The Widow -- To Say Nothing of the Man
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Chapter 1. The Widow
_ CHAPTER I. THE WIDOW
"WHAT would you say," asked the widow, tucking her skirts cautiously about her patent leather toes and leaning back luxuriously against the variegated pillows, "if I should tell you that I have found the very girl who would make you a model wife?"
The bachelor glanced up indifferently and dipped the paddle lazily into the water.
"What model?" he asked, suspiciously. "Women are like automobiles, you know. There are so many models. And even after you have selected one most carefully you never can tell what it is going to do."
"They are more like horses," declared the widow, "if you know how to handle them, and are gentle and kind----"
"And let them see you‘re master----"
"And don‘t jab them with spiteful little spurs----"
"And know when to pull on the curb----"
"And when to coax them with sugar----"
"And when to beat ‘em--and even then you can‘t tell what they‘re going to shy at or balk at any more than you can tell when
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