVE TO ARRANGE A PLACE.

LET'S SEE. THERE'S GRAT GOTCH'S.

THE GAMBLING TENT?

IT'S THE ONLY PLACE IN TOWN BIG ENOUGH.

THAT'S RIGHT.

I KNOW GRAT WELL. I'LL SPEAK TO HIM.

COME ALONG. BACK SOON, HONEY.

GOOD MORNING, MR. CRAVAT.

YOU FEEL NERVOUS ABOUT YOUR SERMON, DEAR?

I'D RATHER PLEAD TO A TEXAS JURY

THAN PREACH TO THIS GANG OF--

WHAT'S EVERYBODY LAUGHING AT?

HOW CAN YOU LAUGH?!

ISAIAH!

CAN'T YOU UNDERSTAND?

I DIDN'T GO TO FRET NOBODY.

YOU ALL DRESS UP FINE FOR YOUR CHURCH MEETING,

SO I CRAVE TO DRESS MYSELF UP SUNDAY STYLE.

THAT'S RIGHT, ISAIAH.

WE TAKE IT AS A PERSONAL COMPLIMENT.

WHY, YOU LOOK FINER THAN ANY OF US.

I JUST FIXED MY TOILET LIKE YOU-ALL'S.

ISAIAH, WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE

A REAL SUIT OF SUNDAY CLOTHES?

A SUNDAY SUIT FOR ME TO WEAR?

FOR TRUE?

I DON'T WANT YOU TO GO TO THAT CHURCH MEETING.

OH.

NO, NO. YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND.

NOW LISTEN CLOSE.

I WANT YOU TO DO

SOMETHING IMPORTANT FOR ME.

MM-HMM.

NOW, THE HOUSE IS ALL ALONE, SEE?

I WANT YOU TO GO DOWN THERE

AND KEEP WATCH TILL WE COME HOME

FROM THAT CHURCH MEETING.

PATROL DUTY, THAT'S WHAT.

PATROL DUTY?

YES, SIR, MASTER YANCEY!

YOU TAKE THIS, AND IF ANYONE TRIES TO BREAK IN, SHOOT.

I'LL KILL THEM DEAD!

FINE. YOU GET A NEW SUIT AND BOOTS BESIDES.

NOW SCOOT.

YES, SIR. I'M SCOOTING.

DO YOU THINK--

OH, YANCEY, LET'S NOT GO.

TELL THEM YOU'RE SICK. OR I'M SICK.

TELL THEM ANYTHING, HONEY.

WE'RE LATE, HONEY.

HA HA HA!

HI, YANCE!

HI, PREACHER MAN!

HELLO, PREACHER! WHERE'S YOUR BIBLE?

RIGHT HERE, BOYS.

NOW, NO LOAFING IN THE ENTRANCE.

EITHER COME IN OR STAY OUT.

DID YOU SEE THAT MAN YOUNTIS?

HE LOOKED AT YOU SO.

THAT'S FINE, HONEY. I ALWAYS LIKE TO HAVE

THE MEMBERS OF MY FLOCK RIGHT UNDER MY EYE.

QUITE A SHINDIG, AIN'T IT?

YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE FOLKS

LOOK AS QUEER IN CHURCH AS A MULE DOES

IN THE FRONT P-P-P-P-PARLOR.

HOW DO, MRS. CRAVAT?

I'M MRS. TRACY WYATT.

HOW DO YOU DO?

IT WAS SO NICE OF YOUR HUSBAND

TO CONDUCT THIS SERVICE THIS MORNING.

ABOUT TIME THE INTELLECTUAL LIFE

OF THIS COMMUNITY WAS STIRRED UP A BIT.

YES.

I WAS A SCHOOLTEACHER BACK EAST--

THAT IS, IN CAIRO, ILLINOIS.

OH, INDEED?

OH, YES, INDEED.

I CAN TRACE MY ANCESTORS

RIGHT BACK TO WILLIAM WHIPPLE,

ONE OF THE SIGNERS

OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.

LAND, YES. HMM.

COME ALONG, GIRLS.

DIXIE LEE. JUST ARRIVED IN TOWN.

DIXIE LEE?

OH! WHY, I THOUGHT YOU'D HEARD OF HER.

WELL! WHY, SHE'S, SHE'S, UH...

RIGHT HERE, SISTER. TAKE MY PEW!

GET UP, WEBB.

WHY DON'T YOU GIVE THE GALS A SEAT?

REST THE VELVET, LADY.

LOOK OUT FOR THEM SPLINTERS.

SIT DOWN. TAKE OFF YOUR HATS.

AIN'T SHE A HUCKLEBERRY?

LOLLAPALOOZA.

FILLED UP, PERT AND CHIPPER.

THOSE GIRLS.

DREADFUL.

EXCUSE ME, PLEASE.

IS IT ALL RIGHT IF I'M HERE?

YOU CAN STAY HERE JUST AS LONG AS I DO.

THANKS.

FELLOW CITIZENS,

I HAVE BEEN CALLED UPON TO CONDUCT THIS OPENING MEETING

OF THE OSAGE FIRST METHODIST EPISCOPALIAN

LUTHERAN PRESBYTERIAN CONGREGATIONAL

BAPTIST CATHOLIC UNITARIAN HEBREW CHURCH.

DURING THE COURSE OF MY CAREER AS LAWYER AND EDITOR,

I HAVE BEEN REQUIRED

TO SPEAK ON VARIOUS OCCASIONS ON MANY SUBJECTS.

I'VE SPOKEN IN DEFENSE OF MY COUNTRY

AND IN CRITICISM OF IT.

I HAVE BEEN CALLED UPON TO DEFEND AND CONVICT

HORSE-THIEVES, HARLOTS, AND MURDERERS.

AND WHILE I KNOW MY BIBLE FROM COVER TO COVER

AND MANY OF ITS PASSAGES ARE GRAVEN ON MY HEART,

THIS, FELLOW CITIZENS, IS THE VERY FIRST TIME

THAT I HAVE EVER BEEN REQUIRED TO SPEAK THE WORD OF GOD

IN HIS TEMPLE.

FOR ANY SHELTER, HOWEVER HUMBLE OR HOWEVER SORDID--

UH, NO OFFENSE, GRAT...

BECOMES, WHEN HIS WORD IS SPOKEN IN IT, HIS TEMPLE.

THEREFORE, LET US OPEN THIS AUSPICIOUS OCCASION

BY SINGING, UH...WHAT DO YOU KNOW, BOYS, ANYWAY, HUH?

HOW ABOUT, UH, WHO WERE YOU AT HOME?

FOR A S-S-S-S-STARTER?

HA HA HA! THANKS, RICKEY.

IT'S A GOOD SONG, THOUGH A BIT SECULAR.

BUT YOU ALL KNOW IT. THAT'S THE MAIN THING.

HERE, WAIT A MINUTE! WAIT A MINUTE.

WHILE WE ARE SINGING, WE'LL TAKE UP A COLLECTION.

WHAT FOR?

BECAUSE, PETE, YOU INFIDEL,

PART OF A CHURCH SERVICE IS IN TAKING UP A COLLECTION.

AND YOUR DONATIONS, FELLOW CITIZENS,

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN--

AND YOU, TOO, PETE--

WILL BE FOR THE NEW CHURCH ORGAN.

GREAT GUNSTICK, YANCEY. WE AIN'T EVEN GOT A CHURCH!

HA HA HA!

HEH HEH.

THAT'S ALL RIGHT, PETE. ONCE WE BUY AN ORGAN,

IT STANDS TO REASON

WE'LL HAVE TO BUILD A CHURCH TO PUT IT IN.

AND MEMBERS OF THE CONGREGATION,

ANYBODY CONTRIBUTING LESS THAN TWO BITS

WILL BE THROWN OUT OF THIS TENT BY ME.

INDIANS NOT INCLUDED.

ALL RIGHT, JESSE.

WILL YOU PLEASE FAVOR US WITH A PITCH?

*

DO LA SI

D-D-DO D-DO D-DO D

DO

WILL THE LADIES PLEASE JOIN IN WITH THEIR SWEET SOPRANO VOICES?

GOD ALONE REMEMBERS ERE YOU FIRST BEGAN TO ROAM

JACK OR JO OR BILL OR PETE, ANYONE YOU CHANCE TO MEET

SURE TO HIT IT JUST AS NEAT

OH

WHO WERE YOU AT HOME? WHO WERE YOU AT HOME?

WHO WERE YOU AT HOME? WHO WERE YOU AT HOME?

GOD ALONE REMEMBERS ERE YOU FIRST BEGAN TO ROAM

JACK OR JO OR BILL OR PETE, ANYONE YOU CHANCE TO MEET

SURE TO HIT IT JUST AS NEAT

OH

WHO WERE YOU AT HOME? WHO WERE YOU AT HOME?

ONCE AGAIN, PLEASE.

OH, WHO WERE YOU AT HOME?

ONLY GOD REMEMBERS

WHEN YOU FIRST COMMENCED TO ROAM

JACK OR JO OR BILL OR PETE, ANY WANDERING MAID WE MEET

ANY BIRD CAN SING

OH

WHO WERE YOU AT HOME?

WHO WERE YOU AT HOME? WHO WERE YOU AT HOME?

FELLOW CITIZENS, THE SUM OF THE COLLECTION

FOR THE ORGAN FOR THE FIRST OSAGE CHURCH,

WHOSE DENOMINATION SHALL BE NAMELESS,

IS A GRATIFYING TOTAL OF $133.55.

