The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-18

fessiona1 service. which was
Msdges name for what IN reality
was an employment bureau She
specialized IN placing highly
trained people IN fine positions.
short Job
7 think I've cot short Job
for you. dear" she said. eagerly.
There's an old lady At the Drake
who's leaving tonight fer Les An
geles and she wants 4 companion.
shes slightly crippled. but can
mostly take care Of herself
However. shes been aocus-
toned 10 a companion and feels
that she cant make the trip 10
the coast alone.
How did she set here II she
always has someone with her 80
Cam asked
she has regular companion,
but the girl had to leave for home
several days ago. It's great
chance fer you. child You want
to get away from Chicago for
awhile and here's free trip
offered you on a silver platter.
What do you say
Makes Decision
Cam suddenly made up her
mind. Shed so IL she could land
the Job. She took a cab To the
Drake, and was ushered right up
to Mrs. North's suite
She had expected to so through
whole catechism. and was nearly
floored when the only question the
woman asked was whether she had
worked before.
When Cam explained that she
had just finished college. Mrs
North asked If she were prepared
to leave that night
My train goes at s4a.' she
said. II you're back here by
eight think we can make IT
safely. You needn't bother help
f ing me pack. Ill have the floor
maid in for that. DO you think
you can make it"
Stern Expression
Her dignified, aristoeratie face.
which Cam had thought was a bit
stern and forbidding when she
first came in. lighted up with a
warm smile that completely
charmed the girl
She found herself almost slut
tering as she answered that she
was sure she could make II.
"Theren be s25 fee and your
return ticket and expenses. I'm
glad you're going TO be with me.
You're such a pretty little thing,
so intelligent appearing. too, not
one of these ultra modern sophisti-
Gated ships that / can't abide"
So here she was less than two
days after leaving Chicago. COM
fortably seated in a compartment.
The door to the adjoining state
room was closed but not locked so
that she might go to Mrs. North
when she heard her stirring about
or if she called.
In the stateroom next TO Mrs
North was Joe Raymond, muir.
derer and fugitive from justice in
the custody of a husky deputy
sheriff from Los Angeles. He had
been caught in Chicago and after
a futile fight against extradition
was being taken back to California
where he was wanted as the sus-
pected driver OF car in a bank
holdup.
Open Door
Frank Kirkwood had told her
about Raymond, and she had
peeked in through the open door
of the stateroom several times
shivering inwardly as she looked
at the man seated next TO the win
dow, his right wrist handcuffed u
the deputy's left.
She had met Frank Kirkwooc
in the observation car Monday
morning. when, at Mrs. North,
suggestion, she had taken a resi-
from her duties as companion.
She smiled as she thought Of
these duties" They were so lighi
as 10 be scarcely noticeable. sh,
had helped her employer TO bec
Sunday and Monday nights. hac
eaten all her meals with her In IN,
ststeroom. had read TO her SONS
and talked quite little, and thai
was all
: Has Limp
Mrs. North was not really AZ
invalid. as Cam had known IN.
: term through care Of her mother