The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-10-02

Eies today. not gettin' moth
EIn like me? You didn't
Eget a thing. did you? No
EWell, you gotta take what
koa want, that's all, reach
|oai and take it, he says,
|Eren II YOU are staryin',
Eoni hc no fool You must be in
Nrh white folks. or some
|An q You think they care
Eruhirg about YOU"
No | SAYS
'Tsep sure don't he SAYS.
'These t'te rich white folks cone
b. ~ Harlem spcnsln' forts or
Fh BUGS IN these night clubs
IT, p-akeasies and don't care
! ihln Mul you and me our here
~ srcet DO thcy7 We'll one
er Comm give nc some
onef 'rnrht before he gets back
|c~r
WA abouf Tho cops
rFofs thc cops said The 9TH
b rus Now listen. now I've
Fsh' He-c sleep on the ash pile
|'ts 'ie furnace down IN the
i'sftn' Don't nobody never
Iors 2 Hn there after dark They
f. nj stay here for kecpin the
rrre roln ~ night lis kind
To house urstaiis you I'M
f'see Now YOU grab this here
~ vrilck ont push him tcwn
/ re Basement do rieh here
PHI n'm in and w"ll drag
hock Wonder 20 The fur
oeu and rob him money.
fi e'alhes pnd an Then push
fn ca IN the rear court by
'Nr TINE we'll he lsnc gone
WAY 'op say boy
VOL sir I'm iollin' YOU was
. tired and honerv and Geld THAT
''eh' didnt hardly know what
+ vN 50 scid all right and
~ &, dea 10 do it Looked Ike
r ne bout that time a HUNDRED
Thrrf0A Street was iasf
- ia 9iih people faNis eruisin'.
'Npe folss from downtown look
? ior bon spots
j were jast about midnight
Ihls rnYs front basement door
i' visit near the door = the
'p'us bar whore that woman
rrs iaom hlucs cfavs is crazy
Nouf
And eell sir' lust what We
''n'sd lo happen happened right
= a bic parry o. white folks in
rs and 'hines came down the
'ieei They musta parked their
= m LcnoN cause they wasn't
n last They was walkin IN
'e snow Ana Just when they
q r'ah, by us. one o. them White
omen saws. ~Ed.ward.- she said.
'a' darlin'. don't YOU know !
: my purse and cigarettes and
'Wtaoi IN the car. Please go and
= ne chauffeur 10 give 'em 10
p And they went on IN the
MUS The boy started toward
'nos again
Wei sir Edward never did get
''k no more that evenln' 10 the
Mus Bar No. pal. Nh hum
ause We ncbbed him. When he
'nfe back down the street in
. evcnin clothes and all. with
SWELL black ovcrcoat on that I
shed ] had. Just a-tippin' so as
0' 70 slip M and fall on the
ieN grabbed him. Before he
wa say Jack Robinson. ] pull
MIN down the steps 90 The
semrrf door. the other fellow
fAet him In. and by the time
Know where he WAS. we had
a' white hoy hack Wonder be-
nd tho furnace in the coal bin
Don't YOU holler." said on
= way down.
'nere wasn't much liehi hack
ere Just the raw gas comm ont
let kinder. blue-like. blinkin'
me coal dust. Took a few
lnaies before We could see what
looked ike.
EDWARD" the other fellow
la don't you holler in this
ialbln"
hut Edward didn't boiler. lie
+" sat right down on the coal
exon he was soria scared
eaklike.
Den't you throw no coal Meth
The other fellow said But
ward didn't look like he was
'nna throw coal.
What do YOU want?" he asked
ana by IN a nice whlte-folks
~ o voice Am kidnapped7'
veil cir, we never thought o.
'n"npln' reckon We both
'A'd puzzled could see the
"'F guy thinkin maybe we ought