St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-09-15
MANDY JANE PENSTOCK,

MANDY JANE PENSTOCK.
a Tale Of Love and Love Charms
In Pennsylvania
One time when I was up in Penn
sylvania Hemlock belt 1 was going
from Overman's Hook to the Barley
Run Cross Forks when 1 heard some
one whistle OF to one side of the road.
Looking in that direction / saw man
peering cautiously from behind q big
hemlock tree. He motioned for me to
stop, and did.
Say" said the man in a suppressed
voice. kin ye see fur behind ye, down
the road?'
The road was straight behind me for
q mile, and could see that far, told
the man.
'.As nigh Is We kin make out. tha'
hain't nothin' that looks like tall
woman in a red calliker dress an a
green sunbonnet nowheres betwixt
you an as fur rs We kin see, is tha?'
asked the man.
no." said I, "there isn't"
"Ye haint color blind, be YER
WASN'T
Then a woman in red calliker
dress an green sun bonnet wouldn't
be liable to 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 rs IL it nowt be riz
by q woman in red calliker dress an
. green sun bonnet comm this way
pooty fast, is thar
The road was entirely free from any
thing Of that sort.
"Ye hain't noways nigh-sighted, be
YEP"
Quite the contrary.
s.Then If tha was q raisin' o. dust
setch rs that. not more'n = hundred
yards down the road, ye wouldn't be
liable to take il fer q haystack . 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 a stump.
"'Cause, We see I'm leetle anxious" :"
he said, '.fer it ye'd seen a woman
with red calliker dress and green
sunbonnet comm. or a-raisin' o dust
that looked as If it mowt be riz by
woman with a red calliker dress and a.
green sunbonnet, that'd ben Mandy
Jane Penstock, an I'd had to take to
the woods"
s.What's 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 . hankerin'
fer . gal that didn't seem to keer to
banker fer YEP
didn't know that ever had.
"Jis' keep yer eye on the rosd, Cap"
said the man, "an' IL ye see any of
them signs o. Mandy Jane jis whistle,
will YEP"
said would.
..Then I'll tell ye sumpin'. II ever
re taloe . shine to a gal an she won't
banker, take . hoot owls gixzard,
dry It, an grind it inter = powder.
pome of it IN her lemonade or sumpin'
fore she drinks 1t. an we've jist rs
rood - made four shillins for the
squire, for she can't never say NO
a9in when ye ast her II she'l IL be yourn.
Tha' .hain't no red an geeen loomin'
MP yit twixt you an the horizon. nor
no shakin' o. dust that mowt have red
an green inside Of il, Is tha?"
mot yet"
"If yed ever know'd Sallie Magomp-
ers, over to the Hook. ye'd q hankered.
ri bet ye! l took to hankerin' fer
Sallie more'n year ago, but ths didn't
seem to be no use. Sallie's jest turnin'
twenty, now. and mebbe she hain't .
caution fer pootiness! Pictur's hain't
nowheres 'longside O. her. But some
how she At shy o. me. So one day I
says to myself: All right. my lady! II
It's got to be left to hoot-owls,' 1
says. 'hoot-owls it'll be- an went
gunnin' fer hoot-owls. But hoot-owls
hain't 90 durn thick in these here
woods, an gunned. an gunned fer
pooty nigh year fore drawd bead
on one, an. you bet / was more'n tick
led when tumbled him often his
roost!
Gals that kin banker an won't
banker must be made to banker"
SAYS, an hung the hoot-owl's gizzard
mp TO dry.
"One O. these days. when hear that
Mandy Jane Penstoclx has passed over
Jurdan, I'm goin' back to the Hook an
Jest rs like Is not thump the life outen
sam Brsxee. Sam an me worked on
the same loggin' job. an after l bagged
the owl says to him one day:
SAM / says, me an You won't
bunk in together much longer I says
".How's that? says Sam.
".I'm goin'ter marry Sallie Magom-
pers next week. I says
".No. says Sam, 'Sallie's give in, has
".Not yit,' says. but she's Roin' ter.
I've pOsllered hootrowl's gixxard,'
says. ~ thbok yer eye down the road
aein, Cap. If eiA's anything mussin'
81 it dP41af ahSxt pat ye in mind o
the ipkljp' I've Civ ye o Mandy Jane.
rimH& Tie wink an' I'll scoot"
The raed.was still clear.
sam looked s'prised little when
told him bout havin' the owls gixzard
love powder, an pooty soon he says:
s.sWen,' he says, TIM goin'ter take
Sallie toS.tAe picnic Tomorrow, an Il
e,pose the&'1l b tAs last time I kim
rellasant her anywheres, 'cordin' to
that, he sayA
:. sIhat's what II win. Sammyr'
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