“Perfectly!” Grinning from ear to ear, Penny would have agreed to anything.
“Furthermore, if the work gets you down, I won’t have you coming to me asking for a change.”
“I’ll never darken your office door, Dad. Just one question. How much money does a beginner get?”
“Twenty-five dollars.”
Penny’s face was a blank.
“It will be more than you are worth the first few weeks,” Mr. Parker said.
“I’ll take it,” Penny declared hastily. “When do I start?”
“Right now,” decided her father. “DeWitt, introduce her to the staff, and put her to work.”
Feeling highly elated but a trifle self-conscious, Penny followed Editor DeWitt past the photography studio and the A.P. wire room to the main newsroom where reporters were tapping at their typewriters.
“Gang,” said Mr. DeWitt in an all inclusive introduction. “This is Penny Parker. She’ll be working here for a few weeks.”