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rather a forlorn hope for times were still slow, and there were not many positions open.

One add, however, did catch his attention. It asked for a young man to be caretaker of a pent house apart- ment. Room and meals would be provided and the care- taker would be required to "sleep in" at the apartment. A knowledge of cooking and some gardening would be helpful, but not necessary.

Eddie had been raised on a farm, and he had often "batched" by himself. He had helped his mother with her housekeeping and his training in the navy had also taught him how to keep things neat and orderly. He was sure he was qualified for the position. If he was accepted it would solve the problem of a place to stay and his meals would be provided. The salary, whatever it amounted to would be clear.

He decided to investigate, and noted the address. Since it was, fairly early in the evening he thought he would inquire about the "job" offered that same evening.

The address was located in an apartment house district and the apartment he was looking for was in a compara- tively new building. Eddie called the apartment on the house phone from the lobby. A woman answered. Eddie told her he had come in answer to the advertisement for a caretaker. She seemed surprised that he had come that evening instead of in the morning but since he was there he might as well come up and she would see him.

The automatic elevator didn't go all the way up to the penthouse, but stopped at the floor below. The apartment was reached by ascending one fligh of stairs. At the top of the stairs a tall nice looking young woman greeted Eddie. She was dressed in blue slacks with a white blouse or shirt and wearing low heeled casual shoes. She invited Eddie to come in, and as he entered he noticed they were about the same height, and seemed to be the same size.

The apartment was in a mess, it looked as if it had not had any care for sometime. Everything had a coating of dust, and books, magazines, newspapers and various

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