The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-09-01
MANDY JANE PENSTOCK.
A Tale of Love and Love Charms
in Pennsylvania.

IA 3oAASy4VE4u1I.
One time when I was up in Penn
sylvania Hemloclk belt 1 was going
from Overman's Hook to the Barley
Run Cross Forks when heard some
one whistle Off to one side OF the road
Looking in that direction 1 saw a mar
peering cautiously from behind a big
hemloclS tree. He motioned for me tC
stop, and did.
''Say." said the man in a suppressed
voice. ''l<in We see fur behind We, down
the road?''
The road was straight behind me for
& mile. and I could see that far, ! told
the man.
''As nigh as we kin make out, tina
hain't nothin' that looks like a tall
woman in Il red calliker dress an a
green sunbonnet nowheres betwixt
you an as FUR as We kin see. is tha?''
asked the man.
No.. said I. there isn't"
''Ye hain't color blind. be yep
] wasn't.
Then "A woman in a red calliker
dress an green sun bonnet wouldn't
be liable to look to you like one in a
WALLER dress an a blue sun bonnet,
would she?''
She wouldn't.
''Tha hain't no raisin' o. dust no.
where's that looks as if it moyvt be riz
by 4 woman in a red callikcr dress an
Il green sun bonnet comm this way
pooty fast, is thar
The road was entirely free from any,
thing Of that sort.
Eye hain't noways nigh-sighted,. be
YEP"
Quite the contrary.
Then if tina was raisin' o dust
sctch as that, not more'n a hundred
yards down the road, We wouldn't be
! ~ <x>% ~. "a
away, would yep
Entirely out Of the question.
The man came out from behind the
tree, and with n big sigh of relief sat
dow, on stump.
Cause, We see I'm a leetle IN xious,"
he said, fer if ye'd seen woman
With Il red callikcr dress and a green
comm. or a-raisin' O dust
that looked as if it lnowt be riz by q
woman with a red callil<er dress and a
green sunbonnet, that'd a ben Mandy
Jane Pcnstocl<. an I'd a had to take to
the woods
'''Nhat's the matter with Mandy
Janc?' asked.
The man mopped his face with his
and said:
did We ever have have a hankerin'
Ter gal that didn't seem to keer to
banker fer yep
didn't know that 1 ever had.
''Jis' keep yer eye on the road, Cap"
said the man, ''an' if We see any of
hem signs O. Mandy Jane jis whistle,
Will YEP"
l said l would.
Then I'll tell we sumpin'. If ever
'e take a shine to gal an she won't
tanker, take a boot owls gizzard,
Try it, an grind it inter powder.
Then, unbeknownst to the gal, git
o'ne of it in her lemonade or sumpin'
fore she drinks it, an we've jist as
rood as made four shi1lin' for the
quire, for she can't never say No
gin when ye asst her if she'll be yourn.
rha' hain't no red an geeen loomin'
Up yit twixt you an the horizon. nor
10 shakin' O. dust that mowt have red
m green inside Of it. is tha?''
Not yet
IF ye'd ever know'd Sallfe Magomp-
rs. over to the Hook. ye'd a hanlkered, |
IL bet We! 1 took to hankerin' fer |
Gem to be no use. Sallies jest turnin'
now, and mebbe she hain't a /
aution fer pootiness! Pictur's hain't |
owheres 1ongside O. her. But some
ow she fit shy O. me. So one day 1
avs to myself: All right, my lady! If
Us. got to be left to hoot-owls,' 1
avs. 'hoot-owls it'll be- an ] went a
amt SO durn thick in these here
FOODS, an gunned, an I gunned fer
ooty nigh a year fore I draw'd bead
n one, an you bet I was more'n tick
I'd when I tumbled him often his
post!
4" Gals that kin banker an won't
anlxer must be made to hanlSer:' I
ays. an hung the hoot-owl's gizzard
p to dry.
zone o these days, when hear that
handy Jane Penstock has passed over
urban. I'm goin' back to the Hook an
.st as like as not thump the life outen
Am Brace. Sam an me worked on
ae same loggin' job, an after bagged
le owl says to him one day:
sam I says. me an you won't
ank In together much longer says.
'HoSv's that?' says Sam.
m goin'ter marry Sallie Magom-
err next week. says.
Nor says Sam, .Sallie's give in, has
,e?' t
8 Not yit. says. sbut.:she's goin' ter.
We powdered g. hoot-owi's giaxartl,' / -,
'ys. Jis' shoot yer eye down the road
rim, Cap Il the's anything musstn'