mirror that was in the entrance to the patio part of the cafe, I saw us from the rear. There was Miss Cora in her tight pants and Alice in her tight-across the-seat breeches and me between them. They strode and I minced. Here were three types of feminine beauty from the rear; the slim athletic Miss in riding clothes and boots, the buxom beauty of mature womanhood and the lusty well built girl in the middle; all tops in their own particular ways.

Things had gone rather well so far but I felt they would not remain on this level the whole trip and I was right. We walked, leaving the car on the lot and entered an exclusive shop. This was where Alice and Miss Cora bought their most precious things as did the well fixed of our village. Our town had only several shops and a department store and they did not stock the better class of merchandise.

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We went into this swank shop and in this southern city the shops were as good as Fifth Avenue. A charm- ing Miss came to us and she knew Alice and Miss Cora very well. They laughed and talked and Miss Vora turned to me. I was trying to hide behind some dresses on a rack. Miss Vora spoke to me. "Come here Elsie." I minced out and I saw myself in a glass and I had sort of an ashamed, silly simper on my face. The whole ordeal and the anticipation of what might come caused this. The pretty girl clerk looked my over and she did notice my hair that was not in keeping with my otherwise femin- ine looks. Miss Cora spoke to the girl: "I want to try some dresses on this young lady, she is now my daughter as I have adopted her."

To my horrer several women and girls came into the shop and were looking over the dresses on the racks. I was in a panic and though I should have been a good girl I stamped my foot and said in a rude manner, "What the heck, take me home Miss Cora, I'm not going to waste time in here". That was a mistake, a most foolish error on my part. I would have to learn the hard way. Miss Yora and Alice looked at me and I could

sense that they were not too surprised and neither were