The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-07-30
MANDY JANE PENsTocK.


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saw a man peering cautiously from be-
hind big hemlock tree. He motioned for
me to stop, and did.
I'VE hain't color blind, be yer"
1 wasn't.
.-Then a woman in a red calliker dress an
a green sunbonnet wouldn't be liable to
look to you like one in yaller dress an a
blue sunbonnet, would she?"
She wouldn't.
.sTha hain't no raisin O. dust nowheres
that looks as if it mowt be riz by woman
in a red calliker dress an a green sunbon-
net comm this way pooty fast, is thar"
The road was entirely free from anything
of that sort
I'VE hnin7t noways nighsiGhted, be yer"
Quite the contrary
Then if tina was a raisin o. dust setch as
that not nore'n 100 yards down the road,
We wouldn't be liable to take it for hay
stack miled away, would YEP"
Entirely out Of the question.
:. cause ye see I'm leetle anxious, he
said, FER if ye'd a-seen a woman with a
red calhker dress an green sunbonnet
comm or raisin o dust that looked as if it
mOwt be riz by a woman with "A red calliker
dress an a green sun bonnet that'd a-ben
Mandy Jane Penstock, an I'D a-had to
to take to the woods"
What's the matter with Mandy Janes''
/ asked.
The man mopped his face with his sleeve
and famed himself with his hat and said:
Did ye ever have hankerin fer a gal
that didn't seem to keer to banker fer ye?''
didn't know that ever had.
t'Jis' keep yer eye on the road. cap. said
the man, IAN if We see any Of them signs Of
Mandy Jane. jis whistle, viii ye2''
/ said / would
''Then I'll tell ye sumpin. If ever ye take
a shine to a gal an she won't banker, takea
boot owls gizzard- dry it an grind it inter
a powder Then, unbeknownst to the gal,
git some of it in her lemonade or sumpin
fore she drinks it, an we've jist as good as
made four shillin for the squire, fer she
can't never say NO ag'in when ye asst her
if she'll be your'n. Tina hain't no red an
green Ioomin up yit twixt you an the hOri-
zon, nor no shakin Of dust that lnowt have
red an green inside of it, is THAI"
Not YETI
If ye'd ever know'd Sallie AIagompers,
over to the Hook ye'd a-hankered I'll bet
vel / took to hankerin for Sallie more'n
year ago, but tina didn't seem to be no use.
Sallie's Jest turnin 20, now, and mebbe she
hain't a caution for poOtinessl Pictur's
hain't nOwheres Iongside o. her. But some
how she fit shy O. me So one day says to
myself. All right, my LADY, If its got to
be left to boot owls I says, 'hoot owls it'll
be- and 1 went a-gunnin for boot owls.
But boot owls hain't 50 durn thick il these
here woods, and L gunned and I gunned for
pooty nigh year fore I draw'd bead on
one, an you bet 1 InOre'n ticzled when
I tumb led him often his roosti
Gals that kin banker an won't banker
must be made to hankerl' 1 says, an L hung
the boot OWLS gizzard up to dry
Zone O. these days. when I hear that
MANDY Jane PenstOck has passed over
Jurdan, Pm goin back to the Hook an Jest
as like not uhump the life OuUen sam
Brazee. Sam an me worked on the same
loggin job, an after / bagged the owl l says
to him one day:
. sam / says, me an you won't bunk
in together much longer 1 says.
" sHOw'S thats' SAYS Sam
I'm gointer marry Sallie NIagompers
next week, I says.
Nor says Sam. 'sallie's give in. has
\ Not yit,' says, but she's gointer. I've
powdered a boot OWLS gizzard, L says. Jis'
shoot yer eye down the road agin, cap. If
tha's anything mussin of it up that mowt
put We in mind O. the inklin I've give ye o.
Mandy Jane, gimme the wink, an I'll
scoot.'
The road was still clear.
Sam looked s'prised little when told
him bout havin the owls gizzard love
powder, an pooty soon he says.
"sWeI,' = he says, I'm gointer take Sallie
to the picnic tomorrow an s'pose that'u
be the last time / kin gallavant her any
where's, 'cOrdin to that he says.
. That's what it will, Sammy / says.
" Mandy Jane PenstOck mOwt a-bin a
sumner when she was a gal fer all know,
but L don't jis' recommends when that
was. She'll hef to think back a good ways
if she recOnembers it herself But leavin
out bone an sinner a poOty sharp nose,
MANDY Jane don't cut much of a figger
nowadays. She's consid'ab sot IN her
ways, though, an when she has sumpin on
her mind that she's gOinter to do she's
gointer do it, or things viii rumble.
sam Brace he took Sallie to the picnic,
an was there with my boot owls gizzard
all ready. Sallie kittened consid' able to
Sam, an it made me squirm to see her, L
tell ye, but I says to myself, All right, my
lady, / says. But wait till the boot owl
sings to ye,' says. BlmeDy says to SaIH>
an Sallie:
's'Come over an I'll treat ye,' 1 says.
Come git some lemonade 1 says.
IAN they come along, an 1 bought the
lemonade, an when Sallie wasn't lOokin 1
tumbled the owls eyizzard love powder inter
her glass.
oh she says. sYonder's Mandy Jane
Penstock.' she says. Mandy must have
a treat, too she says.
80 she calls Mandy Jane over, an L or
ders a glass fer her. Now see what Sallie
done She hands the glass that had the
owls gizzard in it over to Mandy Jane an
took t'other one herself, an fore 1 could
stop her Mandy Jane had gulped it down,
love powder an all You're sure ye hain't
color blind, caps'
Soon as / see Mandy Jane gulp that lem
onade an OWLS gizzard I give one cold
shake an started fer home to pack my
trunk This was only yesterday When /
came out ag'in, there was Mandy Jane"
Asa says she. 'arter all these years.
says she, AN to think that you'm to be the
one says sic. III be ready tomorrow
squire's. Tomorrow at half past 81 says
ssSav. cap. I tumbled back in the house
an slammed the door went up stairs an