8 i was back in chickasha. ...by1926, dad had the kids (albert, juanita, merl, bill, gene, george and virginia) and mama was living in the oil town of seminole with some guy. i was about seventeen. i got a job in chickasha working in a laundry. mom had a red ford and i borrowed it to use while working in the laundry. but she took it away after a while. so i had to quit that job, and i went to work for clyde stephens. hauling cotton. around this time, i was help- ing dad make whiskey. he had himself a little still hid somewhere, and we made this whiskey. but he and i weren’t getting along. it was always one thing or another. things were coming to a head. 8