A. T. Powell writes: << I am wondering Why you are So Huffed at the refrence to Irsh Waif Or Any other Waif. . . . Faith & begory Gene ye Said ye Self that tha Lad was indentured. >> << I do not understand why you brought yor self into a intended helping hand to GENE Z. & hopefuly let him Know there wasn't any thing wrong with the use of the word Waif. >> An indentured servant is not assumed to be homeless (and typically wasn't homeless prior to his/her term of servitude) and thus is by definition not a waif. It is for this reason, a simple matter of accuracy, that I neither did nor would characterize James Redway as a waif. And knowing that his family (and perhaps he himself, originally) resided in Devon, England, I neither did nor would depict Redway as Irish; again, it's a simple matter of accuracy. It should be clear from a careful reading of my posting and the one to which it replies that it was not I who was insulted by the (never-made) Irish-waif characterization. I do tend to resist, however, when my statements are misrepresented or (as now) my attitude is mischaracterized. Gene Z.