, 1884-10-11
THE BOY AND The WIDOW.
slslce 10 One Who Wants 70 Bite on
More Than he can Chew.


4 boy Of seventeen writes as fol-
I ws for advice;
Wen, Here II comes again. I'm A
i.ay Of II come 10 you for advice
} moving that you are clever TO Boys
liscause 1 read your paper. Now
tie fact Of ,the business is rite
l,ere. am Desperately in love
with widow. She has 4 children.
ny folks are against It teeth and to-
. 10. Nam sais II l want to go to
IIcll BY lightning Express to go
lead & Marry that woman. But l
us thinking that knew my own
as. Now any advice that you may
ve will be gladly Received. But
1--we It to me right away quick.
Yours with respec,
There Is nothing on earth that is
! indsomor or sveeter than a widow,
aless It Is the same widow when
,acis a girl, but the SIN would not
,eriously advise a boy Of seventeen
s marry a widow with four children.
he chances are that instead Of the
} .le husband taking the place Of a
. ther to the four children, the wild
~ would have Eve children on her
inds, and IL would not be strange,
5, things did not go right, to see
l,r take the seventeen-year-old
! 1sband across her knee and
warm him 50 that he would think
tac advice Of his mother was well
ven and the hell business had come
IL pass. No doubt this boy thinks
so widow Is pretty nice, and no
& ,ubt she Is. In her place, but II is
'st for her TO take somebody Of her
, se and age, unless she wants to run
kindergarten, with a husband for
,rr Of tfe scholars. A boy that can't |
spgll or write any better than you
N, you young smart alick Of a kid,
better not tackle a widow with
ar children. In few years all you
uld have would be experience.
q you lived, which you probably
would not, In ten years you would
Il just about ripe enough to pick,
v'sile she would be getting gray anu
N..ald pass readily for your mother,
and you would see some girl Of your
Z vn age that you would like better,
.il then the widow would maui the
}. ser out Of you. The children that
ia would be a brevet father to
" uld be your playmates at first
i'cn they would get big enough to
, Zip you, and you would wish you
"a the widow were both dead. II
iie widow seriously entertains mat
'ln0nial Intentions toward you,
: ere is something wrong about her.
q : head Is wrong. II she Is pretty
sr I accomplished, as she ought to
she does not have 10 marry any
j, 9enteen-year-old kids, as there
'-' grown persons with all their
b Ilties about them, who are
King for just such widows to
;rry. Very likely the widow is
wing you sassafras. She may like
have you bothering around, and
ny occasionally allow you to kiss
:, because you are young and in
cent, and don't know how to kiss
fashioned, like a grown person.
,oprobably looks upon you as only
9laything, and then pets you, and
akes you feel real cunning, differ
ut from what you ever felt before,
"a when you go away from her,
,ling that you love her better than
u The world, and would be willing
give up home, parents, everybody,
. be Rugged by her, and all the
ne she is laughing at you and call
e you a little fool She very like
allows you to think she loves you,
st to keep in practice, 50 that when
man comes along and begins to shy
.ll-grown smiles at her, and look at
.er the way a boy don't know how,
ss will know how to act. A widow
aows what she Is about pretty well,
ID she knows a calf from a grown
AN better than you do. You had
.etter put your head under a pump
ID hire aonahodv IN numn Nvatar
I your hair and down your neck,
zen go to school and learn how to
I'll simple words, and behave your
III until 1t is time for you to think
Z marrying, and then depend on
iie friendship Of your parents. In
ne meantime the widow will get
married. and you will find a girl that
iii love you so your teeth will ache.