Chapter 2
Inside the other boys had already begun playing the game, when Spot walked in, a girl in his arms. Aces looked up just as Spot walked in and began laughing.
"Well, well, hey guys look Spot picked up a new goyl."
The Lodging House echoed with laughter, until they noticed that Spot wasn't laughing. A bead of sweat trickled down his face from walking four blocks in the summer heat with a girl in his arms, but he immediately began shouting orders to the boys.
"Aces, Pockets, and Snipes, go get fresh water, bandages, and sum extra clothes. This goyl's hoit."
The boys stood for a moment in a confused daze. Spot began to loose his patience with the boys.
"Hey, don't make me have ta beat it into ya, ya bums."
He watched for a minute as the boys scrambled to obey their leader's orders and then he turned and walked into the bunkroom. The only bunk left open was the one under his bed, at the far end of the room next to the window. He carefully placed her onto the bed and knelt beside her to check her wounds.
In the light he could see that her wounds were worse than he thought, she had a giant gash running across her right arm, probably a knife wound. All around her neck was a large red mark made by hands. Her legs were full of nicks and bruises. His blue eyes widened. How could someone do something like this, especially to a girl?
After what seemed like three lifetimes, Aces, Pockets, and Snipes returned with the items he had requested. Rolling up the sleeves on the men's white shirt she was wearing; he carefully cleaned and bandaged her wounds the best he could. Spot wanted to take her to a doctor, but he knew that even if he and all the boys put their money together it wouldn't be enough.
As Spot worked, the girl began thrashing her head about on the pillow in nightmarish motions. Sweat droplets had begun to appear on her forehead and every few minutes he had to stop and wipe her face down with a cold washcloth.
Once he was finished bandaging her up, she had finally settled into a peaceful sleep. Not wanting to leave her alone, he pulled up a chair beside her and all through the night he slept beside her.
Inside the other boys had already begun playing the game, when Spot walked in, a girl in his arms. Aces looked up just as Spot walked in and began laughing.
"Well, well, hey guys look Spot picked up a new goyl."
The Lodging House echoed with laughter, until they noticed that Spot wasn't laughing. A bead of sweat trickled down his face from walking four blocks in the summer heat with a girl in his arms, but he immediately began shouting orders to the boys.
"Aces, Pockets, and Snipes, go get fresh water, bandages, and sum extra clothes. This goyl's hoit."
The boys stood for a moment in a confused daze. Spot began to loose his patience with the boys.
"Hey, don't make me have ta beat it into ya, ya bums."
He watched for a minute as the boys scrambled to obey their leader's orders and then he turned and walked into the bunkroom. The only bunk left open was the one under his bed, at the far end of the room next to the window. He carefully placed her onto the bed and knelt beside her to check her wounds.
In the light he could see that her wounds were worse than he thought, she had a giant gash running across her right arm, probably a knife wound. All around her neck was a large red mark made by hands. Her legs were full of nicks and bruises. His blue eyes widened. How could someone do something like this, especially to a girl?
After what seemed like three lifetimes, Aces, Pockets, and Snipes returned with the items he had requested. Rolling up the sleeves on the men's white shirt she was wearing; he carefully cleaned and bandaged her wounds the best he could. Spot wanted to take her to a doctor, but he knew that even if he and all the boys put their money together it wouldn't be enough.
As Spot worked, the girl began thrashing her head about on the pillow in nightmarish motions. Sweat droplets had begun to appear on her forehead and every few minutes he had to stop and wipe her face down with a cold washcloth.
Once he was finished bandaging her up, she had finally settled into a peaceful sleep. Not wanting to leave her alone, he pulled up a chair beside her and all through the night he slept beside her.