| Ah, so ya decided ta see what da life a Spark has been like? Well, dis is d place yer lookin' fer. Feel free ta look around, and find out all about me, Spark. I won't be takin' up any more a yer time wit' me chattah', so enjoy. |
| Me full and complete newsie name is Elora (E-laura) "Spark" O'Connor. I was born December 28, 1883. And my beloved cousin jist so happens ta be none other than Racetrack. (yes, the cigar-smokin' Italian, whom ya all know so well.) |
| My parents were really poor, so when I was born I was abandoned. I was taken in by me aunt Helen and uncle Max, Races's parents. When I was 6, I met the nefarious Ciara as she ploughed inta me, whom ya might know as Queen. But when we were 8, we decided dat our life jist wasn't avdenturous enough, so we left. |
| Race would look fer us all da time, an' we'd sometimes come back, but nevah fer more dan 2 months at a time. Den when Race was 12, an' I was 11, his family life deteriorated. His faddah caught cholera, an' died soon aftah. Den his muddah, who'd been carin' fer his faddah, also came down wit' it, an' she died too. |
| Aftah his muddah died, Race left fer manhattan ta be a newsie. Dat's where he met Ciara (Queen)'s cousin, Kid Blink. Dey's been dere evah since. |
| Nobody understands why Queen an' I always leave. Not even we do, but we jist do. I guess it's jist because we prefer da open road ta bein' tied down ta one place. Well, an' maybe because we enjoy creatin' pandemonium everywhere we's go. |
| Poor Race an' Blink. Dey's always try so hard ta follow us, or ta keep us contained ta only New York City, but it jist don't woik. Dey's no match fer our superior cunnin'. Guess dey'll nevah learn. |