WAIT A MINUTE. WAIT A MINUTE, GRAT.

DID YOU SAY 55 CENTS? 55?

THAT'S RIGHT, YANCEY.

SOME MISERABLE, TIGHT-FISTED SKINFLINT OF A...

WELL, MAYBE THERE'S AN OSAGE BY MISTAKE.

HOW ABOUT A CHEROKEE, YANCEY?

NOT A CHEROKEE, SID.

I RECOGNIZED YOUR VOICE BY THE SQUEAK.

IF YOU KNEW ANYTHING AT ALL,

YOU AND YOUNTIS AND THE REST OF YOUR OUTFIT,

YOU'D REALIZE THAT A CHEROKEE IS TOO SMART

TO PUT ANYTHING IN THE CONTRIBUTION BOX

OF A RACE THAT'S ROBBED HIM OF HIS BIRTHRIGHT.

FRIENDS, WE'VE COME TO THE SERMON.

ANYONE WISHING TO LEAVE, KINDLY DO SO NOW.

PLEASE MAKE WAY FOR ALL DEPARTING WORSHIPPERS.

MY TEXT IS FROM PROVERBS.

"A LION IS IN THE WAY. THERE'S A LION IN THE STREETS."

FRIENDS, THERE'S A LION IN THE STREETS OF OSAGE.

I HAVE A CONFESSION TO MAKE.

I HAVE GONE ABOUT SEEKING INFORMATION OF THIS LION--

I MIGHT SAY THIS JACKAL OR DIRTY SCUM,

IF IT WOULDN'T BE SACRILEGIOUS--

BUT THIS JACKAL IN THE LION'S SKIN WHO,

BY THREATENING SUDDEN DEATH,

HAS HELD THIS LITTLE TOWN ABJECTLY TERRORIZED.

I INTENDED TO ANNOUNCE FROM THIS PULPIT,

FROM THIS PLATFORM,

THAT I WOULD PUBLISH THIS KNOWLEDGE

IN THE FIRST ISSUE OF THE OKLAHOMA WIGWAM

COMING OFF THE PRESS NEXT THURSDAY,

THEREBY STARTING MY PAPER OFF WITH A BANG.

FRIENDS AND FELLOW CITIZENS, I REPENT OF MY GREED

AND MY DESIRE FOR SELF-ADVANCEMENT

AT THE EXPENSE OF THIS COMMUNITY.

I NO LONGER INTEND TO WITHHOLD

THE NAME OF THAT YELLOW SKUNK AND MURDERER

WHO SHOT DOWN JACK PEGLER WHEN HIS BACK WAS TURNED.

I WILL TELL YOU ALL NOW THE NAME OF THAT--

...WAS LON YOUNTIS.

STAND WHERE YOU ARE!

LOUIS HEFNER, AS CORONER,

DO YOUR OFFICIAL DUTY AND REMOVE THE BODY.

OK, YANCE. IT'S SELF-DEFENSE AND JUSTIFIABLE HOMICIDE.

THIS TOWN NEEDS A BOOT HILL,

AND I'LL START IT WITH THIS BURIAL.

COME ON, BOYS.

FELLOW CITIZENS...

UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES,

WE WILL FORGO THE SERMON

AND CONCLUDE THIS SERVICE WITH A BRIEF WORD OF PRAYER.

BLESS THIS COMMUNITY, O LORD.

AMEN.

I SWAN.

THAT'S THE MOST SURPRISING CHURCH MEETING

I EVER ATTENDED,

BUT I MUST SAY,

YOUR HUSBAND DID THE PROPER THING.

THE CLEANING OUT OF THAT GANG

IS ONE OF THE FIRST MOVES

TO MAKE THIS TOWN FIT TO LIVE IN.

THANKS TO YOU, YANCEY.

HORRIBLE. HE MIGHT HAVE--

BUT HE DIDN'T, HONEY.

EVERYTHING'S ALL RIGHT.

DID YOU HAVE TO KILL HIM LIKE THAT?

NO...I COULD HAVE LET HIM KILL ME.

CONGRATULATIONS, MR. CRAVAT.

HAVEN'T SEEN YOU SINCE THE RUN.

HOW DO YOU DO, MISS, UH...UH...

LEE.

HA HA! NO WONDER.

I HEARD YOU WERE IN TOWN.

OH, YOU'VE KNOWN?

YES, I'M HERE.

THOUGHT YOU'D SETTLED DOWN ON THAT QUARTER SECTION

THAT I DIDN'T GET.

I TRIED TO BE A FARMER,

BUT I HAD TO GIVE UP THE LAND.

THE NEIGHBORS' WIVES

FORMED A VIGILANCE COMMITTEE,

AND I LEFT BY REQUEST.

A VIGILANCE COMMITTEE WOULD.

YOU HAVEN'T SAID A WORD

ALL THE WAY HOME, PET.

WHAT'S STIRRING YOU?

THAT WOMAN, LURKING AND SMILING.

AND YOU STOOD THERE ACTUALLY TALKING TO HER,

HOLDING HER HAND!

AFTER SHE'D STOLEN YOUR LAND IN THE RUN, TOO.

SHE WANTED THAT LAND

BECAUSE SHE WAS TRYING TO GIVE UP

HER WAY OF LIVING.

SHE WAS DESPERATE.

WHAT'S SHE DOING HERE, THEN?

DRIVEN OUT BY THE NEIGHBORS.

SHE HEARD THE RAILROAD WAS COMING THROUGH

AND CAME DOWN HERE.

YOU TALK AS THOUGH YOU KNOW A LOT ABOUT HER.

A LITTLE. BELONGS TO A GOOD FAMILY.

VICTIM OF CIRCUMSTANCES.

WELL, IN A WAY, SHE'S A GOOD GIRL.

A GOOD GIRL?!

I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE SCATTERED OVER OKLAHOMA

THAT COULDN'T CAST A STONE AT HER.

OH! DON'T YOU QUOTE YOUR BIBLES

AND MAGDALENES AT ME, YANCEY CRAVAT!

OH, LISTEN TO THE LAMBS

ALL A-CRYIN'

OH, LISTEN TO THE LAMBS, ALL A-CRYIN'

OH, LISTEN TO THE LAMBS, ALL A-CRYIN'

AND I WANT TO GO TO HEAVEN WHEN I DIE

FIRST ANNIVERSARY NUMBER.

SAY, YOU'VE BEEN READING

THE BULLETIN BOARD FOR A YEAR.

WHY DON'T YOU SUBSCRIBE?

WELL, IT WOULD COST A DOLLAR.

CRAVAT COULD USE THAT DOLLAR

TO BUY THE NEW BABY A RATTLE

AND A PAIR OF RUBBER BOOTS TILL THE STREETS GET PAVED.

YOU SURE NEED RUBBER BOOTS HERE

OR GO BAREFOOT.

IF THEY DON'T,

WE'RE ALL GOING TO BE IN MUCK TO OUR NECKS.

I GOT TO GET A NEW PAIR OF BOOTS.

DARLING, SHE'S AWAKE.

HA HA HA!

HELLO, BABY DONNA. HELLO, SWEETHEART.

LOOK. THIS IS DADDY.

MM-HMM. THIS IS MAMA.

MUCH MORE IMPORTANT TO YOU JUST NOW.

HA HA HA!

OH...

OH, YANCEY, DARLING, I'M SO HAPPY.

I'M HIGHFALUTIN' MYSELF, SUGAR--

SMILING AS A BASKET OF CHIPS.

OH, I'M GOING TO DO

BUILD A PORCH FOR DONNA,

START A WOMEN'S CLUB-- A REAL ONE--

MAKE THIS TOWN BETTER FOR DONNA TO LIVE IN--

NO SALOONS, NO WOMEN LIKE DIXIE LEE--

AND I'M GONNA HAVE A HIRED GIRL

AS SOON AS THE NEWSPAPER--

YEAH, ALL THOSE THINGS, SUGAR,

BUT YOU MUSTN'T TRY TOO MUCH.

THE GARDEN LOOKS FINE, MISS SABRA,

AND THEM MORNING GLORIES SURE IS CLIMBING.

WELL, THANK YOU, ISAIAH.

HI THERE. HA HA!

LOOK, SHE KNOWS ME.

UH-HUH.

WHO ARE YOU ROLLING YOUR EYES AT AND MAKING FACES?

HA HA! JUST WAIT

UNTIL YOU GET A LITTLE MORE BIGGER.

I'VE GOT A LOT OF THINGS I'M GOING TO TEACH YOU.

MAY I COME IN?

I BROUGHT YOU SOME OF THE NICEST CHICKEN BROTH.

MADE IT MYSELF-- OLD FAMILY RECIPE.

YOU MUST TAKE SOME BETWEEN MEALS

TO KEEP YOUR STRENGTH UP.

THANK YOU, MRS. WYATT.

HELLO, BABY! HELLO!

I HEARD YOU! HA HA!

HOW IS THE LITTLE DARLING?

SIMPLY BLOOMING.

HMM. I DO WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU

ON THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY

OF THE NEWSPAPER.

IN YOUTH AND BEAUTY, WISDOM IS SO RARE.

HA HA HA! SHAKESPEARE.

AH!

THAT REMINDS ME.

YOUR IDEA OF THE NEW CLUB--

WE MUST TAKE UP LITERATURE, TOO.

YES, AND MAYBE EARLY AMERICAN HISTORY.

