August 4, 1903
"Will ya keep it down?" Tachinya grumbled from her bunk where she tried to remain asleep. Sassy answered Tachinya's question for her, "No. Jist coz ya don't feel like getting up don't mean the rest of us don't hafta." Tachinya pulled the sheet over her ears and tried to sleep through the raucous. "Stupid, good-fer-nothin', waste of my life boy." Blind Dymond muttered as she pulled her boots on. "What's wrong, Dymond?" Lindsay asked. Dymond looked up from her seat on her bunk. "Kid Blink stood me up last night." "What? But he was at Racetrack's card game last night." Lindsay did not realize that something was awry. Dymond jumped to her feet. "He was?! That lousy graftah! I can't believe he stood me up fer a card game!" She began to get red in the face. "Was Damon and David dere?" "Who's Damon and David?" Lindsay had been away long enough to miss out on any newcomers. "Blink's singah friends." Dana explained. Lindsay remembered seeing Blink perform with two boys at Irving Hall the last time she had attended a show with Mush. "Oh, no, they were not present." Lindsay assured. Once both girls were dressed, and Lindsay had bid farewell for the day to Tachinya, Dymond and Lindsay walked down the lodging house stairs and onto the streets of Manhattan. Upon reaching the distribution center, the girls found Blink in line and joking with the boys as usual. "Hey, goil." Blink acknowledged Dymond between laughs. Dymond crossed her arms and stared him down. "What?" he asked obliviously. Dymond blew her top, "What?! Ya were supposed tah take me tah dinnah last night, but, noooooo, you had to play cards! Yer not even good at cards!" Blink smacked himself in the forehead, remembering what he had forgotten the night before. "Oh, Dymond, I'se so sorry. Lemme make it up tah ya." He pleaded. "Dinnah was supposed tah be yer 'make it up tah me'. I won't be stood up agin. It's ovah!" Dymond shoved past Kid Blink and purchased her papes. Lindsay smiled toward Blink as she followed Dymond and found Mush. Blink removed his hat and scratched his head. He did not know what he was going to do
"Will ya keep it down?" Tachinya grumbled from her bunk where she tried to remain asleep. Sassy answered Tachinya's question for her, "No. Jist coz ya don't feel like getting up don't mean the rest of us don't hafta." Tachinya pulled the sheet over her ears and tried to sleep through the raucous. "Stupid, good-fer-nothin', waste of my life boy." Blind Dymond muttered as she pulled her boots on. "What's wrong, Dymond?" Lindsay asked. Dymond looked up from her seat on her bunk. "Kid Blink stood me up last night." "What? But he was at Racetrack's card game last night." Lindsay did not realize that something was awry. Dymond jumped to her feet. "He was?! That lousy graftah! I can't believe he stood me up fer a card game!" She began to get red in the face. "Was Damon and David dere?" "Who's Damon and David?" Lindsay had been away long enough to miss out on any newcomers. "Blink's singah friends." Dana explained. Lindsay remembered seeing Blink perform with two boys at Irving Hall the last time she had attended a show with Mush. "Oh, no, they were not present." Lindsay assured. Once both girls were dressed, and Lindsay had bid farewell for the day to Tachinya, Dymond and Lindsay walked down the lodging house stairs and onto the streets of Manhattan. Upon reaching the distribution center, the girls found Blink in line and joking with the boys as usual. "Hey, goil." Blink acknowledged Dymond between laughs. Dymond crossed her arms and stared him down. "What?" he asked obliviously. Dymond blew her top, "What?! Ya were supposed tah take me tah dinnah last night, but, noooooo, you had to play cards! Yer not even good at cards!" Blink smacked himself in the forehead, remembering what he had forgotten the night before. "Oh, Dymond, I'se so sorry. Lemme make it up tah ya." He pleaded. "Dinnah was supposed tah be yer 'make it up tah me'. I won't be stood up agin. It's ovah!" Dymond shoved past Kid Blink and purchased her papes. Lindsay smiled toward Blink as she followed Dymond and found Mush. Blink removed his hat and scratched his head. He did not know what he was going to do