The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-08-17
MANDY JANE PENSTOCK.
a Tale of Love and Love Charms
in Pennsylvania.

One time when | was up in Penn
sylvania HemlocI1 belt | was going
from Overman's Hook to the Barley
Run Cross Forks when l heard some
one whistle off to one side of the road
Looking in that direction | saw a man
peering cautiously from behind a big
hemlock tree. He motioDed for Inc to
stop. and | did.
Say" said the man in a suppressed
voice. kin We see fur behind We, down
the road?'
The road was straight behind me for
u mile, and l could see that far, / told
the man
AS nigh as ye kin make out. tha'
hain't nothin' that looks like tall
woman in red calliller dress an
green sunbonnet nowheres betwixt
you an as fur as ye kin see. is tha?''
asked the man
No saId |. there isn't"
''Ye hain't color blind, be YEP"
] wasn't
Then a woman in red calliker
dress an a green sun bonnet wouldn't
be liable to look to you like one in a
yaller dress an blue sun bonnet,
would shc?"
She wouldn't.
''Tha hant no raisin' o. dust no.
where's that looks as if il mowt be riz
10y woman in a red calliller dress an
a green sun bonnet comm this way
pooty fast. il tha?'
The road was entirely free from any
thing of that sort.
''Ie hain't noways nigh-sighted, be
YEP
Quite the contrary
Then if tina was a raisin' o. dust
setch as that, not more'n a hundred
yard, down the road, We wouldn't be
Liable to take it fer haystack mile
away. would ye?"
Entirely out of the question.
The man came out from behind the
tree, and with a big sigh of relief sat
down on a stump.
&C ause, ye see I'm leetle anxious"
he said, fer if ye'd seen a woman
with d red calliller dress and green
Sunbonnet comm, or a-raisin' o dust
that looked as if it mowt be riz by a
woman with red calliker dress and a
green sunbonnet, that'd ben Mandy
Jane Penstock. an I'd a had to take to
the woods"
What's the matter with Mandy
jane" | asked.
The man mopped his face with his
sleeve and famed himself with his hat
aud said:
Did We ever have have a hankerin'
fer gal that didn't seem to keer to
banker fer YEP"
l didn't know that 1 ever had.
''Jis keep yer eye on the road, Cap"
said the man, an if ye see any of
them signs o Mandy Jane jis whistle,
Will ye?"
| said | would.
Then I'll tell We sumpin'. If ever
We take "a shine to gal an she won't
banker. take hoot 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
good as made four shillin' for the
squire, for she can't never say No
agin when We asst her If She be yourn.
Tha' hain't no red an geeen loomin'
up Wit twiXt you an the horizon. nor
no shailin q dust that mowt have red
an green inside of it, is THAI"
Not vet"
IF ye'd ever know'd Sallie Magomp-
ers. over to- the Hook. ye'd a hankered,
IN bet We! | took To hankerin' fer
oaiiie more'n year ago. but tina didn't
seem to be no use Sallie's jest turnin
twenty. now, and mebbe she hahn t
caution fer pootiness! Pictur's hain't
nowheres 'Iongside o her. But some
! now she hit shy o me. SO one day |
says to myself: All right, my lady. If
| it's got to be left to hoot-owls,' |
| Says. .hoot-owls it'll be- an | went
| gunnin' fer hoot-owls. But hoot-owls
! hain't SO durn thick in these here
| woods. an 1 gunned. an 1 gunned fer
pooty nigh a year fore | draw'd bead
! on one, an You bet | was more'n tick
| led when / tumbled him often his
| roosti
Gals that kin banker an won't
/ hanker must be made to banker" L
says. an hung the hoot-owl's gizzard
| up tn dry.
One q these DAYS. when | hear that
Mandy Jane Penstock has passed over
Jurdan. I'm goin' back to the Hook an
jest 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 | saws, me an you won't
bunk in together much longer l says.
How's that?' says Sam
I'm goin'ter marry Sallie Magom-
pers next week | says
No" says Sam, 'Sallie's give in, has
she?'
- Not yit.' | says. 'butshe's goin' ter.
I've powdered a hoot-owls gizzard'
says. Jis shoot yer eye down the road
agin, Cap If tha's anything mussin
of it mp that mowt put We IN mind
the inklin' I've Civ We o Mandy Jane
gimme the wink an I'll scoot."
| The road was still clear
sam looked sprised little when
told him bout havin' the owls gizzar'
love powder. an pooty soon he says:
well, he says, I'm goin ter taxi
SaIlie to the picnic tomorrow, an
s'pose thatll be the last time 1 kin