WHY, HONEY, DON'T YOU KNOW YOU'RE MAKING IT?

YES.

WALLPAPER?

WHY, IT'S THE FIRST IN TOWN.

WHERE DID YOU GET IT?

IN MR. HEFNER'S STORE.

I HAD HIM SEND EAST FOR IT.

HAS HE GOT ANY LEFT?

I THINK SO.

I THINK HE GOT SEVERAL PATTERNS.

IT'S A NEW DEPARTMENT.

DO TELL. WELL, I MUST BE GOING.

GOOD-BYE.

GOOD-BYE, DONNA. GOOD-BYE.

GOOD-BYE.

HA HA! AHEM.

I RECKON LOUIE HEFNER'S GOING TO HAVE

A RUN ON WALLPAPER, SUGAR.

HA HA! OH. I WANT TO GET

A NICE LITTLE DAINTY ROSEBUD PATTERN

FOR DONNA'S NEW BEDROOM.

SHOULD WE GIVE HIM THE HOUSE, TOO?

SUGAR, YOU ARE GETTING AMBITIOUS.

I CAN'T TELL YOU

HALF THE THINGS I'M THINKING.

THAT'S FUNNY.

I FEEL SO LIGHT, SO QUEER.

I THINK I'M GOING TO...

OH, SUGAR.

HONEY. HONEY.

SABRA...

HUH.

OUTLAWS.

THE KID AND HIS GANG ARE SHOOTING UP THE BANK.

KID! KID! THERE'S CRAVAT.

DANG IT! I DIDN'T FIGURE ON HIM.

TAKE CARE OF SABRA, AND KEEP EVERYBODY--

EVERYBODY AWAY FROM THOSE WINDOWS.

YEAH.

OH, KEEP BACK. IT'S ALL RIGHT.

YOU KEEP BACK.

YANCEY'S OUT THERE, AND I CAN'T DO ANYTHING!

WHERE'S CIM?

CIM! CIM!

I'LL FIND HIM, MISS SABRA!

CIM.

OH, NO! NO! ISAIAH!

HOLD TIGHT. HOLD TIGHT.

YOU PEGGED ME.

I NEVER FIGURED WE'D END UP

ON THE OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE FENCE, KID.

MY FAULT, YANCE. DIDN'T HAVE AN INVITE.

CAN I DO ANYTHING?

YOU COULD BLOW ME TO A PINE BOX,

IF YOU WANT TO.

SURE, KID.

AND I'LL OWE YOU FOR IT.

SORRY.

PICKED THE WRONG TOWN THIS TIME!

HIT YOU IN THE ARM, EH?

BATTLED THE WHOLE BUNCH!

HEY, YOU'RE THE CORONER!

LET'S EXHIBIT THE KID!

ALL RIGHT, WE'LL FIX HIM UP

AND PUT HIM IN THE FRONT WINDOW!

YANCEY, THAT'S THE HIGHEST PRICED SHOOTING

EVER DONE IN THIS COMMUNITY,

WITH ALL THE REWARDS OUT FOR THE KID.

BANKERS' ASSOCIATION PAYS 10,000 CASH ALONE!

AND WELLS FARGO 5!

AND THE RAILROADS--

THE SANTA FE AND KATY 5,000 EACH.

AND YOU'LL GET IT ALL, YANCEY!

THAT'S MORE THAN 30,000!

AND THE GOVERNMENT PRICE ON THE KID'S HEAD!

YOU'LL HEAR FROM WASHINGTON.

OLD BEN HARRISON WILL BE TICKLED PINK.

FOR GETTING RID OF THE LAST REAL BANDIT

OF THE COUNTRY!

I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED

IF THEY APPOINT YOU GOVERNOR OF THE TERRITORY.

I'LL SEND THAT DOC VALLIANT TO YOU, YANCE.

OH, MAMA!

CIM!

CIM!

HERE COMES THE BOSS.

HE'S HURT.

A LITTLE, I THINK.

MASTER YANCEY...

OH, MASTER YANCEY...

MAS...

DON'T YOU WORRY ABOUT IT, SUGAR.

DOC VALLIANT WILL BE RIGHT OVER.

OH, DARLING,

I'M SO GRATEFUL IT ISN'T WORSE.

THE WHOLE TOWN'S

SO PROUD OF WHAT YOU'VE DONE--

GETTING RID OF THOSE BANDITS AND OUTLAWS.

JUST THINK. ALL THAT MONEY--

CIM'S EDUCATION,

DONNA CAN GO EAST TO SCHOOL,

WE'LL HAVE A NEW PRINTING PRESS.

I'LL SEND BACK THE REWARDS-- EVERY DOLLAR.

YOU'LL...

SEND THEM BACK?

I KNEW THE KID

WHEN HE WAS RIDING THE OPEN RANGE,

MAKING HONEST MONEY.

I'VE RODE WITH HIM.

I'VE SLEPT IN THE PRAIRIE BESIDE HIM.

WE WERE FRIENDS.

AH, THE FOOL.

WHY, ONE OF HIS BULLETS

MIGHT HAVE HIT YOU OR CIM OR DONNA!

THAT'S WHY I KILLED THE KID.

NOT FOR MONEY.

OH!

WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH ISAIAH, MAMA?

SHH.

WELL, OLD GROVER FINALLY WOKE UP

TO WHAT WE NEED OUT HERE.

IT'S THE GREATEST THING

THAT EVER HAPPENED TO THE TERRITORY.

FOLKS WILL FLOCK IN FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.

IT WILL BE A BIGGER RUSH THAN WE HAD HERE IN '89.

BIGGER? I SHOULD SAY SO.

THEY'LL ADD 6 MILLION ACRES TO OUR TWO.

GREAT CHANCE FOR A MAN TO MAKE A FORTUNE OUT THERE.

I GOT A LETTER THE OTHER DAY

FROM A FRIEND OF MINE BACK IN MAINE.

HE'S GOING TO COME OUT HERE.

JUST BE IN TIME TO JUMP IN.

NEARLY 4 WEEKS, EH? SEPTEMBER 16th.

THAT'S WHAT THE TELEGRAM SAYS, BOYS.

AH, A NEW RUN! THE BIGGEST THING YET!

3 TIMES MORE LAND THAN IN '89!

SAY, HOW ABOUT YOU, YANCEY?

HUH?

YOU WOULDN'T MISS THIS, WOULD YOU?

OH, I CAN'T, BOYS.

I GOT TOO MUCH WORK TO DO.

OH! HA HA HA!

I'LL BE GETTING YOUR HORSE, YANCEY.

FOR I CAN SING AND DANCE WITH...

HI, YANCEY!

PUT IN A FOOT FOR WHERE THE BIG'S BIGGER!

WE'LL BE LOOKING FOR YOU!

I'M GOING TO SELL OUT EVERYTHING I GOT

AND HEAD FOR THAT CHEROKEE LAND.

WELL, I WOULD TOO,

BUT I DON'T THINK THE FOLKS WILL GO.

FOR I CAN SING AND DANCE WITH GLEE...

HEADLINE FOR THE CHEROKEE ARTICLE, JESS,

AND LOCK HER UP.

WELL, BY CRACKY!

THIS EXTRA WILL BE SOLD OUT BEFORE SHE'S PRINTED!

YOU KNOW, EVERYB-B-B--

MM-HMM.

I THINK THAT WAS

THE NICEST CLUB MEETING WE'VE EVER HAD.

YOUR SPEECH WAS SO INTERESTING, MRS. CRAVAT.

THANK YOU.

DON'T FORGET THE NEXT MEETING

IS AT MY HOUSE.

UH-HUH.

ELECTION FOR PRESIDENT.

HA HA! I WON'T FORGET. GOOD-BYE. GOOD-BYE.

SEE YOU SATURDAY

AT THE CROQUET TOURNAMENT.

OH, YES, INDEED!

CIM, DEAR, LOOK OUT FOR DONNA.

ALL RIGHT, MAMA.

HUH!

SHE WOULD BE THE FIRST IN TOWN

TO HAVE BALLOON SLEEVES.

I NEVER--

WY DON'T YOU FIX THAT?

WE ARE FIXING IT!

WHAT, WITH CRACKS TO FALL THROUGH?

COME!

YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND

BALLOON SLEEVES ARE ALL THE STYLE

AT THE CHICAGO WORLD'S FAIR.

DO TELL. OH!

OH, THERE. THAT'S TERRIBLE.

OH, DARLING, DON'T CRY.

WHY, IT'S BETSY LEVITT.

DID YOU EVER?

LOOK, HERE'S A PIECE OF CANDY FOR YOU.

DON'T YOU WANT IT?

TAKE YOUR HANDS OFF THAT CHILD.

COME HERE, BETSY.

CANDY, EH?

YOU TRY ANY OF YOUR KIDNAPPING TRICKS,

YOU'LL SUFFER FOR IT.

WHY, I--

YOU VICIOUS HUSSY,

YOU'RE NOT FIT TO TOUCH A CHILD.

COME, MRS. HAGEN.

I SUPPOSE I SHOULD HAVE LET HER

LIE THERE IN THE MUD AND CRY!

AND HOW THEY APPLAUDED WHEN I SAID,

"OKLAHOMA HAS MADE ITS HISTORY OVERNIGHT,

LIKE A MIRACLE OUT OF THE OLD TESTAMENT."

MM-HMM. HA HA!

HA HA HA!

OH, YOU'RE RIGHT, DEAR.

