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“I won’t mind growing up if only I’m able to develop plenty of glamour,”
― Mildred A. Wirt, The Penny Parker Megapack: 15 Complete Novels

“Hold it, young lady, hold it. You seem to be a living question mark.”
― Mildred A. Wirt, The Penny Parker Megapack: 15 Complete Novels

“The girls were passing a drugstore. In the window appeared a colored advertisement, a picture of a giant chocolate soda, topped with frothy whipped cream. Penny paused to gaze longingly at it. “That’s a personal invitation addressed to me,” she remarked. “How about it, Lou?” “Oh, that same picture has been in the window for months,” her chum said discouragingly. “You can’t get whipped cream unless you steal it from a cow.” “Well, how about a dish of ice cream then? I’m horribly hungry.” “That’s your natural state,” teased Louise, pulling her on. “If we stop now, we’ll be caught in the test blackout.” “Is there one tonight?” “Don’t you read the papers? It’s to be held between nine and ten o’clock. And it’s ten after nine now.” “I think it might be fun to be caught out in one—just so long as it’s not the real thing.” “I want to get home before the street lights are turned out,” Louise insisted. “In fact, I promised Mother I’d come straight home when the library closed.” “Oh, all right,” Penny gave in reluctantly. The girls began to walk faster for they were many blocks from their own street. Now and then they met an air raid warden and so knew that the time for the test blackout was close at hand.”
― Mildred A. Wirt, The Penny Parker Megapack: 15 Complete Novels

“As Penny spoke, a siren began to sound. A car which was cruising past, pulled up at the curb and its headlights went off. All along the street, lights blinked out one by one. “The blackout!” Louise, gasped. “I was afraid we’d be caught in it. Now we’ll lose that man, and what’s worse, I’ll be late in getting home!”
― Mildred A. Wirt, The Penny Parker Megapack: 15 Complete Novels

“The house stands on stilts over the water, and is a meeting place for the scum of the city!” “Sally!” her father reproved. “Well, it’s the truth! Ma Harper and her no-account husband, Claude, run an outdoor dance pavilion, but their income is derived from other sources too. Black market sales, for instance.” “Sally, your tongue is rattling like a chain!” “Pop, you know very well the Harpers are trash.” “Nevertheless, don’t make statements you can’t prove.”
― Mildred A. Wirt, The Penny Parker Megapack: 15 Complete Novels

“Just as clear as mud,” sighed Louise who disliked all mechanical things.”
― Mildred A. Wirt, The Penny Parker Megapack: 15 Complete Novels

“Attention Comrades!” Penny turned quickly to glance at the dial, for she realized that she did not have the local station WZAM. “Attention Comrades!” the announcer commanded again. “This is the Voice from the Cave.”
― Mildred A. Wirt, The Penny Parker Megapack: 15 Complete Novels

“Leaping Lena,” as Penny called her car, had an annoying habit of running up repair bills, and then repaying its long suffering owner by refusing to start on cold winter days.”
― Mildred A. Wirt, The Penny Parker Megapack: 15 Complete Novels

“You know, for a minute I thought that old duffer was hinting at something,” the reporter remarked. “He acted as if it would give him real pleasure to see something happen to Mrs. Davis’ melons.”
― Mildred A. Wirt, The Penny Parker Megapack: 15 Complete Novels

“The radio ten minutes ago reported that Oelwein, on the coast, has been completely destroyed!”
― Mildred A. Wirt, The Penny Parker Megapack: 15 Complete Novels

“I know not what course others may take,” Louise quoted grandly.”
― Mildred A. Wirt, The Penny Parker Megapack: 15 Complete Novels

“Penny found herself in an elegantly furnished salon, its chairs, davenports, carpet and draperies decorated in soft shades of green and ivory. A little dark-haired man she had never seen before, who spoke with an artificial French accent, stood talking with three women who were trying on fur coats. A fourth woman, Maxine Miller, sat in a chair, her back turned to Penny.”
― Mildred A. Wirt, The Penny Parker Megapack: 15 Complete Novels

“SABOTEURS ON THE RIVER”
― Mildred A. Wirt, The Penny Parker Megapack: 15 Complete Novels

“However, once in the taxi, speeding toward the railroad station, the reporter scarcely spoke. He reached out and captured her hand. “I’m going to miss you, little twirp,” he sighed.”
― Mildred A. Wirt, The Penny Parker Megapack: 15 Complete Novels

“I’m as cool as a piece of artificial ice!” Penny retorted.”
― Mildred A. Wirt, The Penny Parker Megapack: 15 Complete Novels

“Today is Thursday.” The editor took a sealed envelope from the desk drawer. “This is the first time you have failed to collect your allowance in over a year.” “I must be slipping.” Penny grinned as she pocketed the envelope. “Why don’t you open it?” “What’s the use?” Penny asked gloomily. “It’s always the same. Anyway, I borrowed two dollars last week so this doesn’t really belong to me.” “You might be pleasantly surprised.” Penny stared at her father with disbelief. “Dad! You don’t mean you’ve given me a raise!” Eagerly, she ripped open the envelope. Three crisp dollar bills fluttered into her hand. With a shriek of delight, Penny flung her arms about her father’s neck.”
― Mildred A. Wirt, The Penny Parker Megapack: 15 Complete Novels

