Chapter 3 (by: Duo)
"So how much money we got left?" The gang of southerners looked down at a small pile of coins.
"Not enough.. twenty.thirty.fifty.three dollars." Duo looked at the change in her hand. Three dollars wasn't enough to keep 5 guys and a girl healthy. It wasn't enough to buy them food regularly. Coons doctor bill took most of their money away.
"Man, not only do we not have enough money to get an one apartment! Where are we going to stay? On the streets? , We are already the talk of the town"
Yea, they were that talk of the town: The southern freaks. Anyone who heard their accent just started to crack up laughing.
"I told you on the train, Duo. In New York, people hate southerners."
"Shut up Deer! It doesn't matter; we came here to start over! It's better than staying down there!"
"Duo, Deer, yall both just shut up! I don't want to hear yall yelling!"
"Shut up Hunt! Don't get into this." The group fell silent. When Duo said to shut up they did. They would do anything she told them to do. Jump off a bridge? They would do it if she told them to. She was their leader after all.
"EXTRE, EXTRE! FIRE THRETENS LIVE OF THREE HEADED BABY."
Duo looked around from where that was coming from. It was unfamiliar to her. Someone waking around yelling about babies and fires was unusual. (Lets say they didn't have newsies in the south)
Finally she spotted the man. He stood waving around newspapers, yelling. He wore a black vest and a black cowboy hat.
"yall stay right here." she never took her eyes off him, After explaining to her boys that she was going to go look at something alone, she started walking, right up to that boy.
"Heya miss." He took off his hat and smiled, "Buy a pape?"
"So that's what you are doing? Selling papers?" Duo smiled with satisfaction. Now she found something that her and her boys could do to make money: sell papers.
"Yea I is." He smiled innocently; she could tell he was good at selling papers. The idea of selling them was fabulous, but she was still a little uncertain about the whole thing.
"How much money do you normally make a day?" He leaned against the wall of a nearby building in deep thought. "Well, it depends on how many papers you buy. It usually makes around a dollar a day."
"What happens if the headlines arnt good?" Duo was anxious to learn more about the idea. She was certain that this was the perfect job for her and her boys.
"well arnt we asking a lot of questions today, huh"
Duo frowned. She had been asking a lot of questions, "Yea, sorry."
He held out his hand waiting for her to shake it. "The names' Kelly, Jack Kelly, but you can call me Cowboy."
Duo smiled and shook his hand, "Duo, Duo Maxwell. But you call me Duo, or else." She made sure she shook his hand with a firm grip. She wanted to make sure that he didn't think she was a weakling.
"Man, you got a strong grip Duo."
"Thanx, just making sure you don't think im a pushover."
"Nah, you can tall you arnt a pushover. By the way, you don't sound like you are around here. Where are you from?"
"New Jersey." She lied, trying to make herself sound like a person from there.
"You can't be from New Jersey. Hey wait a minute, you're the leader to that new gang everyone has been talking about. Yea, the ones from Alabama."
He could see right through her. "Yea." but she was cut short. A couple ran up to Her and Jack. The guy had a patch across his eye, and the girl was normal height with shoulder length brown hair.
"Hey Blink, Toity." Jack started to talk to them.
"Hey Jack! Me and Toity have been looking for you everywhere! You should be done with the papers by Now. Anyways Spot is in town again today wand want to play poker with us now, so hurry up!"
Jack turned to Duo, and smiled. "Sorry miss, I got to go. Maybe I will see you later." He kissed her hand and walked off, but before he was out of site he turned around and put on his hat, "And the answer to your last question.Headlines don't sell Papes, Newsies sell papes." Then he walked out of site with Toity and Blink.
Duo was amazed that se found a job. Something easy and not dangerous. Smirking, she ran back to the gang.
"What are you so happy about, huh?" Hunt looked pissed. Had he seen them.
"Nothing, now come on." She dragged them over to a shop. Inside the window was a verity of different clothing. When they got inside, Duo immediately ran over to the hat rack, taking down five cabby hats, and handing them to Hunt, Blackjack, Deer, and Fish then putting one on herself.
"What about me?" Coon walked up to her, a tear running down his face. Duo took her finger and wiped it away, she sank down to his level. "I will buy you one later. When you get old enough."
"When will I be old enough," Tears were streaming down his face.
"Who was the goil you were talking to? A new goilfriend?" Toity was somewhat jealous. She never had anyone like her, except for Blink, but then he found someone new. Since then she never dated but was always jealous of the girls Jack and Blink did.
"Nah, ya know that new gang?"
"Yea, people say they're from Alabama. Is she in the gang or something?" Blink looked interested.
"Well, actually she's da leader."
What jack said had blown Blink totally off guard. "She.She's da leader.but jack.she's a goil." "Yea, I know and don't act like I made her be it."