I DO LIKE IT HERE.

OH, I'M SO GLAD

WE CAME AWAY FROM WICHITA.

AND YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN THEM

OPEN THEIR EYES AT THIS.

MMM.

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF IT?

HA HA! CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.

OH, YANCEY!

IT'S THE VERY LATEST THING FROM CHICAGO.

SOME OLD SQUAW SEES SOME OF THAT,

AND SHE'LL WANT TO BUY A PAIR

AND PUT A PAPOOSE IN EACH SLEEVE.

HA HA! COUSIN BELLA WRITES

THEY'LL BE EVEN FULLER BY AUTUMN.

BY...

AUTUMN, HMM?

WHAT'S IN THE TELEGRAM?

NEWS, SUGAR.

PRESIDENT CLEVELAND HAS SET A DATE

FOR THE OPENING OF THE CHEROKEE STRIP.

OH, THE CHEROKEE LAND?

MM-HMM. GOVERNMENT'S BOUGHT IT FROM THE INDIANS

FOR THE HUGE SUM OF $1.40 AN ACRE,

PUSHING THEM FURTHER BACK.

WELL, IT'S A GOOD THING.

THEY MADE NO USE OF IT, ANYHOW.

DIRTY, FILTHY GOOD-FOR-NOTHING LOAFERS--

HONEY.

HONEY, COME HERE.

LET'S GO, SABRA. LET'S GO

FOR AN ALLOTMENT OF THAT CHEROKEE LAND.

THIS IS THE BIGGEST THING

IN THE HISTORY OF OKLAHOMA.

LEAVE HERE?

SELL OUT THE PAPER AT A PROFIT

AND GO FOR A TOWN SITE THIS TIME.

GIVE UP ALL WE'VE WORKED AND SLAVED FOR?

WE GAVE UP WICHITA AND ADVICE

AND SOUTHERN FRIED CHICKEN.

LET'S GET OUT OF ALL THIS.

WAS MOTHER RIGHT WHEN SHE SAID

YOU'D GO FOR THE ADVENTURE OF IT.

HMM.

5 YEARS--

THE LONGEST TIME

YOU'VE EVER STAYED IN ONE PLACE.

YOU'VE BEEN HERE ONLY 4.

BUT DON'T YOU REALIZE, SUGAR?

THIS IS A NEW EMPIRE.

WE'LL SEE IT GROW

BEFORE OUR VERY EYES INTO A NEW STATE.

WE CAN'T TEAR UP OUR LIVES AND START OVER AGAIN!

YOU'VE DONE YOUR SHARE! LET THE OTHERS GO!

HONEY, THIS IS A CHANCE OF A LIFETIME!

OH...

NO, NO.

LET'S NOT TALK ANY MORE ABOUT IT.

HI-RICKETY WHOOP TI DO

HOW I LOVE TO SING TO YOU

OH, I CAN SING AND DANCE

FOR I'M JUST AS YOUNG

AS I USED TO BE

YANCEY! YOU DON'T MEAN--

OH, DARLING!

SUGAR, IF WE ALL TOOK ROOT AND SQUATTED,

THERE'D NEVER BE ANY NEW COUNTRY.

GOT A HORSE FOR YOU, YANCEY!

YOU'RE NOT GOING NOW-- TODAY!

I'VE GOT TO.

YOU CAN'T GO LIKE THIS!

SUGAR, COME ON AND GO WITH ME.

BUT CIM, DONNA--

THE CHILDREN, TOO-- ALL OF US--NOW.

WE'LL GET OUT THE OLD CRATE--

WE CAN'T!

ALL RIGHT, SABRA.

I'LL--I'LL SEND BACK FOR YOU, SUGAR.

I'LL SEND BACK FOR YOU.

THERE HE IS!

HOLD THAT!

STEP RIGHT UP IN THE MIDDLE

OF THIS STIRRUP.

I'LL HOLD THIS HERE FOR YOU.

THAT ONE IS A BUSTER, YANCE!

I'LL SEND BACK FOR YOU, SUGAR!

IS DADDY GOING ON THE RUN, MAMA?

I'LL BET YOU THAT WILL MAKE THEM

REMEMBER THE MAINE!

DEWEY AND ROOSEVELT SHOWED THEM SOMETHING!

YOU BET THEY DID,

AND WHEN THOSE ROUGH RIDERS RODE OVER SAN JUAN HILL,

IT SHOWED THOSE SPANIARDS SOMETHING! HA HA!

I'LL BET YOU CUBA

WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO GOVERN HERSELF.

I PREDICT THAT IN 5 YEARS SHE'LL SAG.

DID YOU HEAR ANYTHING

ABOUT YANCEY BEING IN CUBA?

YANCEY? AW, YOU'RE ALWAYS HEARING

SOMETHING ABOUT HIM BEING SOMEWHERE.

NOW, I HEARD--

FELLA TOLD ME HE WAS OVER

IN THE CHEROKEE STRIP

LIVING WITH A SQUAW!

YEAH, SOMEONE SAID HE WAS OVER

AT THE KICKAPOO LAND OPENING.

SOLD OUT FOR BIG MONEY.

I HEARD HE WAS IN AMARILLO.

DRUNK A QUART OF WHISKEY IN A DAY AND DIED.

HA HA HA!

SUPPOSE IT'S TRUE ABOUT YANCEY AND DIXIE LEE--

THAT HE SENT HER THE MONEY TO BUILD THAT BRICK HOUSE?

FOLKS THAT USE UP AIR FOR THAT KIND OF TALK

HAVE ONE-CHAMBERED MINDS AND MIGHTY SMALL CALIBER!

OLD BOY'S KIND OF TOUCHY TODAY.

YEAH. SAY, THAT DIXIE LEE CASE

COMES UP THIS AFTERNOON, DON'T IT?

YEP. OLD CHARLIE FLASHER'S

ON THE JURY.

I SURE HOPE HE'S SOBER. HA HA!

THESE ARE ALL RIGHT AS CORRECTED, RICKEY,

BUT I WANT A REPRINT ON THIS ONE.

YES, MA'AM,

BUT HOW ABOUT THE B-BOILERPLATES?

NO. WE WON'T HAVE ROOM.

THE DIXIE LEE STORY WILL CARRY OVER TO THE SECOND PAGE.

SO THEY LET HER OUT ON BAIL YESTERDAY, HUH?

WELL, THEY WOULDN'T IF I HAD MY WAY.

DON'T YOU THINK

THAT YOU'RE BEING A LITTLE TOO SEVERE

ON DIXIE LEE-- PUTTING HER IN JAIL?

NO, AND I'LL SHOW HER SOMETHING

BEFORE I'M THROUGH.

WELL, THAT'S FOR YOU.

OH, NOW, I DON'T MEAN TO BE ABRUPT.

OH, THAT'S ALL RIGHT.

AH, MY AD LOOKS GOOD,

EVEN IF I DID WRITE IT MYSELF.

MM-HMM.

I BROUGHT THE CHECK.

NOW, YOU'RE PAYING THIS TODAY

JUST TO HELP ME.

NO, NO, NO, SABRA. I GET MY MONEY'S WORTH.

EVERYBODY READS THE PAPERS

SINCE YOU MADE IT A DAILY.

IT'S DOING FINE, HUH?

YES. IF PEOPLE WOULD ONLY PAY THEIR BILLS

IN CASH INSTEAD OF IN TRADE.

YEAH, I KNOW.

LOOK WHAT I GET IN TRADE AT THE STORE.

A MAN COMES IN, BUYS A PAIR OF PANTS,

SOME STOCKINGS, A PIECE OF CALICO,

AND GIVES ME A BEAR CUB.

WHAT SHOULD I DO WITH A BEAR CUB--EAT IT?

HA HA HA!

OH, WELL, SOMEDAY...

SOMEDAY YOU AND I WILL LOOK BACK ON THIS,

AND WE WILL LAUGH.

HOW DO YOU MEAN LAUGH?

OH, NOT VERY LOUD.

I MEAN, WHEN I AM RICH AND YOU'RE FAMOUS

AND THE OKLAHOMA WIGWAM IS A GREAT NEWSPAPER...

HMM.

"YANCEY CRAVAT, PROPRIETOR AND EDITOR."

YOU NEVER CHANGE IT, DO YOU?

NO.

OH, THEY WILL ALWAYS TALK ABOUT YANCEY.

HE'S GOING TO BE PART OF THE HISTORY

OF THE GREAT SOUTHWEST.

IT'S MEN LIKE HIM THAT BUILD THE WORLD.

THE REST OF THEM, LIKE ME--

WHY, WE JUST COME ALONG AND LIVE IN IT.

WELL, I MUST BE GETTING BACK TO THE STORE

BEFORE A CUSTOMER BRINGS IN A COYOTE

AND BITES THE CLERK.

HA HA HA!

DID YOU FIX THE SALAD LIKE I TOLD YOU, RUBY?

YES, MA'AM.

GOOD. CIM! DONNA!

YES, MAMA.

COME, DEARS.

HI, RUBY.

AH, CIM, DEAR, WHAT COMES FIRST?

WE THANK THEE FOR THY BLESSINGS, O GOD,

AND PRAY THAT THOU WILT WATCH OVER US ALL

WHILE WE ARE SEPARATED.

SPARE OUR DEAR ONE

AND BRING US ALL TOGETHER AGAIN

IN SAFETY AND HAPPINESS.

AMEN.

OH, MY BABIES.

