Show THE SWEET EASY MONEY FICTION ION CORNER By Richard H. H Wilkinson I I WHEN a mans man's flat on his face face face- TV financially speaking I mean mean- hell he'll take any kind of a job That's my excuse for playing nursemaid to Julia Upton Bodyguard Bodyguard that's that's what Moe Langdon her producer called me You see there'd been a kidnapping scare and Julia was Minute right at the top 3 MInute 3 Fiction of the heap that year a tempting tempting tempting tempt tempt- ing morsel for abductors and Moe figured she needed looking after Also he figured figured figured fig fig- the publicity wouldn't do her any harm After all he grinned you were American all-American fullback and when the public reads that youre you're riding herd over little Julia JuliaA JuliaA Julia Julia- A swell friend you are arel J I snapped My l pal pall I stopped He was still grinning the grin that meant it was hopeless for me to argue How much will you pay Two hundred bucks a week week and and what sweet easy money He was right it was sweet easy money providing money providing a man didn't have any pride I earned every dime of that bucks I wasn't used to being ordered around by a little chit of a redhead Tomorrow morning shed she'd say were going horseback riding Be Beat Beat Beat at the house at 9 Or Tonight the are giving a party I guess my attitude must have shown how I felt At t any rate Julia began taking a delight Inputting Inputting in inputting putting me on the spot spot making making me pose for pictures making me attend afternoon teas where Id I'd be the only man present present- stuff like that There came a time tune three weeks I I I z Tomorrow morning shed she'd say were going horseback riding Bo De at the house at 9 later when Julia wanted to go for a a. drive in the country We drove toward toward toward to to- to- to ward Santa Barbara were halt half halfway way there when it flashed Ia hed across my mind that she was due at the the- studio for a rehearsal at 3 o'clock and at this rate she wouldn't bEt bo- there I told her shed she'd better turn around around and head back She said she wa was tired of rehearsals and said how did I expect to make her ber 1 if she she- didn't want to go Like this I said and switched of off the ignition and pulled up the the- brake She was furious She She- wouldn't get out of the drivers driver's seat S So I lifted her up in my arms and anti it was such a swell opportunity I J kissed her She swore at me real me-real real cuss words and and because I knew this would end my sweet easy money job 1 kissed her again then plumped her down in the seat and got behind behind behind be be- hind the wheel T T I DIDN'T bother to contact Moe 1 Instead I moved from rom my one room home into an apartment and the next day set out to find a job I had expected the papers would be full of my discharge from Julia employ but they Not a D word And this got me to thinking that maybe she wasn't quite as bad a as asI I thought As a matter of fact 1 I got to thinking other things too too too- mostly about Julia Two weeks later Moe Langdon called me up Listen you dub Julias Julia's been beers kidnapped and Its It's your fault They Thep want Its It's got to be delivered to a rendezvous There was a guy waiting at the top of the pass when I got there He lie grinned at me when I gave him the dough Wheres Julia I said He jerked a thumb over his shoulder Two miles back in a cabin Follow the trail I ran all the way to the cabin Julia was inside bound and gagged I didn't know the extent of my relief relief relief re re- re- re lief and apparently Julia didn know hersI hersI hersI hers I could have had bad you fired trOll from your old job she said just the way I made Moe Langdon hire you yot for my bodyguard But I didn't want to I wanted you to to-to to to satiate your old pride Wait Walt a minute I said How Hou about this kidnapping business It was your own fault the he said You You you were so stubborn Yoi Yot wouldn't call me up I had to d dc de something Then it was a gag She didn't say anything ju Jus stared at me Well I thought what's the use Im I'm destined to loo after this kid the rest of 01 my ills Ufa and nd I might as well like It Jt |