CHAPTER
9
AN OPEN SAFE
Rather flattened by the interview with Mr. Schirr, Penny was glad to leave the Star plant. Going down in the elevator, she requested Charley to tell Mose Johnson that he had been restored to his old job.
“That’s fine!” the janitor beamed. “Mighty glad to hear it.” Opening the cage door, he inquired: “Will you be going to see Mr. DeWitt?”
“I thought I would.”
“He’s at City Hospital. You might tell him that we all miss him around here.”
“I’ll certainly deliver the message,” promised Penny.
City Hospital was only six blocks away. Penny bought flowers and then presented herself at the institution. After a brief wait in the lobby, she was allowed to see Mr. DeWitt for a few minutes.
“Good morning,” she said cheerfully, handing the box of flowers to a nurse.
Mr. DeWitt, pale and weak, stirred and turned his head so that he could see her.
“What’s good about it?” he muttered with a trace of his old spirit. “They won’t even let me sit up!”