THE KING OF SPAIN

IS CHARGING $20 MILLION FOR THE PHILIPPINES?

I DON'T THINK THIS COUNTRY OUGHT TO PAY IT.

I KNOW, BUT--

WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?

WELL, IT'S YANCEY!

ISN'T THAT DADDY?

NO, NO. STAY HERE.

WANT ME TO GIVE YOU A RECEIPT?

SURE WOULD!

SABRA.

PERMIT ME.

OH, HONEY, HONEY.

YOU'VE BEEN FIGHTING.

MM-HMM.

OH...

HOWDY, B-BOSS.

HOWDY, RICKEY! WELL...

CIM AND DONNA?

WELL, CHILDREN!

HELLO, DADDY.

SON...

AND DONNA!

HMM?

UH-HUH.

YOUR DAUGHTER IS A VENABLE, MRS. CRAVAT.

HA HA HA!

AND THE SON HERE...

WELL...

HE HASN'T DECIDED YET, HUH?

HAVE YOU GOT A PONY?

NO, BUT I'D LIKE ONE.

FINE. I'LL BUY YOU A PINTO THIS AFTERNOON.

THANKS, DADDY!

WIFE AND MOTHER.

OH, SUGAR, SUGAR, HOW I'VE MISSED YOU.

YANCEY, THE CHILDREN.

OH, HONEY, HONEY.

OH, DARLING,

YOU CAN'T COME HOME LIKE THIS AFTER YEARS.

AH, PENELOPE.

WHO?

STRANGE LADY STANDING THUS ALOOF,

THY HUSBAND HATH COME HOME TO THEE.

OH, YOU AND YOUR MISERABLE MILTON.

WHO'S THIS?

DON'T YOU REMEMBER RUBY BIG ELK?

WHY, OF COURSE! WHY, HELLO, RUBY.

HOW'S YOUR FATHER?

HE VERY WELL, SIR.

MM-HMM. MY, OH, MY, HOW YOU'VE GROWN.

WHAT'S--WHAT'S SHE DOING HERE?

WELL, I COULDN'T QUITE RUN THE PAPER

AND TAKE CARE OF THE CHILDREN

AND DO THE HOUSEWORK, TOO,

SO I HIRED A CHEAP SERVANT.

OH, RUN ALONG TO SCHOOL, NOW, CHILDREN.

YOU'RE GOING TO BE LATE. HURRY NOW.

DON'T FORGET MY PONY!

I WON'T FORGET.

HOW DO YOU DO?

HOW ARE YOU, MRS. WYATT?

HOW DO YOU DO?

WELL, I SWAN, IF IT ISN'T MR. CRAVAT!

WELL, UH...

I HEARD YOU WERE BACK.

GRACIOUS LADY, THE YEARS TOUCHED THEE BUT LIGHTLY.

YOUR HUSBAND IS LOOKING BETTER THAN EVER.

YES, I THINK SO, TOO.

MR. CRAVAT, COULD I S-SEE YOU A MINUTE?

WILL YOU LADIES FORGIVE ME?

QUITE A SURPRISE.

MM-HMM.

BUT OF COURSE, YOU'RE GOING TO COURT.

OH, I MOST CERTAINLY AM.

I'LL BE WITH YOU IN JUST ONE MOMENT.

THIS IS TO BE A GREAT DAY FOR OSAGE.

YES, INDEED.

NOT MORE THAN TWO.

WELL, MAYBE 3 FINGERS.

MM-HMM.

"DIXIE LEE SENTENCED TO"...

WHEN DID ALL THIS HAPPEN?

IT DIDN'T YET,

BUT IT WILL AT 2:00 THIS AFTERNOON.

WHAT WILL?

THE TRIAL.

TRIAL?

SABRA.

YES, YANCEY?

WHAT? WHAT IS IT?

WHAT'S ALL THIS ABOUT DIXIE LEE?

I'M ON MY WAY TO COURT NOW.

THE CHARGE IS PUBLIC NUISANCE.

PROSECUTOR?

PAT LEARY.

WHO'S DEFENDING HER?

NOBODY IN TOWN WOULD TOUCH THE CASE.

THE JUDGE WILL PROBABLY APPOINT SOMEONE AS A FORMALITY.

WHERE ARE YOU GOING?

TO COURT.

WHAT FOR?

YOU CAN'T TAKE THE CASE OF THAT WOMAN.

WHY NOT?

YOU'D COME BACK AND TAKE THAT CREATURE'S PART

AGAINST EVERY RESPECTABLE WOMAN IN OSAGE, AGAINST ME?

I CAN'T HELP IT.

ANYONE, NO MATTER WHO,

HAS A LEGAL RIGHT TO FIGHT FOR EXISTENCE.

IF YOU DISGRACE ME, MAKE A LAUGHINGSTOCK OF ME...

WHAT'S SHE TO YOU?!

PROCEED.

AND THAT, YOUR HONOR,

THE INTEGRITY OF OUR FAIR CITY IS THREATENED,

SULLIED BY THIS SHAMELESS EVIL

FLAUNTING IN OUR FACES--

THIS WOMAN--A VIPER LURKING IN OUR MIDST,

A SINISTER MENACE TO PUBLIC DECENCY, GENTLEMEN.

IF I WERE IN THE JURY BOX,

IF I WERE JUDGE ON THE BENCH,

YEA, EVEN THOUGH I SAT IN THE GOVERNOR'S CHAIR,

I COULD SAY NO LESS THAN DUTY COMPELS

THAT THE PRESENCE AMONG US OF THIS DISGRACEFUL CRIMINAL,

THIS SCAVENGER,

THIS UNSPEAKABLE HUMAN,

STRIKES AT THE VERY FOUNDATION OF THE SOUTHWEST,

A DISGRACE TO THE FAIR NAME OF OUR WOMANHOOD.

YOUR HONOR, PROSECUTION RESTS.

YOUR HONOR...

GENTLEMEN OF THE JURY...

I AM THE FIRST TO BOW TO ACHIEVEMENT.

MAY I, THEN, BEFORE I BEGIN MY POOR PLEA,

RESPECTFULLY CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO THAT WHICH, I BELIEVE,

HAS NEVER BEEN DUPLICATED BEFORE IN THE HISTORY OF OKLAHOMA?

TURN YOUR EYE TO THAT FIGURE

THAT HAS SO DESERVEDLY HELD YOUR ATTENTION.

THIS GIFTED PERSON-- MR. PATRICK LEARY--

IS THE ONLY MAN IN THE GLORIOUS AND BRILLIANT SOUTHWEST...

NAY, IN THIS MAGNIFICENT NATION,

OF WHOM IT MAY ACTUALLY BE SAID

THAT HE IS ABLE TO STRUT SITTING DOWN.

I OBJECT!

QUIET!

I OBJECT!

OBJECTION OVERRULED.

I NOTE THE EXCEPTION.

PROCEED.

GENTLEMEN OF THE JURY, YOU HAVE HEARD

THE PROSECUTION'S CRUEL ATTACK ON THIS DEFENSELESS WOMAN.

BRED IN THE GENTLE SURROUNDINGS OF A PURE HOME,

SUCH AS YOU WOULD CHOOSE FOR YOUR OWN DAUGHTERS,

THIS INNOCENT GIRL,

BEREFT BY DEATH OF HER LOVED ONES,

WAS LEFT ALONE IN THE WORLD.

IN THAT HOUR OF DARK TERROR

CAME A WOLF IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING, GENTLEMEN,

A WRETCH POSING AS A FRIEND...

FALSE PROMISES, LIES, DECEIT SO PALPABLE

THAT IT WOULD HAVE FOOLED NO ONE BUT A YOUNG GIRL...

SUCH AS YOU YOURSELF, MRS. WYATT,

IN YOUR MAIDENLY DAYS.

SURELY YOU MUST REMEMBER.

OH, YES--UH, AHEM.

HELPLESS, CRUSHED BY THE PERFIDY--

I OBJECT!

OBJECTION OVERRULED.

I NOTE AN EXCEPTION.

I NOTE THAT MY WORTHY OPPONENT

IS EXCEPTIONALLY ABLE AT NOTING EXCEPTIONS.

QUIET.

PROCEED.

GENTLEMEN, MY ONLY OBJECT IN BEING HERE

IS TO TRY AND GET AT THE TRUTH.

FOR THAT PURPOSE, YOUR HONOR,

I CALL AS WITNESS THE DEFENDANT--

MISS DIXIE LEE.

UH, MISS LEE, YOU WILL TAKE THE STAND.

DO YOU SOLEMNLY SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH,

THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH,

SO HELP YOU GOD?

I DO.

YOU ARE UNDER OATH

TO TELL ONLY THE TRUTH.

YOU'LL THEREFORE ANSWER MY QUESTIONS

TO THE BEST OF YOUR ABILITY

AND IN YOUR OWN WORDS.

AT THE DEATH OF YOUR FATHER

AND YOUR DEAR MOTHER,

JUST HOW OLD WERE YOU?

I WAS 15.

MMM.

LEFT IN COMFORTABLE CIRCUMSTANCES?

MY FATHER HAD BEEN ILL AS LONG AS I COULD REMEMBER,

AND MY MOTHER'S HEALTH HAD BROKE IN NURSING HIM.

THEY LEFT ME WITHOUT ANYTHING.

NOW, IT ISN'T MY PURPOSE

TO HUMILIATE YOU, MISS LEE,

IN FRONT OF THESE PEOPLE,

BUT I MUST ASK YOU TO TELL THEM

JUST WHAT FOLLOWED.

