THE WIDOW'S ANSWER.
4 A gemman oh colour ’ in Detroit having long admired a coloured widow living in the next street, and being afraid to come out boldly and reveal his passion, went to a.white man of his acquaintance the other day, and asked him to write the lady a letter asking her hand in marriage. The friend wrote, telling the woman, in a few brief linos, that the size cit her feet was the talk of the neighbourhood, and asking her if he couldn’t pare them down a little. The name of the coloured man was signed, and he was to call on her on Sunday night for an answer. A few' day's after, the writer of the letter met the negro limping along the street, and asked him what the widow said. The man showed him a bloodshot eye, a scratched nose, a lame leg, and a spot on the scalp where a handful of wool had been violently jerked out, and he answered in solemn tones, 4 She didn’t say nuffin’, an’ I didn’t stay dar more’ll a minute !’
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Wairoa Bell, Volume V, Issue 164, 23 September 1892, Page 8
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182THE WIDOW'S ANSWER. Wairoa Bell, Volume V, Issue 164, 23 September 1892, Page 8
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