You are the Key--A Newsies (Spot Conlon) Fan Fiction #2
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  • Reads 45,094
  • Votes 840
  • Parts 29
  • Time 6h 59m
LoofahsSwanson
Complete, First published Jun 03, 2012
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When Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst raise the distribution price one-tenth of a cent per paper, ten cents per hundred, the newsboys, poor enough already, are outraged. Inspired by the strike put on by the trolley workers, Jack "Cowboy" Kelly organizes a newsboys' strike. With David Jacobs as the brains of the new union, and Jack as the voice, the weak and oppressed found the strength to band together and challenge the powerful.  (Written by Kaitlin Dwyer Rankins)   

Jack and David were the main characters, but they could not do it without Spot Conlon.  Little is known about the King of Brooklyn, but as a character based on a boy who actually lived, he must have had dreams and ambitions just like fictional Jack and David.  Here are my writings in a small attempt to give Spot Conlon the story--and the ending--he deserves.
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