TELL THE JURY.

WELL, I GOT WORK IN THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.

I MET A MAN WHO SAID HE LOVED ME.

WE WERE MARRIED SECRETLY,

AND THEN I FOUND OUT THAT HE ALREADY HAD A WIFE

AND THAT OUR MARRIAGE WAS A FAKE.

DID YOU CONTINUE ON WITH THIS MAN?

I NEVER SAW HIM AGAIN.

AND AFTER MY BABY DIED...

I LEFT THE CITY.

DID YOU MAKE AN EFFORT TO SECURE EMPLOYMENT

SO YOU COULD EARN YOUR OWN LIVING--

WORK OF ANY KIND?

YES, I DID.

TELL THE COURT JUST WHAT HAPPENED.

WELL, I MANAGED TO GET A POSITION AS SCHOOLTEACHER,

AND THEN SOMEONE FOUND OUT ABOUT ME, AND I WAS--

AND THEY BLAMED YOU INSTEAD OF THE MAN,

AND YOU WERE FORCED TO GET OUT.

I OBJECT!

THAT'S LEADING THE WITNESS.

OBJECTION SUSTAINED.

STRIKE OUT THE QUESTION.

DID YOU TRY TO SECURE OTHER EMPLOYMENT IN THAT TOWN?

THEY WOULDN'T LISTEN TO ME.

I HAD TO LEAVE.

WHAT DID YOU DO?

I GOT WORK IN ANOTHER TOWN

AS A NURSE GIRL,

BUT THE SAME THING AGAIN AND AGAIN--

WHEREVER I WENT, ALWAYS THE SAME.

IN OTHER WORDS,

REFUSED EVEN THE POOREST KIND OF WORK

TO TRY AND KEEP BODY AND SOUL TOGETHER.

OBJECTION! IRRELEVANT AND IMMATERIAL.

YOU LEFT OUT INCOMPETENT.

SIR!

GENTLEMEN, GENTLEMEN.

THAT IS ALL, YOUR HONOR.

YOUR WITNESS.

NO QUESTIONS.

PROSECUTION RESTS.

THANK YOU, MISS LEE.

GENTLEMEN OF THE JURY,

YOU HAVE HEARD ONLY PART OF THE TRUTH.

MY WORTHY OPPONENT OBJECTS.

HE IS AFRAID OF YOUR KNOWING ALL THE PITIFUL FACTS OF HER LIFE.

AW, GENTLEMEN, AN IMMORTAL SOUL HAS BEEN TORTURED ON THE RACK,

AND I ASK YOU AS MEN WITH BLOOD IN YOUR VEINS,

WHO HAVE HELPLESS WOMEN IN YOUR OWN HOMES,

TO THINK OF ONE OF YOUR INNOCENT DEAR ONES

WRONGED AND OPPRESSED LIKE THIS POOR, DEFENSELESS WOMAN.

OH, WHERE...WHERE COULD SHE TURN IN HER CRUEL ANGUISH?

WHY, THE VERY PROMISES OF GOD ARE DENIED HER.

WHO WAS IT THAT SAID...

"COME UNTO ME ALL YE THAT ARE WEARY AND HEAVY-LADEN,

AND I WILL GIVE YOU REST"?

SHE IS, INDEED, HEAVY-LADEN...

WITH THE PERSECUTION OF HER OWN SEX.

WHY, GENTLEMEN, A THIEF OR MURDERER MAY SIN ALONE

AND IS ALONE TO BLAME,

BUT THIS WOMAN IS NOT ALONE.

SOCIAL ORDER IS HER ACCOMPLICE.

IF SHE IS GUILTY, THEN ALL IN THIS ROOM ARE GUILTY.

I CHARGE YOU, JUDGE NOT THAT YE BE NOT JUDGED.

AW, SET HER FREE TO GO HER WAY.

LET A WISDOM HIGHER, FAR HIGHER THAN OURS,

PASS JUDGMENT ON HER.

YOUR HONOR, I REST MY CASE.

GENTLEMEN, YOU HAVE HEARD THE EVIDENCE.

YOU MAY RETIRE.

GENTLEMEN OF THE JURY, HAVE YOU REACHED A VERDICT?

WE HAVE, YOUR HONOR.

WE FIND THE DEFENDANT-- DIXIE LEE--NOT GUILTY.

YOU WON BY LIES,

WITH A TRICK, AND YOU KNOW IT.

POSSIBLY A TRICK,

BUT I WOULDN'T SAY LIES, SUGAR.

DON'T YOU THINK THE RESULT

JUSTIFIES THE MEANS?

JUSTIFIES?

YOU STAY AWAY 5 YEARS,

COME BACK, AND DO A THING LIKE THIS.

THEY'VE TALKED ABOUT YOU,

SAID EVERYTHING ABOUT YOU,

AND I WOULDN'T BELIEVE THEM,

BUT NOW...

WHAT DO YOU EXPECT ME

TO THINK OF YOU AND THAT WOMAN?

YOU'VE HUMILIATED ME.

ALL I'VE WORKED FOR TO HELP THINGS

IN THE TOWN I'VE GOT TO LIVE IN,

RAISE MY CHILDREN IN,

YOU'VE TORN DOWN.

I'VE TRIED TO DRIVE THAT WOMAN OUT OF OSAGE.

HONEY, IF I KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT DIXIE LEE,

SHE'LL LEAVE TOWN AFTER TODAY.

BUT DRIVING HER OUT WON'T HELP MATTERS.

DIXIE LEES HAVE BEEN STONED

IN THE MARKETPLACE FOR 2,000 YEARS.

YOU'VE GOT TO DRIVE THE DEVIL OUT FIRST.

CAN'T YOU SEE, HONEY?

YOUR CONSCIENCE WILL BE CLEAR.

YOU HAVEN'T SENT TO PRISON THE WOMAN

INSTEAD OF THE REAL CRIMINAL--

SOCIAL ORDER,

WHICH YOU CAN'T CHANGE...YET.

MY ONLY INTEREST IN DIXIE LEE

WAS TO SEE THAT SHE GOT ONE LESS KICK.

YOU MEAN WHAT SHE SAID ABOUT HERSELF WAS TRUE?

EVERY WORD, SUGAR.

AT TIMES I SAW

A LOOK IN HER EYES

I'LL NEVER FORGET.

A WONDER TO ME THAT SHE HASN'T KILLED HERSELF.

MAYBE IF THINGS HAD BEEN DIFFERENT,

SHE MIGHT BE LIKE I AM--

MARRIED, SAFE.

MMM.

OH, I'M THANKFUL I'VE GOT YOU,

THAT WE'VE GOT EACH OTHER AND OUR HOME.

OH, SUGAR. SUGAR, I LOVE YOU.

HELL AND HIGH WATER ALL THE WAY,

THERE'S NEVER BEEN ANYBODY BUT YOU,

AND YOU KNOW IT.

OH, HOLD ME CLOSE.

OH, MY BOY.

THAT BEAR CREEK POOL IS A WHOPPER.

SAY, THOSE OSAGE INJUNS

ARE SURE STRIKING IT RICH.

GOBS OF MONEY.

YOU MARK MY WORDS

THIS STATE IS GOING TO BE SPOUTING A MILLION BARRELS

OF OIL A MONTH SOMEDAY.

SURE, AND $1 MILLION

WON'T LOOK MUCH EITHER.

RACK IT AND PRINT IT.

STAND STILL, DONNA,

OR I'LL NEVER HAVE THIS DRESS FINISHED

FOR YOU TO TAKE BACK TO SCHOOL.

SABRA, DARLING, IF YOU THINK I'M GOING BACK

TO NEW YORK FINISHING SCHOOL

WEARING A HOMEMADE FIZZLE LIKE THIS,

YOU'RE FEARFULLY MISTAKEN.

WHAT WILL YOU WEAR?

I'M NOT GOING BACK TO SCHOOL.

DO YOU SUPPOSE I'M GOING TO LET THOSE GIRLS

GIVE ME THE LAUGH

BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T STRUCK OIL?

THEY THINK WE'RE ALL MILLIONAIRES OUT HERE.

DONNA, YOU'RE THE MOST--

WHY, EVEN THE INDIANS HAVE MORE MONEY THAN WE'VE GOT.

YOU OUGHT TO BE PUNISHED, BIG AS YOU ARE.

AND THE MEN IN THIS FAMILY--

EDITORIALS AND MAYBE GOVERNOR AT 100 A WEEK, MAYBE,

AND CIM--THE RISING YOUNG ENGINEER.

HUH. I SUPPOSE HE'S OUT GASSING WITH RUBY AGAIN.

I'VE SPOKEN TO HIM,

AND I'LL GIVE HIM

ANOTHER GOOD TALKING-TO TONIGHT.

GO ON. SIT DOWN OVER THERE.

I'LL STITCH THIS UP.

MOTHER, I'M GOING OUT TO THE OSAGE RESERVATION.

I'VE STUDIED ENOUGH GEOLOGY,

AND THEY NEED NEW ENGINEERS OUT THERE, AND I--

YOU'RE NOT FOOLING ME

FOR ONE MOMENT, YOUNG MAN. IT'S RUBY.

WELL--

I SHOULD THINK YOU'D BE ASHAMED OF YOURSELF--

MOONING AROUND WITH AN INDIAN HIRED GIRL.

RUBY ISN'T AN INDIAN HIRED GIRL.

