by Alice Dunbar-Nelson “Gimme fi’ cents worth o’ Candy, please.” It was the little Jew girl who spoke, and Tony’s Wife roused herself from her knitting to rise and count out the multi-hued candy which should go in exchange for the dingy nickel grasped in warm, damp fingers. Three long sticks, carefully wrapped in crispest […]
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