The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-07-12
MANDY JANE PENSTocK.
a Tale of Love and Love Charms In tho
Pennsylvania Hemloclx Belt.

mans Hook to the Barley Run Cross Forks
when heard some one whistle off to one
side of the road Looking in that direction
i saw II man peering cautiously from be-
ME to stop, and did.
I'VE hain't color blind, be YEP"
| wasn't.
Then woman in Il red calliker dress an
| green sunbonnet wouldn't be liable to
look to you like one in II yaller dress an q
blue sunbonnet would she?"
| She wouldn't.
Tina hain't no raisin O. dust nowheres
that looks as If it mowt be rz by n woman
III u req cailiker dress an green sunbOn-
net comm this way poOty fast is tha?n
The road was entirely free from ANYTHING
Of that sort.
1e haln't noways nighsighted be YEP"
Quite the contrary
Then II tina was Il raisin o. dust setch as
that not more'n loo yards down the road.
ye wouldn't be liable to take it for hay
stack miled away, would yes''
Entirely out of the question.
cause We see Pm leetle anxious" he
said, fer if ye'd a-seen a woman with a
red calliker dress an IL green sunbonnet
comm or raisin o dust that looked rs if it
mowt be riZ by n woman with red calliker
dress all green sunbonnet that'd a-beu
Mandy Jane Penstock, an I'd a-had to
to take to the woods"
WHATS the matter with Mandy Janef"
asked.
The man mopped his face with his sleeve
and famed himself with his hat and said:
Did ye ever have Il hankerin fer gal
that didn't seem to keer to banker fer YEP"
didn't know that ever had
Jls' Keep yer eye on the road, cap" said
the man, IAN If yc see any of them signs of
MANDY Jane, jis' whistle, will yer"
l said | would.
Then I'll tell We sumpin. If everye take
shine to II gal an she won't banker, takea
boot owls gizzard, dry it an grind it inter
powder. Then, unbcknownst to the gal,
git some of it i'll her lemonade or sumpin
fore she drinks it, an ye've jist as good as
made four shllin for the squire, fer she
can't never say NO ag'in when We ;lst her
if she'll be your'n. Tina hain't no red IN
green loomin up yit twiXt you an the hori-
zon, nor no shakin of dust that mowt have
red an green inside Of it. is thu?''
Not yet"
"If yc'd ever know'd Sallie Magompers,
over to the Hook, ye'd ahankered. I'll bet
ye! took To hankerin for Sallie more'n n
year ago, but tina didn't seem to he no use.
Sallie's jest turnin 90, now, and mebbc she
hain't Il caution for pootiness! pictur's
hain't nowhcres 'longsde o her But some
how She lit shy o me- So one day says to
myself: All right, my lady If it's got to
be left to boot OWLS l says, 'hoot owls it'll
be- and | went a-gunnin for boot owls
But boot owls han't SO durn thick in these
here woods, and gunned and | gunnctl for
poorly nigh year fore L draw'd bead on
one, an you bet | was more'n tickled when
l tumbled him often his roost!
Goals that kin banker IN won't banker
must be made to hanker! l says, an hung
the hOot, OWLS pizzurI I'M to
"One O these days, when | hear that
MANDY Jane Penstock has passed over
Jurdan, Pm goin back to the Hook an lest
as like as not thump the life outen Sam
Brace. Sam an me worked on the same
loggin job, an after bagged the owl says
to him one day:
SAM says, me an you won't bunk
In together much longer L says.
Flows that? says Sam.
"'Im gointer marry Sallic Nfagompers
next week, l says.
MOP says Sam. 'Sallie's give in, has
she.
Not yit,' says, but she's gointer. I've
| powdered n boot OWLS gizzard,' says. Jis
shoot yer eye down the road agin, cap. If
tha's anything mussin of it up that mowt
put ye In mind o. the inklin I've give ye O.
MANDY Jane, gimme the wink, an I'll
| scoot.
| sam looked s'priscd little when told
him bout havin the OWLS gizzard love
powder, an pooty soon he says:
Well" he says, I'm gointcr take Sallic
to the picnic tomorrow, an l s'pose that'll
he the last time | kin gallavant her any
where's, 'cordin to that he says.
"'That's what it WILL Sammyp l says.
Mandy Jane Penstock mowt ain a
sumner when she was gal, fer all know,
but l don't jis' rccommember when that
was. She'll lief to think back good ways
if she recomembers it herself But, leavin
out bone an sinner an IL pooty sharp nose
MANDY Jane don't cut much of figger
nowadays. She's considerable 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 will rumble.
| Sam Brace he took Sallie to the picnic
an was there with my boot OWLS gizzard
all ready. Salic kittened consid'abl to
Sam, an it made me squirm to see her,
tell We, but / says to myself, All right, my
LADY, l says But wait till the hoot owl
sings to ye,' says. Bimeby says to Sam
an Sallic:
"'Come over an I'll treat ye,' l says
Come git some lemonade,' says.
''An they come along, an 1 bought the
lemonade, an when Sallie wasn't lookin
tumblcd the wl'sgizZard love powder inter
her glass.
"'Oh,' she says 'Yonder's MANDY Jane
Penstock,' she says. MANDY must have
treat, too she says.
$50 she calls Mandy Jane over, an or
ders 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'othcr 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 can1u