Arizona republican., 1892-10-27
JACK AND HAIDEE.


ont Mrs. Greylock from the cabin door,
as she held in her hand a letter we had
just brought in from the store where the
postoflice was.
IAN right. old woman, I'm a-comin
right along" came in the deep tones Of
her husbands voice, as the old man
strobe in from the barn; whats the
row.
Its letter from Haidee, an she's got
boy, an Jack wants it called after
you, said Mrs Greylock, all in breath.
"Wa-al, call that handsome in Jack
Furniss, blest Of | don't. An Haidee's
got a baby-why, sho! Old woman, you
and il grandfathers. Hoop" And the
old man fairly jumped off the ground in
bis excitement
After the letter had been read and re-
read by The delighted ceuple and com
p'snted on during supper, Paul told us
tAe story Of his daughters marriage rs
we sst aroand the fire in the evening.
40 think Of Haides's hayin baby"
began the old man, ''why, it don't seem
bat yesterday when she was baby her
awu self. yOa see, my cid woman there
had given nae six boys, oas arter another,
IA nice fellers they was, too, il do say
Il. They kept the cabin lively, tell
Yoa, with their tricks an games an sich,
bat sometimes l used 10 think 1t 'gd be
Kind Of pleasant to have girl round.
eidnr say Rothin Of the kind, bat the
Cd waElaa kaswed what were thinkin
aboat, an guess that she were as glad
8s b- whea Haidee were born.
"The way She got her name were kind
of. eHriO&s, too. for, as far as 1 know,
nnae of the Greyloelss nor the old woEl.
an's fallgSes ever were called no such
name afose. Bout month afore she
was bora, we were Twin here In Texas
an the oouatTy were pretty wild, an a
Stranger came along an asked to stop all
night. Ws'al, in course we took him
Ia, an the cid wohaA she gave him q
good supper, In the norma he went
away, bat be dropped outer his saddle
bags saIRe leaves Of book dunno
what the heck were, only 1t were writ
In poetry an it told how some Greaser
CIeNicaR) called Don Juan were wrecked
un ala island, an how he come across
saNse giTl named Haidee, al mohstreRs
likely girl she must kaEe bin from the
story Gorain as the beck were writ,
she we've the pEettisst girl you ever see.
an my old wesaaR's mind jast got sot on
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nothiA would suit her but namin the
CHILD for the girl in the book.
ave didn't have bat two or three
leaves, an we didn't know nothin bout
the young woman afterwards. only jest
how she looked. didn't have no 'jec-
ton to the name, an SO our baby were
called Haidee, an were baptized by a
Methody circuit rider named Rawson.
don't remember no great much bout
him 'cept he were a terrible man 10 eat,
an he rode the poorest critter ever see.
Wa'al, Haidee growed up healthy an
strong, an she were just the life Of the
house. She were as pretty-wa'al, she
were as pretty rs she could be; no girl
could be any prettier. an her mother
JanN tltLg5hk tub WOIiu vi ueI.
"Time went on. an Haidee growed up
70 be seventeen, an the young fellers be-
gan 10 cone round the cabin good deal.
never 'spicioned what they come for
more'n a Iaule 'spicions what kind Of
work he's goin to do when you're breakin
him, an | used to think they come to
hear me tell stories. The old woman
was sharper tkan me, but she never let
On; an thar sot an told them boys
stories, an didn't know no more what
Were gOin on than coyote do bout poll
ties. Thar were one Teller in partic'ler,
Jack Furniss by name, who used 60
come bout three times a week. He
were fine, manly sort of chap, good
frontiersman good fighter, tho he
weren't very old, an liked him. Fact,
liked him so much that always asked
him to come again when he'd get up to
go. Jack were always maxim me pres
ents; he gin Inc that revolver over thar
an he was everlastinly bringin wild tur-
keys or venison or bar meat TO the old
woman.
81 used TO wonder sometimes what on
earth he done it for, but then | didn't
have rs much sense rs a mOCcasin snake
in them days One day Jack an me were
standin ont by the corral an he seemed
nervous like, an asked him what were
the matter, when he up an told me he
wanted to marry Haidee. Boys, I'd
ruther a darn sight he'd knock me down
with maui; never had no such turn
IN my life. He went on with long
string bout how he loved her an how
he'd work for her an dunno what else;
but didn't hear him! were thinkin Of
Haidee Last broke out, you must be
fool'-an | guess ! swore some-'to
think Of marrying that child 'ChildT
says he; she's seventeen
"Waal, | couldn't say she weren't,
you know, an that made me madden
than ever. DO you s'pose, Jack Furniss,
says |, that I'm a-goin to let my little
girl-my Haidee-marry any such fell
low as you beY WAL, he stood thar,
an he said as how he knowed he weren't
good enough for her, an all that, but
that he loved her more'n he did his life,
an he hoped I'd let him have her. His
life? He didn't seem to think he were