RANSVESTIA

and I thought to myself that this spy stuff wasn't so exciting after all. I turned out the lights and opened the door when the front door rattled. My heart leaped into my throat and I froze right where I was I wasn't even breathing. The door rattled again and all was quiet. I looked at my watch and realized it was just the police checking doors on their nightly rounds. My knees were so weak I had to sit for a few minutes until my heart stopped pounding. I quickly re-estimated my thinking on the excitement bit and went home. Before I even took my coat off, I poured myself a nice, stiff drink!

“Greta, my girl,” I asked me, “why did you ever volunteer for this?” “It's simple,” I said to myself, “because you are an idiot!” I had another drink and went to bed.

I passed the film to Andy the next day and then went to the beauty salon. I told the beautician that a friend of mine in the U.S. had the most beautiful red hair I'd ever seen - and described the color name and brand. She didn't have any, but promised to get some and would let me know as soon as it came in.

Herr Baumback was at the Club that evening and I joined him during intermission. This was the first time I had seen him for several weeks, so I was a bit apprehensive as we talked in generalities. He said he wanted me to go to Lisbon for a two week appearance. While there, I would be given a package to bring back to him. I agreed and then told him I was contemplating becoming a redhead. He smiled and told me it made no difference what color hair I wore as long as I did my job.

Then he sort of lowered the boom on me by saying that I was seeing too much of "that American Sailor“. I laughed and said. “The poor kid is lonesome and besides he doesn't know that I'm not a female. He's planned quite a campaign to seduce me and I'd like to keep up the charade to see how many tricks he can use on me.”

"You're spending too much time with him back off,” he said testily. and left the Club.

Several more nights of furtively sneaking in and out of the Insurance building saw my job nearing completion. As I replaced the hair on the cabinet, I figured one more night would let me finish his files. I put out the light and started for the front door. I heard the now familiar rattle and stopped. There was another sound that almost paralyzed me with