The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-27
Lock Up My Heart
Continued From Page Eight

7 can take care Of myself
She walked 10 the door with
kirkwood. said good night. and
after he had left, turned the
night latch There also vas /.
sliding bolt. She fastened that. too.
Ruby Vas breathing heavily.
but sound asleep when Cam vent
u the bedroom door. and she de-
cided she'd b all right.
Then. for the first time. she
looked curiouslv about the living
room II the apartment On
table beside the davenport. wss
picture in silver frame. She
picked it up and examined It
Ii vas Joe Raymonds likeness.
at least she supposed IL was, al
though she still had a feeling that
there was a marked differenc.
about the eyes from the man she
had seen on the train.
On impulse, she tore the edge
from a newspaper. made small
slip of it and blackened IL with
a lead pencil from her purse. Then
she put II on the picture in the
place where mustaehe would be
If Joe had one
She was curious 10 see IL the
resemblance she thought she had
noted between Joe and Mark Che
ney would be evident with this
added touch
She had TO admit that the like
ness was not striking. Then. ss
an afterthought. she put one finger
over the eyes Of the photograph
and uttered an exclamation.
The resemblance was there.
Decidedly it was the eyes that
made the men appear different.
Still puzzling about this she
picked up curiously carved head
of a man from the table. The
base of the carving was round.
and turning it over. she saw that
it had been a thread spool. The
carver was remarkably skillfuI,
however. for despite the crude
ness of his material the carving
was highly creditable. She made
a mental note to ask Ruby about
il in the morning.
other Offsets
There were several other small
objects. also animals and birds.
carved from various sized spools.
Some had been stained and poll
ished. Others were Of the natural
wood Of the spools.
Cam examined the rest of the
apartment, but aside from several
clippings from the papers telling
of Joe Raymond's sensational es-
cape on the train en- route to Los
Angeles, found little of interest
In addition to the living room
and the bedroom, there was a tiny
kitchenette and bath. There was
a door in the kitchenette, appar-
emily leading to a back stairway,
and Cam shot the bolt on it before
she turned. out the light and re-
turned to the living room.
As she had thought. the double
door in the living room swung out
to reveal folding bed back of it.
II was made up with fresh bed
ding, and after pulling it down
and undressing, Cam crawled be-
meath the covers and was almost
instantly asleep.
II was nearly eight hours lat
ter when she struggled awake.
disturbed by sharp knock on
the door. For moment she
didn't realize where she was, and
lay back luxuriously stretching in
the bed.
Then the knock came again and
her eyes popped wide open. She
sprang to the floor. A long coat
Of Rubys, hanging in the closet.
served as a dressing gown and she
padded to the door in her bare
feet.
"Who is it >" she called.
Me. Frank" came a muffled
response. Il brought you some
breakfast"
Cautiously, she slipped the bolt
and unlocking the door opened it
crack
Are you all right" Kirkwood
asked. Il was so worried about
you staying in a Joint like this,
That l got very little sleep. fl
nally decided to get up and do a
good deed by bringing you some
fruit and rolls for breakfast. No
one bothered you, did they"
Not Dressed
They'd have had to knock the
door down to awaken me-" Cam
laughed. Thanks for the food.
I'd invite you in, but I'm not
dressed"
Cant come in anyway. Got to
60 to the office. I just wanted 10
be sure you were okay I'll call
you later at your hotel Ruby all
right o"
Wait till see. I just woke
up
She went TO the bedroom and
peeked in. Ruby was still asleep.
breathing quietly now, one bare
arm flung across her pillow.
Kirkwood left promptly when
Cam reported that her patient
was apparently doing all right.
and she again closed and barred
the door. q slip Of paper on IN.
floor attracted her notice and sh.
stopped and picked It Up.
II was plain manila envelope.
and on the outside was written the