So Sorry I haven't posted in MONTHS I hope you are still following and reading! We left off with Katherine on the tails of the Newsboys...While Bryan Denton decided to go right to the source...Joseph Pulitzer
Bryan rushed past the Desk of Pulitzer's secretary.
"Mr. Denton You can't go in there...Mr. Pulitzer's in a very impo-"
He didn't respond to her and shoved open the doors. Inside was Mr. Pulitzer, Mr. Don Seitz, and his boss in the Photography department Albert Bunsen.
"What is the meaning of this? Mr. Denton you cannot just come into an office unannounced. HANNAH!"
The tiny red head woman ran into the office.
"I'm sorry Mr. Pulitzer, I tried to stop him but he just rushed right past me."
"Mr. Pulitzer, Gentleman, I'm very sorry for disturbing you, but there is a serious issue that needs to be addressed. Did the price of the newspapers for the Newsies go from 50 for 100 to 60 for 100?"
Pulitzer looked at Bryan in shock. Why does he care? He knew at one time Denton used to be a Newsie, but now he was up here putting pictures in the paper, not down there with those boys.
"Mr. Denton I don't see how the price of the paper concerns you. The only thing you would be worried about is what picture is on the front page"
"It does concern me Mr. Pulitzer, those boys are my brothas, I care for em. And they barely make enough to feed themselves as it was. Now that you hawked up the prices theys gonna have to make the choice between eatin', and finding a decent place to sleep. Most of them will be in the refuge within a month."
Mr. Bunsen decided that he needed to chime in here.
"Bryan this is not a punishment for the Newsies, this is to push the boys to sell more papers. The extra ten cents won't mean anything if they just push ten more papers."
Bryan clenched his fists, and looked down at the floor. He could control his anger quite well, but right now he was struggling to stay calm. These men had no care for the Newsboys, they were just a group of penny pinching assholes.
Joe stood up and approached Bryan and looked him up and down.
"Mr. Denton I remember your interview, we talked about war. What we need to know is whose side are you on? You can stand with us, come in here everyday and get your paycheck, or you can stand with those boys and resign right now."
Bryan looked over at the two other men in the room. Mr. Seitz, looked at him as an insect he wished he could squish. He didn't agree with Joe's decision to hire Bryan. He didn't feel he had enough experience or connections to be here at The World. Mr. Bunsen on the other hand looked at Bryan with worried eyes. Albert had really taken him under his wing, to teach him all the extra things he had missed not getting proper training. Bryan knew if he walked out of here it would be like betraying Mr. Bunsen, and it broke his heart. But he knew he needed to stand by his brothers.
"Mr. Pulitzer, Mr. Seitz, Mr. Bunsen, I thank you for the opportunity to work at this paper. But I don't feel I can continue to work for an organization that treats children as pawns to make more money for already rich men."
Mr. Bunsen stood up and started to approach Bryan
"Bryan, please…"
Mr. Pulitzer cut him off
"If that's the way you feel Mr. Denton, I think you need to leave."
The room fell quiet as Bryan turned to leave.
"I just hope you men remember that you were like them boys once, and they don't deserve this."