When morning came Spot woke first. He slipped out of bed, careful not to wake Kit. He then quickly dressed and went to stand outside the doorway. Most morning Jolly and Bait would go wake Kit but today Spot caught the boys before they could go in. "Did youse like Falcon sisters' house?"
"Yes she gave us cookies and cake. When Shuffle game and got us she didn't want to us to leave." Jolly proceeded to tell Spot about their night.
Bait pulled on Spot's arm "Is Kit okay? Can Ise go wake her?"
Spot shook his head, "No Kit didn't have a good night last night. Wes gonna let her sleep. Com on wes gonna sell together." He led them out to go to the distribution docks of the Sun.
"Who's the kids Conlon?" Cryder, the sun distribution manager pointed at the two kids.
"This here is Jolly and Bait. Ise need 50 papes for me and 40 papes for the two of them."
"Youse not selling the extra 35 papes youse normally get is youse?"
"Dos thirty five papes normally go for these two's big sister, but she's sick today."
"A goil sells papes?" Cryder looks skeptical.
"Kit sells papes good. She sold 100 papes in a morning for." Jolly spoke up for Kit.
"Don't matter, move long." Cryder dismissed the newsies.
Spot led the boys down and out to the street. "Come on we have got papes to sell. Wes gonna sell close to the lodging house today."
"Why" Bait looked up at Spot.
"Kit ain't feeling good. Ise think wes should stick close to the lodging house incase she needs youse two."
"Why don't she feel good?" Jolly pouted.
"Cuz she don't. Youse can always not sell today." Spot was not going to take anything for the boys today. "Youse gonna fight me, or youse want to sell?"
"Give me my papes Ise gonna go sell." Bait held out his arm to get his first batch. Which Spot gave him, sending him up the street. He then turned to Jolly, "Youse gonna sell?"
Jolly shot a look after Bait then nodded. "Here go with Bait." After sending off the boys Spot began to sell his papers, calling out his improved headlines. Selling was steady and by the time they stopped for lunch they had sold three quarters of their papers.
"Guys let's go check on Kit." The boys didn't even look back as they ran to the lodging house anxious to see Kit. They found her asleep. Spot put a finger to his lips as she went to wake her. "Kit time to wake up." The "go away" was muffled by her pillow. "Now Kit youse need to wake up Youse slept clean through the morning."
"Go away. I'll get up later." Kit flipped her back to Spot and burrowed deeper into the blankets.
"We can't have this" Spot threw back the top blanket and began to tickle Kit mercilessly. "Come on Kit wake up."
"Fine…Stop…I'm awake…Please…stop." Kit choked out her sentence through her giggles.
"Youse sure youse awake?"
"No I am fast asleep and just pretending to be awake." Kit spoke as she sat up. "Now get outta here so I can change."
Spot left at her request taking the boys with him, but not before throwing a parting shot, "Youse got 5 minutes, me and Jolly and Bait will be waiting outside for youse, with buckets of water." He moved out of range of her pillow as Kit climbed out of bed.
"Just once I want to hit him with it." She spoke to her self as she stretched. She had been up for an hour but had spent the time lying in bed, enjoying the silence, then Spot had come in. "It's time to plot some revenge on Mr. Conlon." She spoke out loud as she pulled on her shirt and pants and pulled her hair up into a high bun.
She grabbed her hat off the corner of the bunk and stepped out of the room. Spot looked up for where he was teaching the boys some card tricks, "Now here Ise was thinking Ise gonna take a lady. Just crash me hopes Kit." Spot had a playful hurt look on his face.
"What lady were you expecting to take out? I don't think you'd know a lady if she slapped you for being fresh and waking her up by tickling her." Kit sat on a near by bunk as the bantering began.
"Youse wound me fair goil." He held his hand to his chest hurt.
"Do you want me to kiss it better?" Kit's sarcasm was hard to miss but Spot overlooked it.
"Of course it hurts right here." Spot pointed at his bottom lip.
"You poor thing," Kit leaned forward and pressed her lips to his forehead. "I am hungry, you said something about food?"
