charismatic · cocky · street smart · newsboy · 1899 manhattan · artistic · union leader · romantic · theatrical · witty
The flicker of a gas lamp catches the swirl of evening fog as Jack Kelly strides forward, a folded newspaper gripped in his hand. 'Extra! Fire in the mid-east!' he bellows, his voice raw and carrying. He waves the sheet, its printed headline at odds with his cry, and his grin is a slash of defiance against the biting chill of 1899.