The Sweet Flypaper of LifeTold through the eyes of the grandmotherly Sister Mary Bradley, this is a heartwarming description of life in Harlem. |
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... can wash their hands of Rodney , I do not know , when he is the spitting image of them both . But they done put him out , so's they can keep on good - timing themselves , I reckon : So I told him , " Come here and live. 12.
... can wash their hands of Rodney , I do not know , when he is the spitting image of them both . But they done put him out , so's they can keep on good - timing themselves , I reckon : So I told him , " Come here and live. 12.
Page 13
... reckon my prayers will reach down in all them king - kong basements , and sing with the juke boxes , and walk in the midnight streets with Rodney ? Do you reckon , Lord ? Because there's something in that boy . You know and I know ...
... reckon my prayers will reach down in all them king - kong basements , and sing with the juke boxes , and walk in the midnight streets with Rodney ? Do you reckon , Lord ? Because there's something in that boy . You know and I know ...
Page 106
... reckon I'm too old to get married again ? When I were sick he come upstairs to see me , and he said , " Miss Mary , I hear tell you's down - but with no intentions of going out . " I said , " You're right ! I done got my feet caught in ...
... reckon I'm too old to get married again ? When I were sick he come upstairs to see me , and he said , " Miss Mary , I hear tell you's down - but with no intentions of going out . " I said , " You're right ! I done got my feet caught in ...
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