“You drive like Demon Dan!”
― Mildred A. Wirt, The Penny Parker Megapack: 15 Complete Novels

“We’re about to send a picture out over the network.” “But how?” “Watch and see,” Penny advised. In the center of the room stood two machines with cylinders, one for transmitting pictures to distant stations, the other for receiving them. On the sending cylinder was wrapped a glossy 8 by 10 photograph of a fire. As Penny spoke, an attendant pressed a starter switch on the sending machine. There was a high pitched rasp as the clutch threw in, and the cylinder bearing the picture began to turn at a steady measured pace. “It’s a complicated process,” Penny said glibly. “A photo electric cell scans the picture and transmits it to all the points on the network. Salt here could tell you more about it.”
― Mildred A. Wirt, The Penny Parker Megapack: 15 Complete Novels

“Ruth Bracket’s arms moved backward and forward in rhythmic motion. She was rowing, yet no sound came from her oarlocks. Oars and oarlocks were padded. She liked it best that way. Why? Mystery—that magic word “mystery.” How she loved it!”
― Mildred A. Wirt, The Girl Detective Megapack: 25 Classic Mystery Novels for Girls

“Why were you really discharged, Ben?” Penny asked. “What did you learn about Mr. Cordell?” “That he had pulled off no end of crooked deals and that he was mixed up with this outlaw labor group. Over a period of three or four years, Cordell has made a mint of money, and not from his paper either!”
― Mildred A. Wirt, The Penny Parker Megapack: 15 Complete Novels

“Again?" asked the housekeeper. "You'll wear out the tires of your car, Penny. I declare, it seems as if you're always going or coming.”
― Mildred A. Wirt, The Penny Parker Mystery Series Volume I by Mildred A. Wirt

“Imagine having three cars in one family—”
― Mildred A. Wirt, The Penny Parker Megapack: 15 Complete Novels

“Oh, by the way, Penny," said Mrs. Weems, "while you were gone Albert Layman telephoned. He said he would like to have you play tennis with him this afternoon." "He'll have to find some other girl," Penny decided instantly. "I'm staying close at home today. Anyway, Al has pimples." "Can he help that?" Mrs. Weems inquired mildly. "Yes, he could wash his neck now and then. Al is a very light-headed youth too," Penny added airily. "I like young men with a purpose." "Such as that reporter, Jerry Livingston, I suppose," Mrs. Weems observed with shrewd insight. Penny laughed, and depositing her empty berry dish in the sink, disappeared from the kitchen. Later in the morning when Albert Layman telephoned again, she firmly declined the invitation to play tennis.”
― Mildred A. Wirt, The Penny Parker Mystery Series Volume I by Mildred A. Wirt

“The cover charge is two dollars, and you can’t touch a dinner for less than another four! How can Potts afford to pay such prices?”
― Mildred A. Wirt, The Penny Parker Megapack: 15 Complete Novels

“JAUNTILY, PENNY PARKER WALKED THROUGH the dimly lighted newsroom of the Riverview Star, her rubber heels making no sound on the bare, freshly scrubbed floor. Desks were deserted, for the final night edition of the paper had gone to press half an hour earlier, and only the cleaning women were at work. One of the women arrested a long sweep of her mop just in time to avoid splashing the girl with water.”
― Mildred A. Wirt, The Clock Strikes Thirteen

“Why do you suppose the path is blocked off?”Penny speculated. “Let’s find out,” Salt suggested with a sudden flare of interest. “Maybe we’ll run into something worth a picture.” Penny hesitated, not wishing to disregard the sign, yet eager to learn what lay beyond the barrier. “Listen,” said Salt, “just put your little conscience on ice. We’re here to get the ‘who, when, why and where.’ You’ll never be a first class newspaper reporter if you stifle your curiosity.”
― Mildred A. Wirt, The Penny Parker Megapack: 15 Complete Novels

“You know, big stories and smash pictures always have a way of breaking around him. He’s better than a rabbit’s foot any day!” “We were lucky yesterday,” Flash admitted with a grin. “Those auto crashes seemed to have been staged for our special benefit.”
― Mildred A. Wirt, The Flash Evans Complete Series MEGAPACK®

“They’ll shoot it over with a Lyle gun—we hope.”
― Mildred A. Wirt, The Penny Parker Megapack: 15 Complete Novels

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― Mildred A. Wirt, The Penny Parker Megapack: 15 Complete Novels

“Penny moved closer to her father. She grasped the lapels of his coat in her slender fingers and tipped her weary but still lovely face toward him. “Dad, will you promise me one thing?”
― Mildred A. Wirt, The Penny Parker Megapack: 15 Complete Novels