Jersey Street and Jersey Lane: Urban and Suburban Sketches
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H. C. Bunner. Jersey Street and Jersey Lane: Urban and Suburban Sketches
Jersey Street and Jersey Lane: Urban and Suburban Sketches
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JERSEY AND MULBERRY
TIEMANN'S TO TUBBY HOOK
THE BOWERY AND BOHEMIA
THE STORY OF A PATH
THE LOST CHILD
A LETTER TO TOWN
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H. C. Bunner
Published by Good Press, 2019
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Then there is the grocer, who is a groceress, and the groceress's husband. I wish that man to understand, if his eye ever falls upon this page—for wrapping purposes, we will say—that, in the language of Mulberry Street, I am on to him. He has got a job recently, driving a bakery wagon, and he times his route so that he can tie up in front of his wife's grocery every day at twelve o'clock, and he puts in a solid hour of his employer's time helping his wife through the noonday rush. But he need not fear. In the interests of the higher morality I suppose I ought to go and tell his employer about it. But I won't. My morals are not that high.
Of course we have many across-the-street friends, but I cannot tell you of them all. I will only mention the plump widow who keeps the lunch-room and bakery on the Houston Street corner, where the boys go for their luncheon. It is through her that many interesting details of personal gossip find their way into this office.
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