the little garment on him with an affectionate touch. He was suppled at the expertise with which she handled matters, and before she was finished he was nearly fainting with ecstasy, a fact which did not go unobserved by either Marie or Miss Staylace.

"I think Miss Leslie is demonstrating some very boyish emotions," Marie commented.

"So I have noticed," replied the headmistress. "In fact, this little person has expanded so much that it threatens to split this garment at the seams."

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Finally, however, the modesty device was properly installed. But to Leslie's amazement the long ribbons at its head and base were not pulled back and tied about his waist as they usually were. Instead, Miss Staylace tied two of them into a pert little bow just under the head of the petticoated penis and stepped back to admire her work.

"How quaint!" Marie cried. "What a perfectly marvelous idea to prettify that homely little person!"

"I'm rather proud of it myself," said Miss Staylace with a chuckle. "It looks almost like it was gift-wrapped."

The laughter of the two women tinkled in and through the large apartment, and it seemed to Leslie as if the whole world were laughing at him in this demeaning predicament.

Regaining her composure, Marie began opening various daintily wrapped packages Page 16

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