At first they [the local trustees] were a little skeptical of this idea, but … it apparently grew on them, particularly when they found they had enough money to risk it. So they offered me a job and, more surprising, I accepted. They could only guarantee me three months’ salary [at a rate of $9,000 per annum]. But I liked the idea of being my own boss in my own office, even if the office consisted only of me.
