New York

Chaptah 3

Toughy has been with us for a month. He's 4'6'' 78lbs and 7 yrs old. Our second girl Newsie is starting to like him. One day Toughy went up to her asked her to be his girl and gave her a kiss on the cheek. She blushed and they went to his room to talk. Everyone laughed and went back to playing poker or whatever they were doing. I was sitting on my bunk talking to Race, Mush, Kid, and Spot.

"So how do you guys like Toughy so far?" I asked them.

"Oh he's a real cool guy. I's hope he stays for a long time." Said Blink.

Pie Eater and Snitch came over and asked to talk to me. I said, "Okay," and went outside and sat on the steps. They sat down with me and Snitch said, " Youse know how a month ago da Dalancey's came aftah ya?"

"Ya, so what, Dat was a month ago. Why's ya bringin' it up now?" I said.

Then Pie said, "Well dey stopped us on da street taday an' asked us ta tell youse ta meet dem at Tibby's at 6:00 P.M. We told dem dat we's would."

"Ya so."

"Well we's was wand'rin if maybe youse would want some of da boys ta stay guard incase anyt'ing happens." Said Snitch.

"I's guess dat would be a smart t'ing ta do." I stated.