"Come on guys Kit's hungry wes better feed her." Spot picked up the cards while Bait climbed onto Kit's back. And after Spot stood up Jolly pulled himself up onto Spot's back.
"Youse sure youse can handle Bait?" Spot looked concerned and afraid that Kit would break with the burden of Bait's slight weight.
"Yes father, You think I would break. All I did was get some extra sleep." Kit rolled her eyes. "So you sell all your papes today?" Kit whispered to Bait.
"Ise got five left."
"We'll sell them for those two right?"
"Yep" Bait's huge smile was precious. He then moved a finger to wiggle a loose tooth.
"Hey is that tooth bout ready to fall out?" Spot talked to Bait.
"NO not gonna to come out." Bait took his finger out of this mouth and wrapped his arm around Kit's neck.
"No? It looks really loose. Ise can pull it for youse if you want me too." Spot made a move to grasp the tooth when Bait pulled away and put his hand over his mouth shaking his head.
"Spot if you keep going for him. I'm gonna drop him. It'll fall out on its own. Jolly you got any loose teeth?" Kit tried to divert attention from Bait.
"Yes my front one right here is loose, but Ise don't wan Spot to pull it yet." Jolly stated.
"Spot no one wants you to pull their teeth. Why's that?" Kit's amusement was evident.
"Ise don't know. Must have to do with the last tooth Ise removed."
"How did you do that?"
"Ise took a string and pulled on it."
"Oh" was Kit's only reply.
They walked in silence. Every once in a while one of the "horses" would stop to hike the rider up higher. But the silence was comfortable and neither of the horses saw the looks the riders exchanged over their heads. They stopped a corner vendor and picked up some sausages on rolls with sauerkraut. They also went to a small café and bought some bottles of ginger ale and root beer. Then went to sit on near by steps.
The boys finished off their lunch first so Spot gave them their papers and sent them off to sell. He then stood and helped Kit up. "So youse gonna tell me the long version of what happened in Bal'more. Or will Ise rely on you brudder?"
"You sure you want to hear? It's not a pretty story." Kit hoped he would say not but knew by the determined look that she would have to tell the whole thing.
"Yes she gave us cookies and cake. When Shuffle game and got us she didn't want to us to leave." Jolly proceeded to tell Spot about their night.
Bait pulled on Spot's arm "Is Kit okay? Can Ise go wake her?"
Spot shook his head, "No Kit didn't have a good night last night. Wes gonna let her sleep. Com on wes gonna sell together." He led them out to go to the distribution docks of the Sun.
"Who's the kids Conlon?" Cryder, the sun distribution manager pointed at the two kids.
"This here is Jolly and Bait. Ise need 50 papes for me and 40 papes for the two of them."
"Youse not selling the extra 35 papes youse normally get is youse?"
"Dos thirty five papes normally go for these two's big sister, but she's sick today."
"A goil sells papes?" Cryder looks skeptical.
"Kit sells papes good. She sold 100 papes in a morning for." Jolly spoke up for Kit.
"Don't matter, move long." Cryder dismissed the newsies.
Spot led the boys down and out to the street. "Come on we have got papes to sell. Wes gonna sell close to the lodging house today."
"Why" Bait looked up at Spot.
"Kit ain't feeling good. Ise think wes should stick close to the lodging house incase she needs youse two."
"Why don't she feel good?" Jolly pouted.
"Cuz she don't. Youse can always not sell today." Spot was not going to take anything for the boys today. "Youse gonna fight me, or youse want to sell?"
"Give me my papes Ise gonna go sell." Bait held out his arm to get his first batch. Which Spot gave him, sending him up the street. He then turned to Jolly, "Youse gonna sell?"
Jolly shot a look after Bait then nodded. "Here go with Bait." After sending off the boys Spot began to sell his papers, calling out his improved headlines. Selling was steady and by the time they stopped for lunch they had sold three quarters of their papers.