SHE'S THE DAUGHTER OF AN OSAGE CHIEF.

OSAGE-- FIDDLESTICKS.

SHE'S JUST AS IMPORTANT IN THE OSAGE NATION AS--

AS ALICE ROOSEVELT IS IN WASHINGTON.

I'VE HEARD JUST ABOUT ENOUGH FROM YOU,

CIMARRON CRAVAT.

THEN YOU MIGHT JUST AS WELL KNOW IT

THAT AS SOON AS I'M ON MY OWN,

I'M GOING TO MARRY RUBY.

YOUR FATHER WILL PUT A STOP TO THIS.

DAD KNOWS.

IT'S ALL RIGHT WITH HIM.

OH.

RUBY'S WAITING, MOTHER.

GOOD-BYE.

WELL...THAT'S A NICE SOCIAL PROBLEM--

AN INDIAN IN THE FAMILY.

WELL, I'M GOING TO PICK OUT

THE RICHEST WHITE MAN IN TOWN AND MARRY HIM.

SURE STRUCK IT RICH, LOUIS.

YES, BOYS. MONEY'S COMING IN SO FAST,

I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH IT.

ISN'T SHE A BEAUTY?

IT'S CRACKERJACK.

CAL, HOW DO YOU LIKE IT?

IT'S A HUMDINGER.

LATEST THING OUT-- FOLDING GLASS FRONT.

SHOW THEM, IRVING.

WELL... LOOK AT THAT.

SPEEDY, I BET.

DOES 30 AN HOUR.

SAY, HOW'S BUSINESS, CAL?

FINE. GOING TO BUILD ANOTHER ADDITION

TO THE BIXBY HOUSE.

SAY, THAT'S GREAT.

BUSINESS COULDN'T BE BETTER.

BOYS, DON'T SCRATCH THAT.

IT'S A NEW CAR, YOU KNOW?

I MUST SAY, MR. LEVY,

YOUR STOCK IS QUITE UP TO DATE.

YOU'LL HAVE MY ORDER SENT AT ONCE

TO MY NEW HOUSE?

I'LL ATTEND TO IT MYSELF.

I HEAR YOU HAVE A LOVELY NEW HOME.

A SMALL PLACE-- 15 ROOMS. GOOD-BYE.

OH! MR. HEFNER.

GENTLEMEN.

HOW DO YOU DO?

THANK YOU. I DON'T MIND IF I DO.

GO AHEAD, IRVING, AND DON'T BREAK ANYTHING.

BE SEATED. THERE YOU ARE.

8-CYLINDER?

NO. TWO.

I'VE ORDERED A 4-CYLINDER.

I'M GOING TO GET ONE OF THOSE

NEW ACETYLENE HEADLIGHTS

SO I CAN SEE AROUND THE CORNERS.

NOW, IRVING, CAREFUL.

NOT TOO FAST.

YES, HE MIGHT SCARE THE HORSE.

GOOD-BYE, BOYS. GOOD-BYE.

"DEAR SIR, ANSWERING YOUR COMPLAINT--"

AHEM, AHEM--

"WE'D LIKE TO INFORM YOU

"THAT THE OKLAHOMA WIGWAM STILL PRINTS

"ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME,

"KNOWING NO LAW BUT THE LAW OF GOD

"AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THESE UNITED STATES.

YOURS VERY TRULY."

WELL, RICKEY, YOU DON'T STUTTER

AS MUCH AS YOU USED TO, DO YOU?

YOU NOTICED IT, MR. LEARY?

I'M GETTING B-B-BETTER ALL THE T-T-T--

AW, WHAT DID YOU MENTION IT FOR?

CRAVAT IS EXPECTING ME.

YES. I'LL TELL HIM.

MR. CRAVAT,

THERE'S A PAT LEARY HERE TO SEE YOU.

ALL RIGHT, MR. LEARY.

OH, THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

CRAVAT...

WE'VE BEEN RATHER OPPONENTS IN THE PAST,

BUT THERE'S NO REASON WHY WE CAN'T BE FRIENDS.

NO.

AFTER ALL, YOU HAVEN'T GOTTEN VERY FAR--

I MEAN IN A MONEYED WAY--

WITH ALL YOUR TALK AND EDITORIALS.

NO, BUT I HAVE A CLEAR CONSCIENCE.

HA HA HA HA!

I COULD THROW ENOUGH VOTES YOUR WAY

TO ELECT YOU GOVERNOR.

YES, YOU COULD.

NOW, WITH YOU IN THE CHAIR,

WE'VE GOT THE CHANCE OF A LIFETIME.

WE CAN FIX THINGS

SO WE'LL ALL MAKE PLENTY OF MONEY.

NOW, YOU SEE, THE INDIANS--

THEY AREN'T COMPETENT

TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR OWN OIL LEASES

AND CLAIMS AND INCOME.

THAT'S UNDERSTOOD.

NOW, WE'LL HAVE AN AGENT APPOINTED FOR THEM,

ONE THAT WILL DO JUST--

NOW, LET ME UNDERSTAND.

WE'LL HAVE AN AGENT APPOINTED WHO WILL...

STEAL THE MONEY FROM THE INDIANS, HMM?

WELL...

JUST A MATTER OF BOOKKEEPING, YOU KNOW.

MR. LEARY, I'VE KNOWN ALL ABOUT YOUR SCHEME FOR WEEKS,

AND I THINK IT'S THE DIRTIEST,

FILTHIEST PIECE OF POLITICS

THAT EVER CAME INTO THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA,

AND I'LL SMASH YOU

AND EVERYBODY CONNECTED WITH IT

BEFORE I'M THROUGH WITH YOU.

YOU AIN'T COMING IN, THEN.

THEN I'LL SMASH YOUR CHANCES FOR GOVERNOR!

AND I CAN DO IT, TOO!

YANCEY, YOU KNOW ABOUT CIM AND RUBY.

WE CAN'T LIVE OUR CHILDREN'S LIVES

FOR THEM, HONEY.

LISTEN TO THIS-- THE LEAD FOR TOMORROW.

"THE DEMAGOGUES PLAN TO ROB THEM AGAIN,

"STEALING THE VAST OCEAN OF OIL GUSHING UP

"THROUGH THE MISERABLE BARREN LAND

"KNOWN AS THE OSAGE INDIAN RESERVATION,

"AGAIN VICTIMIZING

"THOSE DUPED AND WRETCHED AMERICANS--

"THE OSAGE INDIANS.

"THEIR TREATY'S BROKEN, THEIR LAND STOLEN,

"AND NOW THERE'S ABOUT TO BURST FORTH

"THE GAUDIEST,

"STAR-SPANGLED PIECE OF CROOKEDNESS

"EVER PLAYED UNDER THE WING

OF A DOUBLE- DEALING GOVERNMENT."

WE CAN'T PRINT THAT.

AND WHY NOT?

THIS ISN'T THE CIMARRON COUNTRY.

IT'S THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA.

YOU CAN'T SLUR THE GOVERNMENT. IT'S TREASON.

IT'S HISTORY.

I DON'T BLAME THE GOVERNMENT

FOR CROOKED POLITICIANS' TRICKS.

I'LL SHOW THEM.

I'LL STOP THEM IF IT'S THE LAST THING I EVER DO.

FURTHERMORE, THE TIME HAS COME

TO GIVE THE RED MAN FULL CITIZENSHIP

SO HE CAN LIVE AS FREE AS THE WHITE MAN LIVES.

CITIZENSHIP FOR INDIANS?

GIVE THEM THE VOTE?

THE PEOPLE HERE WOULD MOB YOU.

A PROPHET IS NEVER WITHOUT HONOR,

SAVE IN HIS OWN COUNTRY.

YOU COULD BE ONE OF THE GREATEST FIGURES

IN THIS NATION.

YOU ARE IF YOU DON'T THROW IT AWAY.

IF YOU PRINT THAT ARTICLE,

YOU'LL NEVER BE GOVERNOR.

NEVER.

I'VE FORGIVEN YOU MANY THINGS

IN THE PAST 10 YEARS, YANCEY CRAVAT,

BUT I'LL NEVER FORGIVE YOU THAT.

OH, YES, YOU WILL, SUGAR.

NEVER IS A LONG TIME.

NOT WHILE I'M ALIVE, MAYBE,

BUT SOMEDAY,

YOU'LL BE ABLE TO TURN BACK TO THE OLD FILES

AND READ THIS ARTICLE

AND BE GLAD IT WAS PRINTED.

NO. I HAVE SOME POSITION

TO MAINTAIN IN THIS COMMUNITY.

I HAVE SOME VOICE IN THIS PAPER.

I KNOW THAT.

THEN I SAY YOU WON'T PRINT IT,

NOT IN THESE COLUMNS.

WHEN YOU TAKE MY NAME OFF

AND PUT YOURS IN ITS PLACE,

YOU'LL BE EDITOR OF THIS PAPER.

UNTIL YOU DO THAT, SUGAR...I AM.

WOULD YOU SEND RICKEY IN, PLEASE?

THE PROOF'S ALL RIGHT, RICKEY.

JUST THINK... OUR 40th ANNIVERSARY.

40 YEARS.

WELL, THAT'S THE LONGEST TIME

I EVER STAYED IN ONE PLACE.

THE LONGEST TIME IN ONE PLACE.

HAVEN'T YOU EVER HEARD FROM THE BOSS?

NO...HE DOESN'T WRITE LETTERS, RICKEY.

