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looking for talent. You'd have
stateroom aboard" y,
I'll don't know whether le
like that" Julia confessed. :,
''N "oh, you could come ashore IL
one of Latta's boats whenevel
Won Won weren't working. ana yot
aou aaon, y have, to be afraid OF Tony
T He's hard-boiled-but he knows
a decent girl when he sees one
a anJ. leaves her alone. You car
I aaEe INV word for that" Clntrss
Looked look IL at her sharply. "Thlns
you'd be interested? It's not mucf
If an offer, but it's a start"
- Jnlia thought a moment; Yes
= vutIa ,,as :. startEand she no Longer
Iu had Ia a safe job. Tomorrow she
would ,laU i be a girl out of work, ane an,
Wo ,'nIess she got busy she'd be liv,
;nn in an apartment whose REM
I9 Amv Sanders would be paying IL, IN
fnll She didn't care much anou'
the he idea of working on a gam
bling ship, but :. -, c;,+r,
otis a CO." she tolo oiN'i' q
quickly. ,., ncoodw
ond I,ll see that some Influential
neople get out to Tony's snip &c
hear YOU. I know how this enter, g,,,
,+ainment game works, Julia. III
,~b;sner it around that there's a
owl out on Latta's boat who's ar
Unknown winner. You'll get d
offer in no time" .,
T-I hope you're right, saio
Julia weakly.
II was after 6 when Julia's tax
rolled to the curb before tine
building in which she and amy
Sanders shared an apartment
Scarcely able to wait until she
coald talk with her roommate, she
Maid the driver and hurried up,
Stairs, She had hardly touched
her key to the lock when Am!
opened the door and confronted
her with something like a SHREK
of relief. ,,.o hoor
frantic! Where on earth have you
been?" ... the
Laughing, Julia came into the
room and tossed her bag on tne
davenport. "I've been to Ever
green Island, if you know where
that is" 80 r-%,
q" don't. You've had me in q
turmoil. l telephoned the newspa
ners to see if they had any re-
ports of private yachts goin1e
down. / even 'phoned the yacht
club-and ley told me, there wa:
no record of the. movements Of
smaller pleasure boats, which was
very, comforting, + must say
What happened to you?", =
) Nothing" julia told her, Tex,
cept. that Woodford decided to gt
on a hunting trip" - J
Amy settled herself on the dav'
enport. "Tell me all about it. Who
was with you?".
"Well<I. -. Julia hesitated
deciding that it would be better
not to mention Nesbitt:. She had
never been sure Just what Amy
felt toward Royal Nesbitt, despite
Amy's cocky assurance that she
liked him merely as a, friend
"There was, Woodford, Of course,
and : a Widows Mrs. ;, joseph
Then there was a girl named Gin
ira Lee, and an architect-Hugo
Nash" -,
J 'Ts that all?"
Julia nodded. "That's ALL" She
unbuttoned her jacket and the
throat Of the sweater beneath,
I'm dead tired, Amy. I'll tell
you all about it in the morning
But if ever L"
The insistent buzzing of the
telephone interrupted her. Nerv-
ously Julia took up the instru.
ment and answered the ring.
1t. was intra Lee. o"I've just
talked with Tony Latta by
'phone," she said. "He wants you
to start tomorrow night. Can you
make it?" 81 -hi ,.."....
"Why, yves, Cintra."1' ...
"Good. He's expecting you.'
She gave Julia instructions as to
how to get to Latta's gambling
ship, then hurriedly said goodby
"Who was that?" Amy wanted
to know when Julia had replaced
the instrument.
"It was Cintra Lee-the girl
on the boat"
"What did she want?" asked
Amy. -''.'''..' -, !".'
"She wanted to tell me that
have a new job beginning tomor-
row." Julia. .hesitated a moment
.T-I'm not working for Wood
ford and Brooks any more, Amy.
Pm going to sing on gambling
ship" ! H,'r' /
~ ITO be continued)