"Guys let's go check on Kit." The boys didn't even look back as they ran to the lodging house anxious to see Kit. They found her asleep. Spot put a finger to his lips as she went to wake her. "Kit time to wake up." The "go away" was muffled by her pillow. "Now Kit youse need to wake up Youse slept clean through the morning."
"Go away. I'll get up later." Kit flipped her back to Spot and burrowed deeper into the blankets.
"We can't have this" Spot threw back the top blanket and began to tickle Kit mercilessly. "Come on Kit wake up."
"Fine…Stop…I'm awake…Please…stop." Kit choked out her sentence through her giggles.
"Youse sure youse awake?"
"No I am fast asleep and just pretending to be awake." Kit spoke as she sat up. "Now get outta here so I can change."
Spot left at her request taking the boys with him, but not before throwing a parting shot, "Youse got 5 minutes, me and Jolly and Bait will be waiting outside for youse, with buckets of water." He moved out of range of her pillow as Kit climbed out of bed.
"Just once I want to hit him with it." She spoke to her self as she stretched. She had been up for an hour but had spent the time lying in bed, enjoying the silence, then Spot had come in. "It's time to plot some revenge on Mr. Conlon." She spoke out loud as she pulled on her shirt and pants and pulled her hair up into a high bun.
She grabbed her hat off the corner of the bunk and stepped out of the room. Spot looked up for where he was teaching the boys some card tricks, "Now here Ise was thinking Ise gonna take a lady. Just crash me hopes Kit." Spot had a playful hurt look on his face.
"What lady were you expecting to take out? I don't think you'd know a lady if she slapped you for being fresh and waking her up by tickling her." Kit sat on a near by bunk as the bantering began.
"Youse wound me fair goil." He held his hand to his chest hurt.
"Do you want me to kiss it better?" Kit's sarcasm was hard to miss but Spot overlooked it.
"Of course it hurts right here." Spot pointed at his bottom lip.
"You poor thing," Kit leaned forward and pressed her lips to his forehead. "I am hungry, you said something about food?"
"Come on guys Kit's hungry wes better feed her." Spot picked up the cards while Bait climbed onto Kit's back. And after Spot stood up Jolly pulled himself up onto Spot's back.
"Youse sure youse can handle Bait?" Spot looked concerned and afraid that Kit would break with the burden of Bait's slight weight.
"Yes father, You think I would break. All I did was get some extra sleep." Kit rolled her eyes. "So you sell all your papes today?" Kit whispered to Bait.
"Ise got five left."
"We'll sell them for those two right?"
"Yep" Bait's huge smile was precious. He then moved a finger to wiggle a loose tooth.
"Hey is that tooth bout ready to fall out?" Spot talked to Bait.
"NO not gonna to come out." Bait took his finger out of this mouth and wrapped his arm around Kit's neck.
"No? It looks really loose. Ise can pull it for youse if you want me too." Spot made a move to grasp the tooth when Bait pulled away and put his hand over his mouth shaking his head.
"Spot if you keep going for him. I'm gonna drop him. It'll fall out on its own. Jolly you got any loose teeth?" Kit tried to divert attention from Bait.
"Yes my front one right here is loose, but Ise don't wan Spot to pull it yet." Jolly stated.
"Spot no one wants you to pull their teeth. Why's that?" Kit's amusement was evident.
"Ise don't know. Must have to do with the last tooth Ise removed."
"How did you do that?"
"Ise took a string and pulled on it."
"Oh" was Kit's only reply.
They walked in silence. Every once in a while one of the "horses" would stop to hike the rider up higher. But the silence was comfortable and neither of the horses saw the looks the riders exchanged over their heads. They stopped a corner vendor and picked up some sausages on rolls with sauerkraut. They also went to a small café and bought some bottles of ginger ale and root beer. Then went to sit on near by steps.
The boys finished off their lunch first so Spot gave them their papers and sent them off to sell. He then stood and helped Kit up. "So youse gonna tell me the long version of what happened in Bal'more. Or will Ise rely on you brudder?"
"You sure you want to hear? It's not a pretty story." Kit hoped he would say not but knew by the determined look that she would have to tell the whole thing.