THE ONLY NEWS I'VE EVER HAD

WAS FROM THAT CAPTAIN...

WHO THOUGHT HE SAW HIM AT CHATEAU-THIERRY...

WITH HIS HAIR DYED BLACK.

BUT HE'S ALIVE SOMEWHERE. I KNOW IT.

NOW, YOU JUST KEEP ON BELIEVING THAT, MA'AM.

UH, HAVE YOU DECIDED ON THE EDITORIAL

FOR THE ANNIVERSARY NUMBER?

YES. WE'LL REPRINT THE ONE ON INDIAN CITIZENSHIP

FROM THE 1907 FILE.

OH, I HAVE THAT ONE MARKED.

I'LL NEVER FORGET THE FLOOD OF CLIPPINGS

THAT CAME IN FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY,

AND THEY CALLED HIM THE NATION'S LEADING EDITOR.

YES, AND SINCE THEN,

CONGRESS HAS GRANTED ALL HE ASKED FOR.

YES, THAT'S IT.

I'M SETTING IT UP IN 12-POINT.

AND USE THE SAME SIGNATURE CARD.

YES, MA'AM.

THE CARD, S'IL VOUS PLAIT.

MERCI, MONSIEUR.

ENTRE.

THE CARD, MONSIEUR.

CARD?

OUI, MONSIEUR.

WELL, I PRINTED THEM.

OH!

ENTRE, MONSIEUR.

ENTRE, S'IL VOUS PLAIT.

QUITE AN AFFAIR, AIN'T IT, SOL?

YES. NICE.

THE CARD, MADAME.

EH?

THE CARD, S'IL VOUS PLAIT.

I'M ON THE COMMITTEE.

SORRY, MR. LEVY,

ABOUT YOUR NOT BEING ON THE COMMITTEE.

BUT YOU SEE...

WE INVITED REPRESENTATIVES OF OUR PRINCIPAL FAMILIES.

ONE OF MY ANCESTORS

WAS A SIGNER OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.

THAT'S ALL RIGHT.

A RELATIVE OF MINE, FELLOW NAMED MOSES,

WROTE THE 10 COMMANDMENTS.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,

AS CHAIRMAN OF THE OKLAHOMA PROGRESSIVE STATE COMMITTEE,

I GREET YOU.

WE ARE HERE TO CONGRATULATE OUR NEW MEMBER OF CONGRESS

AND TO WELCOME OUR NOTED VISITORS,

THE SENATORS AND CONGRESSMEN FROM WASHINGTON,

WHO WILL ACCOMPANY US ON A TOUR OF INSPECTION

TO THE BOWLEGS OIL FIELD,

AND ALSO TO ANNOUNCE THE ARRIVAL AND THE UNVEILING

OF A STATUE TO COMMEMORATE THE OKLAHOMA PIONEER.

AND NOW IT IS MY PRIVILEGE TO ASK YOU

TO DRINK TO THE HEALTH OF OUR GUEST OF HONOR.

MY POOR WORDS COULD ADD NOTHING

TO THE STERLING ACHIEVEMENTS

OF OUR FELLOW TOWNSWOMAN,

WHO HAS RISEN TO EMINENCE IN OKLAHOMA

AND FINALLY IN THE COUNCILS OF THE NATION.

I THEREFORE CALL UPON THE ONE

YOU ARE WAITING TO HEAR,

OUR NEW CONGRESSWOMAN... SABRA CRAVAT.

MY FRIENDS...

TODAY I STAND BEFORE YOU IN A NEW RESPONSIBILITY.

TIME HAS PASSED FOR MANY OF US

SINCE WE FIRST MET IN THE EARLY DAYS OF OSAGE--

TIME THAT MELLOWS OUR HEARTS AND TELLS US ALL THE TRUTH.

TO MANY OTHERS AMONG YOU,

INCLUDING OUR DISTINGUISHED GUESTS FROM WASHINGTON,

I APPEAR MORE OR LESS AS A STRANGER.

I WANT YOU TO KNOW ME AND MINE AS WE ARE,

TO MEET MY FAMILY AS IF YOU WERE IN MY HOME.

FIRST, MY YOUNGEST...

MY DAUGHTER DONNA, MRS. LOUIS HEFNER.

HELLO, EVERYONE.

NEXT, MY FIRSTBORN...

MY BOY CIMARRON.

AND NOW,

ONE WHO HAS BECOME A MEMBER OF OUR FAMILY BY MARRIAGE,

MY SON'S WIFE... A CHIEF'S DAUGHTER,

A FULL-BLOODED OSAGE INDIAN...

RUBY BIG ELK, MRS. CIMARRON CRAVAT.

I GREET YOU IN WORDS TAUGHT ME AS A CHILD.

MAY YOU LONG TRAVEL THE PATH OF LIFE

IN DAYS THAT ARE CALM AND PEACEFUL.

AND MY GRANDCHILDREN... FELICE AND YANCEY II.

I'M SORRY THIS AFTERNOON THAT I CANNOT PRESENT TO YOU...

MY HUSBAND...

BUT HE'S OUT OF THE CITY.

I KNOW HE WOULD BE GLAD TO BE HERE TO GREET YOU.

AS FOR MYSELF, I CAN ONLY THANK YOU

FOR THE OFFICE YOU HAVE CONFERRED UPON ME.

THE WOMEN OF OKLAHOMA

HAVE HELPED BUILD A PRAIRIE WILDERNESS

INTO THE STATE OF TODAY.

THE HOLDING OF PUBLIC OFFICE BY A WOMAN IS A NATURAL STEP.

I PLEDGE YOU THAT I WILL DO MY BEST.

THAT PATE DE FOIE GRAS WAS GOOD, WASN'T IT?

NOW WHAT DO YOU THINK OF WOMEN IN POLITICS?

HA HA. I'LL GIVE UP.

YOU KNOW, I'M CURIOUS TO SEE

THE SUBJECT OF THIS PIONEER STATUE.

SO AM I.

I HEAR THAT THE GOVERNOR

IS SENDING HIS STAFF DOWN FOR THE UNVEILING.

REALLY? WE MUST SEE IT.

CONGRATULATIONS.

I ENJOYED EVERY MOMENT OF IT.

THANK YOU.

THIS WAS WORTH THE TRIP FROM WASHINGTON.

SO NICE TO SEE YOU.

THE OSAGE NATIONS, THROUGH ME,

EXTENDS CONGRATULATIONS.

YOU'RE VERY KIND.

CONGRATULATIONS.

THANK YOU.

WONDERFUL, SABRA.

I NEVER HEARD ANYTHING LIKE IT.

YOUR DRESS IS SO BECOMING.

YOU LIKE IT?

LIKE YOUR HAT, TOO.

NOW I MUST BE GOING. MY FEET HURT ME.

THE STATE BANKERS WILL BE VERY PLEASED

TO SEE YOU IN CONGRESS, MRS. CRAVAT.

THANK YOU.

WE'RE PROUD OF A WOMAN

WHO HAS DONE WHAT YOU HAVE DONE--

ALONE.

GOOD DAY.

I FEEL, AS YOU HAVE ALWAYS FELT,

YANCEY IS JUST OUT OF TOWN FOR A LITTLE WHILE.

THANKS, OLD FRIEND.

MOTHER...YOU WERE SWEET ABOUT DAD.

IF YOU'RE READY, SABRA,

WE'LL START AT ONCE.

OH, YES. YES... I'LL BE RIGHT WITH YOU.

WE LEAVE FOR BOWLEGS

IMMEDIATELY, GENTLEMEN.

IT'S A NEW EMPIRE.

QUITE A BUSY PLACE, ISN'T IT, MRS. CRAVAT?

ALL THIS UP FROM RAW PRAIRIE OVERNIGHT.

HELLO?

HELLO? HELLO, FIELD OFFICE?

SEND AN AMBULANCE, QUICK!

OSAGE 3.

YEAH. YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT.

WHAT HAPPENED?

WE'VE NEVER HAD A CLOSER CALL.

THE GUSHER CAME IN AHEAD OF TIME.

THEY WERE LOWERING A TORPEDO OF NITROGLYCERIN,

AND BEFORE THEY COULD EXPLODE IT,

UP CAME THE MUD AND OIL AND THE TORPEDO WITH IT.

NARROW ESCAPE.

OH, WE'D ALL HAVE BEEN BLOWN TO BITS--

EVERYONE AROUND HERE, TOO--

IF IT HADN'T BEEN FOR A MAN

WHO GRABBED THE TORPEDO,

CUSHIONED IT AGAINST HIS BODY,

AND PREVENTED THE EXPLOSION.

WHAT NERVE!

HE SAVED OUR LIVES, THAT'S ALL.

WAS HE BADLY HURT?

AH, JAMMED AGAINST THE RIG--

CHEST CRUSHED-- PRETTY BAD.

WHO WAS HE?

I DON'T KNOW. JUST AN OLD DRIFTER

WHO HAD BEEN HANGING AROUND HERE

EVER SINCE THE NEW FIELD OPENED.

SOME OF THE FELLOWS CALLED HIM OLD YANCE.

YANCE!

GIVE HIM SOME ROOM. NOW, COME ON.

LET ME THROUGH! LET ME THROUGH!

OH!

OHH...OH...

OHH...

SUGAR...SUGAR...

ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?

MM-HMM.

WIFE AND MOTHER... STAINLESS WOMAN,

HIDE ME.

HIDE ME IN YOUR LOVE.

SLEEP, MY BOY.