Chapter 13
I found Mel at the boarding house. "Come walk with me to Denton's place. I wanna find out what happened with him today."
"About what?"
"The Strike! Remember the strike?" I knew she was caught up in Medda's thing but still we were here for a purpose.
"I want to come with you guys," said Sniffles.
"Oh yes me too," chimed in Lily. They had just come in, probably finished with selling their papers. "I wanna make sure my girls at the factory are going to be okay."
Sniffles nodded. "We haven't talked to them in a week or so.
Mel agreed to go but stated that she was gonna finish the one last task she was working on. "I'm cleaning out Racetrack's hairbrush." There was a chorus of nasty looks and groaning. "It was sooooo dirty in the movie Raven, and it doesn't look any better in real life."
"We'll meet you outside," said Sniffles. We quickly hurried out the door. "That's not clean, messing with someone else's hairbrush."
"Lice and all that," agreed Lily. "Do you do stuff like that normally where you come from?" I shook my head and explained all I could about obsessions.
Mel quickly joined us outside. "I went to Medda's today, and you'll never guess who I saw!!"
"Who, let me guess, Medda?" I asked sarcastically.
Mel ignored me and continued, "Ellyn was there! She's Medda's costume designer put together person! Isn't that cool?!"
"Who's Ellyn?" Sniffles and Lily asked in unison.
"Well it figures she would have something to do with costuming," I said, "what else happened?"
"We got some ideas for the costumes together and I had Medda listen to the music. She really likes it. Then Medda got her set designers to make the bar we all hang on. Everything is going quite smoothly. We just need everyone to stop in there at some point to get themselves measured. That's basically it."
"Shouldn't we get to design our own costumes?" Lily asked.
"If you want to, but we need them soon because they have to be made before Friday," Mel answered.
"Dave comes back on Friday, do you think he'll be able to come? I haven't seen him in three months!" Lily questioned no one in particular.
Sniffles added, "not since his last vacation from school. I'm sure he'll be able to come though."
By this point we had arrived at Denton's apartment. We hadn't exactly called saying we were coming beforehand, so we were hoping he was home. Sniffles took the honor of knocking on the door. Due to our good fortune, he was there.
"Evening ladies, what can I do for you?" Denton asked.
"We are just checking up on the progress of your article on the factory workers," I said.
"Well you're in luck, I have the final draft right here, if you girls would like to, you can check over it and make sure everything is correct," Denton offered.
"Thanks," I said as the four of us settled around the table. Denton brought us the draft and set it in the middle of the table.
"I need you guys to check that the content is correct," I said gesturing to Lily and Sniffles, "Then Mel and I will check the punctuation and stuff. This way everybody has a part." Everybody seemed to agree.
We read through it. It sounded good, I mean, he had all the important stuff like the unfair wages and harsh conditions. We told him he needed to add specific incidents to back up what he was saying. Lily and Sniffles gave him a few good ones to use. Mel and I checked the mechanics of the paper, that looked good too. I handed the paper back to Denton, "looks good."
"When can we see it in the paper?" I asked.
"When are you guys having the strike?" he questioned back.
"As soon as we see the article in the paper," I responded. Without another word, we turned around and walked out the door.
When we were out of the building, Mel commented, "that was suave Robyn."
"Thanks, I know," I giggled.
The four of us returned to the lodging house and went to bed.
I found Mel at the boarding house. "Come walk with me to Denton's place. I wanna find out what happened with him today."
"About what?"
"The Strike! Remember the strike?" I knew she was caught up in Medda's thing but still we were here for a purpose.
"I want to come with you guys," said Sniffles.
"Oh yes me too," chimed in Lily. They had just come in, probably finished with selling their papers. "I wanna make sure my girls at the factory are going to be okay."
Sniffles nodded. "We haven't talked to them in a week or so.
Mel agreed to go but stated that she was gonna finish the one last task she was working on. "I'm cleaning out Racetrack's hairbrush." There was a chorus of nasty looks and groaning. "It was sooooo dirty in the movie Raven, and it doesn't look any better in real life."
"We'll meet you outside," said Sniffles. We quickly hurried out the door. "That's not clean, messing with someone else's hairbrush."
"Lice and all that," agreed Lily. "Do you do stuff like that normally where you come from?" I shook my head and explained all I could about obsessions.
Mel quickly joined us outside. "I went to Medda's today, and you'll never guess who I saw!!"
"Who, let me guess, Medda?" I asked sarcastically.
Mel ignored me and continued, "Ellyn was there! She's Medda's costume designer put together person! Isn't that cool?!"
"Who's Ellyn?" Sniffles and Lily asked in unison.
"Well it figures she would have something to do with costuming," I said, "what else happened?"
"We got some ideas for the costumes together and I had Medda listen to the music. She really likes it. Then Medda got her set designers to make the bar we all hang on. Everything is going quite smoothly. We just need everyone to stop in there at some point to get themselves measured. That's basically it."
"Shouldn't we get to design our own costumes?" Lily asked.
"If you want to, but we need them soon because they have to be made before Friday," Mel answered.
"Dave comes back on Friday, do you think he'll be able to come? I haven't seen him in three months!" Lily questioned no one in particular.
Sniffles added, "not since his last vacation from school. I'm sure he'll be able to come though."
By this point we had arrived at Denton's apartment. We hadn't exactly called saying we were coming beforehand, so we were hoping he was home. Sniffles took the honor of knocking on the door. Due to our good fortune, he was there.
"Evening ladies, what can I do for you?" Denton asked.
"We are just checking up on the progress of your article on the factory workers," I said.
"Well you're in luck, I have the final draft right here, if you girls would like to, you can check over it and make sure everything is correct," Denton offered.
"Thanks," I said as the four of us settled around the table. Denton brought us the draft and set it in the middle of the table.
"I need you guys to check that the content is correct," I said gesturing to Lily and Sniffles, "Then Mel and I will check the punctuation and stuff. This way everybody has a part." Everybody seemed to agree.
We read through it. It sounded good, I mean, he had all the important stuff like the unfair wages and harsh conditions. We told him he needed to add specific incidents to back up what he was saying. Lily and Sniffles gave him a few good ones to use. Mel and I checked the mechanics of the paper, that looked good too. I handed the paper back to Denton, "looks good."
"When can we see it in the paper?" I asked.
"When are you guys having the strike?" he questioned back.
"As soon as we see the article in the paper," I responded. Without another word, we turned around and walked out the door.
When we were out of the building, Mel commented, "that was suave Robyn."
"Thanks, I know," I giggled.
The four of us returned to the lodging house and went to bed.