The year was 1899 in Manhattan, and the newsies were out selling their papers. One of the newsies was a 16 year old girl. There were only 2 girl newsie in Manhattan, and she was one of them. This is where Haddy's story begins.
That night
Haddy walked into the lodging house for newsies with a black eye!
"Wow, what happened to youse?" asked Jack Kelley.
"Picked a fight with a scabber!" said Haddy "I think I hoit 'im worse though!"
"Hey guys! Wow, Haddy did youse walk into a wall?" askd Race Track Haddy's best friend of the guys.
"Ha ha very funny, no I got into a fight!" said Haddy.
Then Bumlets walked in limping.
"Jeeze is everyone of youse gettin' hoit?" asked Jack. "Who did this to youse?"
"Haddy!" said Bumlets ashamed to ahve gottan soaked by a girl.
"Haddy! Why?" asked Kid Blink.
"That fat fool tried to kiss me so I kicked 'im as hard as I could in da shins!" said Haddy.
Then Springs, Haddy's best friend who came to be a newsie after her brother died in the refuge on the account of Springs not making enough to give the scabbers to keep him form being beaten and kept alive, came in.
"Wow, what all da commotion?" Springs asked.
"Well, Haddy got a black eye form one of your old friends, and den Bumlets tried to kiss her so now he's a crip!" Jack informed.
"Haddy he tried to kiss youse?" Springs asked confused.
"Yes, now please forgedda 'bout it I'm scarred for life da way it is wid out bein' reminded every minute!" said Haddy angrily.
"Okay it's dropped now let's all ged us some shut eye!" said Kid Blink.
"Yeah." agreed all the newsies. So they calmed their bunks and fell asleep.
The Next Morning
This morning when all of the newsies were washing, Jack and race were talking about how they wanted girls then Mush and Springs kind os got involved. Then Bumlets came running in freaking out about there being two girls in the lodging house.
