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(By Spot Girl) An Excerpt: Winter, 1894.
A small boy scurries along the sidewalk. His hair is the color of the mud his work boots splatter on the pavement. It snowed last night, but the cool white blanket that settled over the city has already turned an unapealing shade of beige.
Welcome to New York.
The boy tips his weathered cap to a well dressed lady as she passes by him.
What a kid. He's barely a day over twelve, but he's already a real charmer. His name's Jack Kelly.