lacey
New Newsie
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Post by lacey on Jun 1, 2008 9:19:36 GMT -5
Lacey returned the handshake."all i got are the clothes on me back,me slingshot, and me cards." Lacey hadn't slept in a bed since she was about 8years old. Lacey nodded her head as if she was saying okay.
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Post by manhattan on Jun 2, 2008 16:33:43 GMT -5
Manhattan walked up the steps to Kelly's room, her bag over one shoulder and the rag of ice Kloppman had given her on her right eye. Reaching the top of the stairs she dropped her bag on the floor outside the door way and knocked on the door jamb. "Hello I'm lookin for Kelly." she said her grin growing as she took in his bandanna and cowboy hat. "A genuine cowboy" she said out loud not realizing it and wondered, losing herself in to the beginning of a story in her head.
The dust settles as the rush of wind dies. Pushing his hat up he gazed at the mustangs around him that were grazing at the meager grass. Running his calloused hand over the whithers of the horse closest to him he let the scent of sweat, dust and oats surround him. Lowering his gaze to the horizon he simply followed the clouds and waited. Waited till it was time to move on, waited until the Mustangs told him they were ready. Waited till night became dawn. Soon it would be time to out run the storm.
Shaking her head to clear her thoughts Manhattan focused once again on the man before her.
"Sorry, I'm Manhattan, you Kelly?" she asked smiling crookedly at the fact that she had completely zoned out on the first greeting. Hoping he wasn't to offended by this fact she switched the rag of ice to her left hand and spit in her right hand. Holding it out to him she said"I'm lookin for a place to stay and a job, Sweets said i should start out lookin here. And Kloppman said you were the man to talk to."
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Post by Jack Kelly on Jun 5, 2008 19:21:03 GMT -5
Jack paused from talking to Lacey, to spit in his hand, shaking Manhattan's hand. "Well aint you got a lot to say." He chuckled good naturedly. "Yeahs, you got a place here..and only one job we really do here--hawkin' papes." He looked at Lacey. "And yah, you can stay here. None of us got a king's randsome to our name--so no worries about havin' nothin."
He put his hands on his hips, grinning. "Welcome to the crew, girls."
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Post by impatient on Jun 6, 2008 19:16:25 GMT -5
Heya Jack. I'se Impatient, would you mind if I could stay here and become a Manhattan Newsie? Only if it's okay wit you.
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Post by fe on Jun 6, 2008 19:36:22 GMT -5
as Fe was walking up the stairs she saw 3 girls one with brown hair kinda short, another with blond hair in between, and a girl with black/brown hair same height as the brown haired girl, and she saw a guy with a cowboy hat on kinda looks like hers, and a bandanna. Fe was now on the top of the stairs about to enter Jack Kelly's room. Fe had seen Jack before and heard so much about him from Lacey her best friend, she just never meet him before.
Fe walked up behind him and said "hi ya I'm new here i was wondering if I could get a Job and a place to stay here.
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Post by les on Jun 7, 2008 21:29:04 GMT -5
Les had been sellin' his papes in Manhattan. When he had finished, he went down to the Manhattan Newsboys Lodging House to see Jack. He walked into the LH and saw Kloppmann. "Hey Les, how's it goin'?" He asked me. "Pretty good Kloppmann, is Jack here?" I questioned him. "Ya, he's just upstairs." So with that, I ran up the stairs. Once I got up there I saw Jack with a blond girl, two brown haired girls, and a red head. I wondered who they were. " Hey Jack! How are you doin'?" He turned around, and stopped talking to the red head and faced me.
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Post by crutchy on Jun 7, 2008 23:41:15 GMT -5
Crutchy had a good day of selling. He even got a quarter from a man because he felt bad for him. So things have been going good. " Hi ya Jack and Les" Crutchy said as he made his way to Jack's room.
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Post by les on Jun 8, 2008 9:57:51 GMT -5
Les turned around at the voice of someone he knew. "Heya Crutchy! How was your sellin'? I got me'se a quarter today." He said to Crutchy, digging the quarter out of his pocket.
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Post by crutchy on Jun 8, 2008 10:09:08 GMT -5
Crutchy turned around and saw Les dig a quarter out of his pocket. "Wow Les how'd ya get dat?" Crutchy asked with a big smile on his face.
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Post by Jack Kelly on Jun 8, 2008 11:06:00 GMT -5
((please slow down you guys--this is Jack's room, and I haven't been able to reply 5 posts. It makes it hard for people to catch up, especially when one discussion was already ongoing!))
Jack's eyes widened, suddenly innindated by a large mass of kids. He sighed, just trying to pick out the new kids. He saw Fe, and nodded. "Sure, feel free. We can always use more hard workers here." He grinned, waving at Crutchy and Les.
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Post by les on Jun 8, 2008 12:48:17 GMT -5
((Sorry Jack. The person who is Crutchy is my cousin in real life.))
"So, how are you doin' Jack?" Les asked him when he waved.
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Post by fe on Jun 8, 2008 16:23:38 GMT -5
Fe brushed her hair with her hair,wow it really was getting crowded in here she thought.
Fe turned around and left.
"Thanks Jacky-boy I really mean it". Fe said before she left.
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Post by manhattan on Jun 8, 2008 22:54:33 GMT -5
Manhattan's eyes widened at the mass of people in Jack's room. It was like a sea of moving bodies all trying to get their leaders attention. She smiled a crooked smile at Jack as she was pushed closer and closer to the edge against the wall. Manhattan eyed the group not really willing to risk getting her other eye blackened by trying to get either closer to Jack or the door. Ringing the cloth out, that had held the ice, she put the cold cloth on her eye once more already feeling it warm due to her body heat. While she leaned against the wall, her eyes scanned the room for a way to escape. God i'm blind Manhattan thought as she realized she was leaning against the one and only window in the room. Catching Jack's eye she raised her eye brow at him and nodded her head towards the window. The overwhelmed look on Jacks face and the ever growing crowd was enough of a hint that this cowboy needed a little help with the clean getaway.
"Hey Cowboy! Ya needed ta talk ta me right? well i got ta head toward Tibby's for my shift. Walk with me wont ya?" She winked at him and climbed out the window.
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Post by hyper on Jun 9, 2008 16:43:05 GMT -5
Hyper saw people coming out of a room. She saw a lot taller boy then her with a bandana and a cowboy hat in there. Hyper dodged everyone who was coming out to get to him. When she got to him she said, "Hi me name is Hyper and i'se lookinf for jack kelly".
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Post by Jack Kelly on Jun 9, 2008 18:28:35 GMT -5
Jack was feeling a bit overwhelemed by all the females in the room, so when he caught Manhattan's drift, he grinned. "Right! I did. Seriousl newsie business." He pushed through the crowd. "Hours tomorrow. Find bunks, set up shop, we're all welcome here." He breathed and blew a piece of his hair out of his face, following Manhattan out the window, thankful for her quick thinking.
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thanks admin!