Arizona silver belt., 1894-09-01
MANDY JANE PENSTOCK.
A Tale of Love and Love Charms
 in Pennsylvania

from 8vCyman's Hook tp the Harley Sun Cross Forks when heard some ono whistle off to one side oi the road Looking iu that direction , saw man pcgring cautiously from behind Q big hemlock tree He motiGned for me tc stop, and ] did
 "Say, sail tbe man in suppressed voice, kin ye see fur behind ye, dowE ihC road?'
 The road was straight behind me for a mile, and I could sea that far told the man
 .As nigh as yg kin make out, tha' haiut rotRin that looks like a tan woman in a red Calliser dress an 8 green sunbonnet uowhores betwizt you an as fur as ye kin see, Is thar asked Che man.
 NO. said I, there isn't"
 "Nc haint color blind, be yep"
 wasn't.
 "Ineu & woman iu a red caliilSer dress am 8 green sun bonnet wouldn't bc liable to look Co yon like one in 8 waller dress an blue sun bonnet would she2'
 She wouldn't
 Tha ha.u't DO raisiD O. dust uo- where's that looks as fit nowt be rig hy a woman in rcd calliScr dress an g green sun bonnet eomin' this way booty fast is tha@'
 The road was entirely free from any, thing Of that sort
 Ne haint noways nigh-sighteG be yc2'
 Quite the contrary.
 "IAeu # tho wGE 6 raisip' O dust sltch as that, not more'n D hundred yard down che road, re wouldnt be liable to take t fer Q haystack mile away would ve?'
 Entirely ont ot the question Tho man came out from behind the tree, aud with big sigh of relief sai down ou @ stump
 Cause, ye sec I'm aleetla gnxious, ua said, 'ier { yc'd seen a woman g.sha rcd calliSer dress and a green uub0uuct comin aT R-Tnisin O dust aRt looked 7s j' it mowt bc rig by 8 g1muu with 8 rod cullikcr dress and 8 .rrceu suu1ouuot thgtd @ bea Mandy Jane Penstrek an "a had 10 take to tho woods"
 What's Che matter with Mandy Janc? asked
 The man mopped his face with his sleeve and fanued himself with his hat aud said
 Did ye ever have have n hankerin' 'era ga tbat didn't seem to keer tO banker fer yC?H
 didn't know that 1 ever mad
 Jis' keep yer eye on the road. Cap said Che man. au' # ye see sny oi them signs @ Mandy Jane iis whistle, will ye?
 said [ would
 Then IIt tell ye sumpin fl ever ye take Q sluno to gal an she won't banker, take hoot owls gizzarG dry it, an grind 1t inter powder. Then, upbclgnowpst to the gal git some of it in her lemonade or sumpiu fore she drinks it. an' yeve jist as i good as made four shttn for Che squire, for she cant never say No agin when ye ast her # she'll be gourn. Tha haiu't no red on geeen loomin up vit twixt you an the horizon, nor | no shakin' O dust that mowt have red an green inside of it, is tba37
 Not yet
 If ye'd eyev Anow'd Sallig Magomp, CTS, over 10 the Hook yed a bankered, I'll bet yel took Co hankeriu fer | Sallie more'n year ago, but tha didn't seem to be no use Sallies jest turnin ] twenty, now and nebbe she haiu't a caution fer pootincssl Pictur's haint nowheres longside O' her But some 1 how she ft shy o' Ipe So one day says to mysclf An right, my lady II | it's got to be left to hoot-owls,' says, 'hoot-owls it'll be, an l went a | gunuir fer hoot-owls But hoot-owls haint 80 duru thicl; in these hero woods, an ! gunned, an J gunned fer ! booty nigh a year fore l draw'd bead on one. an you bet was more'n tick | led when ) tumbled him offen his roost!
 Gals that kin henker an won't ! banker must be made to hankerr says, an hung the hootowls gizEard up to dry.
 "One o these days, when l hear that i Mandy Jane Peustock has passed over I Jurdau, I'm goin back Co the Hook an ] jest a8 like as not thump the life outer i Sam Brazee. Sam an me worked or the same tIEgiu' job, an after baggeC the owl I says to him one day;
 Sam, i says, me an you won't bunk in together much longer, l says
 How's that?' says Sam.
 "'I'm goin'ter marry Sallic Magom i pers next week. says
 Nor says Sam, Sallis's give in, ha, sheg
 Not yit, I says, 'but,she's goin' ter ! I've powdered a hoot-owPs gizzard, says. Js shoot yer eye down the road agin, Cap If tha's anything mussin of it up that mowt put ye in mind 0 the inl1lin I've giv ye O Mandy Jane I gimme the wink an I'll scoot."
 The road was stu clear.
 ''San looked s'prised little when told him 'bout havin' the owls gizzarc love powder, an booty soon he says:
 We'll he says, Pm gointer take Sallie to the picnic tomorrow, an s'pose that'll be the last time I ki1 gallavant her anywheres, 'cordin' tc fiat, he says
 That's what it will, Sammyl" j says.
 "Mandy Jane Penstock mowt ben a sumner when she was gal, fer all know, but I don't jis recomembei when that was She'll hef to think back a good vsys if she recomcuhcv'