"Mary Jane was red-headed, but that don't make no difference, she was most awful beautiful. . . and my, but she was handsome! . . . You may say what you want to, but in my opinion she had more sand in her than any girl I ever see; in my opinion she was just full of sand. It sounds like flattery, but it ain't no flattery. And when it comes to beauty -- and goodness too -- she lays over them all."