The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-06-27
JACK AND HAIDEE.

out Mrs. Greylock from the cabin door,
as she held in her hand letter we had
just brought in from the store where the
postoffice was.
"All 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
rowT
ats letter from Haidee, an she's got
o boy, an Jack wants it called after
you," said Mrs. Greylock, all in breath.
"Wa-al, call that handsome in Jack
Furniss, blest eff don't. An Haidees
got baby--why, sho! Old woman, you
and I is grandfathers. Hoop" And the
old man fairly jumped off the ground in
his excitement.
After the letter had been read and re-
read by the delighted couple and COM
mented on during supper, Paul told us
the story Of his daughters marriage as
we sat around the fire in the evening.
ITO think Of Haidee's havin q baby"
began the old man; "why, it don't seem
but yesterday when she was baby her
own self. You see, my old woman there
had given me six boys, one arter another,
an nice fellers they was, too, If do say
it. They kept the cabin lively, / tell
you, with their tricks an games an SIGH,
but sometimes ! used to think it nd be
kind Of pleasant to have girl round.
didn't say nothin of the kind, but the
old woman knowed what were thinkin
about, an | guess that she were as glad
as be when Haidee were born.
"The way she got her name were kind
Of curious, too, for, as far as I know,
none Of the Greylocks nor the old WON
ans folkses ever were called no such
name afore. Bout q month afore she
was born, we were Twin here in Texas
an the country were pretty wild, an a
night. Wa'al, in course we took him
i'll, an the old woman she gave him q
good supper. In the mornin he went
away, but he dropped outer his saddle
bags some leaves Of book. dunno
what the book were, only it were writ
in poetry an it told how some Greasel
| (Mexioan) called Don Juan were wrecked
on an island, an how he come across
some girl named Haidee, an monstrous
likely girl she must have bin from the
story. 'Cordin as the book were writ,
she were the prettiest girl you ever see,
an my old woman's mind just got sot Oh
that girl, so when Haidee were born
nothin would suit her but namin the
child for the girl in the book.
1--WE didn't have but 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 30 our baby were
called Haidee, an were baptized by q
Methody circuit rider named Rawson
| don't remember no great much bout
him 'cept he were terrible man to eat
an he rode the poorest critter ever sec
Wa'al, Haidee growed up healthy NJ
strong, an she were just the life of the
house. She were as pretty-wa'al, she
were as pretty as she could be; no CIR
could be any prettier, an her mother
just thought the world of her.
thine went on, an Haidee growed nj
to be seventeen, an the young fellers be
gan to come round the cabin good deal
never 'spicioned what they come fol
more'n a mule 'spicions what kind o
work he's goin to do when you're breakiI
him, an | used to think they come tt
, hear me tell stories. The old woman
was sharper than me, but she never lie
! on; an thar / sot an told them boy
90 l,,sk Il,
were goin on than q coyote do bout poll
: tics. Thar were one Teller in partic'ler
I Jack Furniss by name, who used t,
, come bout three times a week. FL
were fine, manly sort of chap, goot
frontiersman, a good fighter, tho h,
I weren't very old, an liked him. Fact
Z liked him SO much that l always asket
him to come again when he'd get up I,
: go. Jack were always maxim me pres
ents; he gin me that revolver over thar
an he was everlastinly bringin wild tur
keys or yenison or bar meat to the OLE
woman.
; II used to wonder sometimes what OF
earth he done it for, but then didn'
: have as much sense as moccasin snak'
in them days. One day Jack an me wer'
standin out by the corral an he seemed
nervous like, an asked him what wer,
the matter, when he up an told me h,
. wanted to marry Haidee. Boys, II
ruther darn sight he'd knock me dow
with maui; never had no such turr
in my life. He went on with lon.
string bout how he loved her an how
he'd work for her an dunno what else
but didn't hear HIM were thinkin o
, Haidee. Last l broke out, You must b.
foor-an l guess l swore some-'tc
= think of marrying that child Child!
says he; she's seventeen.
"Waal, | couldn't say she weren't
you know, an that made me maddel
than ever. do yous'pose, Jack Furniss,
says |, that I'm a-goin to let my little
girl-lny Haidee-inarry any such fel
low as you beT Waal, he stood thar
an he said as how he knowed he weren'
g good enough for her, an all that, bu
: that he loved her more'n he did his life
J, an he hoped I'd let him have her. Hi
life? He didn't seem to think he wert
{ askin for my life when he asked fol
Haidee. Finally, he says somethin bout
d Haideo's carin for him, an with that
stepped up to him an swore I'd shoot
J him like redskin if ever see hil
again. So he went away.
81 went into the cabin, an thar wa!
Haidee an her mother SEWN. Seemed
like as tho when / saw her the 1eei
come into me, an Isays, says |, 'Haideel
Both her an her mother started whel
they heard my voice, it were that h9arse
like. 'Haidee,' says |, Jack Furniss hn
bin tellin me he wants to marry you
Now want you to understand you ain
, never goin to see him no moro. TIT
. mean, thievin mjin, to think of hin
! tafin my darter.' When Haideo hearC
= me say Jacks name she got red; wheI
she heard me say she weren't to see hin
K any more she got white; but when
k come to calm him names she bounced