Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-08-09
MANDY JANE PENSTOCK.


A Tale of Love and Love Charms
In Pennsylvania.
One TING when was up in Penn
sylvania Hemlock belt ] 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 saw a man
peering cautiously from behind big
hemlock tree. He motioncd for Inc to
stop, and ! did
Say said the man in suppressed
voice, "kin We see fur behind ye, down
the road?"
The road was straight behind me for
mile, and could see that far, told
the man.
'As nigh as ye kin make out, tina
hain't nothin' that looks like tall
woman in red calliker dress an a
green sunbonnet nowheres betwixt
you an as fur as ye kin see, is tha9"
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 q
yaller dress an blue sun bonnet,
would she?"
She wouldn't.
"rha hain't no raisin' O. dust no
where's that looks as ii 1t mowt be riz
by woman in red callilser dress an
u green sun bonnet comm this way
poorly fast, Is tha?'
The road was entirely free from any
thing Of that sort
"Ye haln't noways nigh-sighted, be
YEP"
Quite the contrary.
"Then II tina was raisin o dust
setch as that, not moren hundred
yards down the road, ye wouldn't be
liable to take it fer Il haystack a mile
away, would ye?"
Entirely out of the question.
The man came out from behind the
tree, and with Il big sigh OF relief sat
down on stump.
"'Cause, We see LIN leetle anxious"
he said, "fer il ye'd seen woman
with red callikcr dress and green
sunbonnet comm, or a-raisin' o dust
that looked as II 1t mowt be riz by a
woman with red callilier dress and q
green sunbonnet thatd ben Mandy
Jane Penstock. an I'd had to take to
the woods.
"Nyhats the matter with Mandy
Janc?' asked.
The man moppcd his face with his
sleeve and famed himself with his hat
aud said.
ibid We ever have have hankerin
fer gal that didn't seem to keer te
banker fer yep
didn't know that ever had.
"Jis' keep yer eye on the road, Cap,
said the man, IAN If ye see any o.
them signs o Mandy Jane jis whistle
will yep
said would.
"Then I'll tell ye sumpin' If eve
We take a shine to gal an she won
banker, take boot owls gizzard
dry 1t, an grind 1t inter powder
Then, unbeknownst to the gal, 81
some OF it in her lemonade or sumpin
fore she drinks it, an we've jist a
good as made four shillin' for tn
squire, for she can't never say nc
agin when We asst her If she'll be yourn
rha' hain't no red an geeen loomir
up yit twixt you an the horizon, no
7 no shakin o dust that mowt have re
I an green inside of it, is tha?'
n mot yet"
IS III ye'd ever know'd Sallie MagomI
d ers, over to the Hook, ye'd hankeret
y I'll bet vel took to hankerin' fe
(. sallie more'n yearago, but tina didn
seem to be no use, Sallie's jest turnil
twenty, now, and mebbe she hain't
caution fer pootinessl Pictur's hahn
nowhercs 'longsidc o her But som'
10 how she fit shy o me- So one day
# says to myself; All right, my ladyl
Is it's got to be left to hoot-owls,
y says 'hoot-owls It'll be- an | went
~ gunnin' fer hoot-owls. But hoot-ow
I hain't so durn thick in these hel
= woods, an gunned, an gnnned ft
poorly nigh year fore | draw'd bea
y, :, ON one, an you bet was more'n ticl
- led when | tumblcd him often h
= roostl
y Goals that kin banker an won
u banker must be made to hankerV
10 snys, an hung the hoot-owfs gizzal
up to dry
Zone o these days, when ! hear tn
n, Mandy Jane penstock has passed ov
d Jurdan, I'm goip' back to the Hook a
4. Jest as like as not thump the life QUITE
h Sam Brace. Sam an me worked {
n the same loggin job, an after bagg'
o. the owl says TO him one day:
r, "'Sam, | says, me an You wor
~ bunk In together much longer, | say
NJ "llow's that?' says Sam.
al "'l'm golnter marry Sallle Magol
n pcrs next week, | says
a. "Nol' says Sam 'Sallie's give in, b
7, shop
" mot yit, | says, 'but'she sgoin' t.
!, ~ I've powdered q hoot-owls gi22ard,
u says. Jis' shoot yer eye down the ro'
agin, Cup II tha's anything muSsl
OF up that mowt pat We in mind
the inklin' I've Civ sc o Mandy jar
gimme the wink an I'll scoot"
The road was stlll clear
SAN looked s'prlse,l little wher
told him bout havin' the owls gizsa
love powder, an pooty soon he says;
"'Wcll,' he SAYS, I'm goin'tcr Ia