THE WIDOW'S REPLY.
A colored man living in Wes Green street, New York, having admired a colored widow living in the next block above, but being afraid to come out boldly and reveal his passion, went to a white man of his acquaintance the other day, and requested him to write the lady a letter, asking her hand in marriage. The friead wrote telling the widow in a lew brief lines that the size of her feet was the talk of neighbourhood, and asking her if she could not pare them down a little.. The name of the colored man was signed and he was to call on her on Sunday night for an answer. The writer of the letfer met the nigger limping along the street, and asked him what the widow said. The in«n showed him a scratched nose, a lame leg, and a spot on his scalp where a handful of wool had been violently jurked out, and answered in solemn tones, "Sho didn't say nuffin, and I didn't stay dar more'n a minute."
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Manawatu Herald, Volume I, Issue 23, 12 November 1878, Page 3
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177THE WIDOW'S REPLY. Manawatu Herald, Volume I, Issue 23, 12 November 1878, Page 3
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