who ast you! mush, cross-eyed and skinny with big ears and lisp, play- fully pushes the newsie so he falls on his hammock.
jack steps forward. so they gave their word boots angrily throws a piece of rotten fruit toward the world building. but it ain't worth beans
high times, hard times
it's high times, hard times
shhhhhhh! a) lead type being rapidly hand-set by denton, helped by david -- a sub-headline forms: "house of refuge, house of shame." b) papers -- "the newsie news" -- start rolling off the press as they examine it proudly.
and the world will know! kids are coming from everywhere, filling the square -- spot and the brooklyn newsies; more and more kids, cheering, waving the newsie news -- jack and david laugh in triumph as shouting and music rises up to --