"Well what were you two talkin' bout?"
"She just wanted to know about selling papes. She's probably goin to work with us. Ya never know buddy, you might just get a new goil."
"What about you, you arnt going to take her are you?"
"No. I don't think I can love anybody anymore."
"Aw, come on. Sarah died over a year ago! Just forget about her. She wasn't that great anyways."
"ah-em" Toity felt as if she had been totally forgotten. Which then she felt more pissy since they were talking about a girl that wasn't her.
"Toity! We haven't forgotten about you, baby. Do me a favor and get me something to drink at Tibby's" Blink flipped her a coin, and of course Toity left, she would do anything for Blink.
"Hey jack" Race and Stone were walking down the stairs of the boys lodging house.
"Hey Race, Stone. You jointing the poker game later?"
"Oh, I got to tell you. Spot said he wouldn't be able to come, some of his boys got into a fight so it's been called off. Oh, me and Stone are going to the races. Se ya later."
The left, leaving Jack and Blink alone. After a few minutes of silence, jack finally spoke up, "So where is everyone else?"
"They went to Tibby's with Denten."
"oh."
Duo looked at her new outfit. Her light khaki pants looked really good against her black boots. And her white shirt was just nice looking. Her brown cabby hat made her blonde hair stand out nicely. "So how do I look?" She twirled around once, acting like a famous, proper lady.
The boys just stared.well except for Coon, he just smiled and said it looked great. Each boy had gotten a new outfit, which consisted of some pants, nice shirts, and a hat. The newsie attire.
"So why are we blowing off all our money on some clothes?" Fish looked at his, he didn't seam to happy with it.
"Because.I will show you later." Duo paid the cashier (or whoever she had to pay) and left the store, "Ok, tonight we have to find a place to stay. Any ideas?"
"Well, we pretty much lived on the streets our whole life, so I guess we can just keep living on the streets." (Now you see why fish is stupid! What an idiot!)
Duo looked at him like he was crazy. Then she remembered Jack. "Wait, I can probably find a place for us to stay! Come on!"
"Wait, Duo." Duo turned around, Blackjack seemed to be worried about something.
"What is it?"
"Do you mind if I go.."
"Yea, you can." She didn't even let him finish. She knew what he was going to say.
"Thanks." He backed up and walked off, "I will meet yall later!"
"Where's he going?" Coon walked up to Duo. She just put her hand on his hand and replied,
"Nowhere."
"So how much money we got left?" The gang of southerners looked down at a small pile of coins.
"Not enough.. twenty.thirty.fifty.three dollars." Duo looked at the change in her hand. Three dollars wasn't enough to keep 5 guys and a girl healthy. It wasn't enough to buy them food regularly. Coons doctor bill took most of their money away.
"Man, not only do we not have enough money to get an one apartment! Where are we going to stay? On the streets? , We are already the talk of the town"
Yea, they were that talk of the town: The southern freaks. Anyone who heard their accent just started to crack up laughing.
"I told you on the train, Duo. In New York, people hate southerners."
"Shut up Deer! It doesn't matter; we came here to start over! It's better than staying down there!"
"Duo, Deer, yall both just shut up! I don't want to hear yall yelling!"
"Shut up Hunt! Don't get into this." The group fell silent. When Duo said to shut up they did. They would do anything she told them to do. Jump off a bridge? They would do it if she told them to. She was their leader after all.
"EXTRE, EXTRE! FIRE THRETENS LIVE OF THREE HEADED BABY."
Duo looked around from where that was coming from. It was unfamiliar to her. Someone waking around yelling about babies and fires was unusual. (Lets say they didn't have newsies in the south)
Finally she spotted the man. He stood waving around newspapers, yelling. He wore a black vest and a black cowboy hat.
"yall stay right here." she never took her eyes off him, After explaining to her boys that she was going to go look at something alone, she started walking, right up to that boy.
"Heya miss." He took off his hat and smiled, "Buy a pape?"
"So that's what you are doing? Selling papers?" Duo smiled with satisfaction. Now she found something that her and her boys could do to make money: sell papers.
"Yea I is." He smiled innocently; she could tell he was good at selling papers. The idea of selling them was fabulous, but she was still a little uncertain about the whole thing.
"How much money do you normally make a day?" He leaned against the wall of a nearby building in deep thought. "Well, it depends on how many papers you buy. It usually makes around a dollar a day."
"What happens if the headlines arnt good?" Duo was anxious to learn more about the idea. She was certain that this was the perfect job for her and her boys.
"well arnt we asking a lot of questions today, huh"
Duo frowned. She had been asking a lot of questions, "Yea, sorry."
He held out his hand waiting for her to shake it. "The names' Kelly, Jack Kelly, but you can call me Cowboy."
