Anne and Mary

Part 7: Francis Sullivan

The picture turns black and white and appears on the cover of the New York Sun under the headline 'The Children's Crusade; Newsies Stop the World'.

NEXT DAY- The newsies are in Tibby's. Denton enters with the paper. Anne sits at a booth with Specs and Skittery.

DENTON: Hey fellas. Hey, hey! Big time.

BOOTS: What you got there Jack?

SPOT: Where's me picture? Where's me picture?

BOOTS: What's that? That all about us?

MUSH: Look at that Jack. You look like a gentlemen

JACK: Will you get your fingers off me face?

SPOT: Where does it say my name? Where's my name?

JACK: Will you quit thinking about yourself?

DAVID: You got us on the front page!

DENTON: You got yourselves on the front page. I just got to make sure you stay there.

SKITTERY: So what. You get your picture in the papes, so what's that get you, huh?

ANNE: What are you talking about?

JACK: Shut up, boy. You been in a bad mood all day!

SKITTERY: I'm not in a bad mood!

RACETRACK: Glum and dumb. What's the matta with you? You get your picture in the papes, your famous. Your famous, you get anything you want. That's what so great about New York!

MUSH: A pair of new shoes with matching laces

RACETRACK: A permanent box at Sheepshed Races.

SPOT: A porcelain tub with boiling water

KID BLINK: A Saturday night with the mayor's daughter!

RACETRACK: Look at me I'm the King of New York! Suddenly I'm respectable Staring right atcha Lousy with stature

JACK: Nubbin' with all the muckety-mucks
I'm blowin' my dough and goin' deluxe!

RACETRACK: And there I'll be Ain't I pretty?

RACETRACK & JACK: It's my city I'm the king of New York!

BOOTS: A corduroy suit with fitted knickers

LES: A mezzanine seat to see the flickers

SNIPESHOOTER: Havana cigars that cost a quarter

DAVID: An editor's desk for our star reporter!

NEWSIES: Tip your hat! He's the King of New York!

DENTON: How 'bout that? I'm the King of New York!

NEWSIES: In nothing flat He'll be covering Brooklyn to Trenton Our man Denton

KID BLINK: Making a headline out of a hunch

DENTON: Protecting the weak

RACETRACK: And paying for lunch

DENTON: When I'm at bat Strong men crumble

RACETRACK: Proud yet humble

DENTON & RACETRACK: I'm/He's the King of New York

NEWSIES: I gotta be either dead or dreaming 'Cuz look at that pape with my face beaming Tomorrow they may wrap fishes in it But I was a star for one whole minute! Starting now I'm the King of New York!

DENTON: Ain't you hear? I'm the King of New York!

NEWSIES: Holy cow! It's a miracle Pulitzer's crying Weasel? He's dying! Flashpots are shooting bright as the sun I'm one hifalutin' sonuva gun! Don't ask me how Fortune found me Fate just crowned me Now I'm King of New York! Look and see Once a piker Now a striker I'm the Kin of New York! Victory! Front page story Guts and glory I'm the King of New York!