Jake [noun]

Then she rallied and, like Jake, was ready to do battle with any one who hunched their shoulders at Miss Dory.

Mr. Mason was fond of children, and stooping down he kissed the child, who drew back and hid behind Jake.

"'Scuse me," Jake said, pulling a shawl more squarely around her shoulders and straightening her up.

He noticed the improvements which had been made in the place since he was there last, and knew it was Jake's handiwork.

"No, she don't or'ter," the Colonel thought, involuntarily adopting Jake's dialect; but what to do with her was the question.

Jake's broad chest heaved as he asked this question, to which the Colonel replied, "That is what I came for."

Then she showed of what she was capable, and the Colonel looked on aghast, wondering what he should do when Jake was gone.

Poor Jake grew thin during the few days they spent in Savannah, and he knew he was nearing the end.

Up to this moment Jake had felt quite softened towards the man he had once thought to kill.

But Jake shook her up, and told her to behave, as it was a 'Piscopal funeral and not a pra'r meetin'.