| *Note*: This takes place about 3 days after where Newsies left off. The governor decided to help the Jacob's family financially so David, Les and Sara could go to school. |
| It was just like any day at the track, a bright blue sky with not a cloud in sight. The stands were filled with crowds of screaming people waving their tickets. There stood Racetrack blending in with the crowd as he cheers on number 4. Horse number 4 came in third, not far behind from number 8. Race decided to try his luck again. While waiting in line he noticed a suspicious character among the crowd about 3 yards away from where Race was standing. This person was wearing oversized clothes for their scrawny body and had a scarf over their head and tied under their chin, and on top of that laid a huge top hat to shadow this person's face. Race couldn't really see what this person looked liked but he did notice that they were slipping into random people's pockets and taking all they got. Race just ignored them; it isn't anything he hadn't done before. Race was next in line to get his ticket so reached into his pocket to grab his money when he noticed his pocket was empty. He checked all his other pockets and they were empty too, he came to the conclusion he was robbed. He looked around through out the crowd but no one in particular stood out to him to be a pickpocket. He reached for his |
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| watch to see what time it was and when he looked down it wasn't there, that was gone too. He had nothing; the person stole everything even his cigar he was saving for later. Race walked away furious and left the tracks. He was headed for the Lodging House when he noticed the person with the scarf and top hat sitting against a brick building, smoking a cigar and counting loose change. Race also noticed a shiny gold chain hanging out of their pocket; it was Race's watch! Race called out to the pickpocket sitting on the side of the road, "Hey you! That's mine!" Without a delayed reaction the pickpocket looked up to find Race standing only a few feet away. The pickpocket quickly grabbed all the change they collected and ran as fast as they could. Race chased him till he grew tired and out of breathe. Race was able to catch up and he grabbed their arm. They both stopped running and the pickpocket turned to face Race. Race was in shock to see that the pickpocket was a girl and he let go of her arm. She had long skinny legs and boney arms. She was about 5'2", had blue eyes and fair skin. Racetrack couldn't make out her hair on behalf it was tucked under the hat she was wearing. There was an odd silence before Race spoke, "Who are you? And what are ya doin with my stuff?" The girl didn't answer, she just looked around trying to find a way to get away from this stranger who had caught her. "What are ya def? I asked for your name", Race started to get frustrated. She still didn't answer him. She didn't look scared though just cautious of her next move. With out warning she bolted away from Racetrack, but this time Race didn't follower her, he decided to let her go. When Race got back to the Lodging House he didn't say a word about what happened at the tracks. He felt stupid enough that someone took everything he had and got away with it, what made it worse was; a girl had robbed him. |
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