The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-07-21
MANDY JANE PENSTOCK.
A Tale OF Love and Love Charms
IN Pennsylvania.

sylvania Hemlock belt I was going
from 0verman's Hook TO the Barley
Run Cross Forks when heard some
ono whistle of 10 one side of the road.
Looking in that direction saw man
peering cautiously from behind a big
hemlock tree. He motioned for mo 70
stop, and / did.
''Say." said the man In q suppressed
voice, "lsin ye SEQ fur behind ye. down
the road?"
The road was straight behind mo for
a mile, and could see that far. told
the man.
"As nigh as ye kin make out, tina
hain't nothin' that looks like q tall
woman In 4 red calliker dress an a
green sunbonnet nowheres betwixt
you an as fur as ye kin see. Is tha?"
asked the man.
"No," said I, "there isn't"
Eye hAin't color blind. be YEP"
wasn't.
Then q woman In q red calliker
dress an q green sun bonnet wouldn't
be liable 20 look to you like one In =
yaller dress an blue sun bonnet,
would she?"
She wouldn't.
"Tha hain't no raisin' o. dust no.
where's that looks as IL IL mowt be riz
by woman In red cnllil5er dress an
a green sun bonnet comm this way
pooty fast, Is thar"
The road was entirely free from any
thing OF that sort
t..IS tfrI al l.o
YEP"
Quite the contrary.
Then IL tina was raisin' o. dust
setch as that, not more'n hundred
yards down the road. ye wouldn't be
liable 10 take IL fer haystack a mile
away. would YEP"
Entirely out OF the question.
The man came out from behind the
tree. and with big sigh of relief sat
down on stump.
"Cause, ye see I'm leetle anxious"
he said, "fer II yc'd seen woman
with red callilter dress and green
sunbonnet comm. or a-raisin' o. dust
that looked as X IL mowt be riz by n
woman with a red callilScr dress and a
green sunbonnet, that'd ben Mandy
Jane Penstock, an I'd had To take TO
the woods"
whats the matter with Mandy
Jane?" asked.
The man mopped his face with his
sleeve and famed himself with his hat
aud said:
Ibid ye ever have have a hankerin'
fer gal that didn't seem TO keer 10
banker fer YEP"
didn't know that ever had.
"Jis' keep yer eye on the road, Cap, "
said the man. can II yo see any OF
them Aigns o. Mandy Jane jis whistle.
will YEP"
said would.
"Then I'll tell ye sumpin'. II ever
20 take n shine to gal an she won't
banker, take n boot owls gizzard,
dry IL, an grind IL inter powder.
Then, unbeknownst 20 the gal, git
some of II In her lemonade or sumpin
fore she drinks II, an ye've fist as
good as made four shillin for the
squire. for she can't never say NO
agin when ye ast her IL she'll be yourn.
Tha' hain't no red an geeen loomin
up yit twixt you an the horizon. MOI
no shakin' o. dust that mowt have red
an green inside Of il, Is tha?"
mot yet"
"If ye'd ever know'd Sallie MAgomp
ers, over 70 tho Hook, ye'd hankered
I'll bot vel took 10 hanlSerin' fei
sallie more'n . year ago, but tina didn''
seem 20 be no use. Sallie's Jest turnin
twenty, now. and mebbc she hain't Z
caution fer pootinessl Pictur's hahn
noMheres 1ongside o. her. hut some
how she At shy o. me. SO one day
says 70 myself; All right. my LADY, Il
it's got 90 be left 20 hoot-owls,'
says. 'hoot-owls it'll be- an went 9
gunnin' fer hoot-owls But hoot-owli
hain't so durn thick In these her,
woods, an gunned, an gunned fei
pooty nigh year 'foro draw'd beaC
on one, an you bet was more'n tick
led when I tumbled him often hi
roostl
"'0sls that kin banker an won
banker must be mnde TO hankerP
says, an hung tho hoot-owl's gizzars
up 10 dry.
"One o. theso days, whom hear tina
Mandy Jane Pcnstock has passed owe
Jurdan, I'm goin' back 10 the Hook an
Jest as like as not thump the life outer
Sam Brace. Sam an me worked OF
the same loggin' Job, an after bagge'
the owl says 70 him one day;
SAM says, me an you won
bunk In together much longer, I says
"'How's that?' says Sam.
"'I'm goin'tcr marry Sallie Magom
pers next week. says
"'Nor says Sam. 'Sallie's give In, ha
sho?'
"'Not yit.' says, 'butshe's goin' Ter
I've powdered hoot-owl's gizzard.'
says. Jis' shoot yer eye down the rcs'