Duo smiled and shook his hand, "Duo, Duo Maxwell. But you call me Duo, or else." She made sure she shook his hand with a firm grip. She wanted to make sure that he didn't think she was a weakling.
"Man, you got a strong grip Duo."
"Thanx, just making sure you don't think im a pushover."
"Nah, you can tall you arnt a pushover. By the way, you don't sound like you are around here. Where are you from?"
"New Jersey." She lied, trying to make herself sound like a person from there.
"You can't be from New Jersey. Hey wait a minute, you're the leader to that new gang everyone has been talking about. Yea, the ones from Alabama."
He could see right through her. "Yea." but she was cut short. A couple ran up to Her and Jack. The guy had a patch across his eye, and the girl was normal height with shoulder length brown hair.
"Hey Blink, Toity." Jack started to talk to them.
"Hey Jack! Me and Toity have been looking for you everywhere! You should be done with the papers by Now. Anyways Spot is in town again today wand want to play poker with us now, so hurry up!"
Jack turned to Duo, and smiled. "Sorry miss, I got to go. Maybe I will see you later." He kissed her hand and walked off, but before he was out of site he turned around and put on his hat, "And the answer to your last question.Headlines don't sell Papes, Newsies sell papes." Then he walked out of site with Toity and Blink.
Duo was amazed that se found a job. Something easy and not dangerous. Smirking, she ran back to the gang.
"What are you so happy about, huh?" Hunt looked pissed. Had he seen them.
"Nothing, now come on." She dragged them over to a shop. Inside the window was a verity of different clothing. When they got inside, Duo immediately ran over to the hat rack, taking down five cabby hats, and handing them to Hunt, Blackjack, Deer, and Fish then putting one on herself.
"What about me?" Coon walked up to her, a tear running down his face. Duo took her finger and wiped it away, she sank down to his level. "I will buy you one later. When you get old enough."
"When will I be old enough," Tears were streaming down his face.
"Who was the goil you were talking to? A new goilfriend?" Toity was somewhat jealous. She never had anyone like her, except for Blink, but then he found someone new. Since then she never dated but was always jealous of the girls Jack and Blink did.
"Nah, ya know that new gang?"
"Yea, people say they're from Alabama. Is she in the gang or something?" Blink looked interested.
"Well, actually she's da leader."
What jack said had blown Blink totally off guard. "She.She's da leader.but jack.she's a goil." "Yea, I know and don't act like I made her be it."
"Well what were you two talkin' bout?"
"She just wanted to know about selling papes. She's probably goin to work with us. Ya never know buddy, you might just get a new goil."
"What about you, you arnt going to take her are you?"
"No. I don't think I can love anybody anymore."
"Aw, come on. Sarah died over a year ago! Just forget about her. She wasn't that great anyways."
"ah-em" Toity felt as if she had been totally forgotten. Which then she felt more pissy since they were talking about a girl that wasn't her.
"Toity! We haven't forgotten about you, baby. Do me a favor and get me something to drink at Tibby's" Blink flipped her a coin, and of course Toity left, she would do anything for Blink.
"Hey jack" Race and Stone were walking down the stairs of the boys lodging house.
"Hey Race, Stone. You jointing the poker game later?"
"Oh, I got to tell you. Spot said he wouldn't be able to come, some of his boys got into a fight so it's been called off. Oh, me and Stone are going to the races. Se ya later."
The left, leaving Jack and Blink alone. After a few minutes of silence, jack finally spoke up, "So where is everyone else?"
"They went to Tibby's with Denten."
"oh."
Duo looked at her new outfit. Her light khaki pants looked really good against her black boots. And her white shirt was just nice looking. Her brown cabby hat made her blonde hair stand out nicely. "So how do I look?" She twirled around once, acting like a famous, proper lady.
The boys just stared.well except for Coon, he just smiled and said it looked great. Each boy had gotten a new outfit, which consisted of some pants, nice shirts, and a hat. The newsie attire.
"So why are we blowing off all our money on some clothes?" Fish looked at his, he didn't seam to happy with it.
"Because.I will show you later." Duo paid the cashier (or whoever she had to pay) and left the store, "Ok, tonight we have to find a place to stay. Any ideas?"
"Well, we pretty much lived on the streets our whole life, so I guess we can just keep living on the streets." (Now you see why fish is stupid! What an idiot!)
Duo looked at him like he was crazy. Then she remembered Jack. "Wait, I can probably find a place for us to stay! Come on!"
"Wait, Duo." Duo turned around, Blackjack seemed to be worried about something.
"What is it?"
"Do you mind if I go.."
"Yea, you can." She didn't even let him finish. She knew what he was going to say.
"Thanks." He backed up and walked off, "I will meet yall later!"
"Where's he going?" Coon walked up to Duo. She just put her hand on his hand and replied,
"Nowhere."
