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have to let me wear a dress."

Looking at me all the while, Mother pondered a moment before replying, "You're certainly right. That hair does look absurd on a boy, but, on the other hand, it would look almost as absurd with the dresses you have been wearing They are way too old for that hairdo. "Then, glancing at her watch, she exclaimed, "There's still plenty of time Your Father will be simply furious, but I'm going to do it anyway." Completely freightened at her statement, thinking she meant there was still time that afternoon to get a hair- cut I started to voice some protest, but she misunderstood me and interrupted saying, "Oh, I wont get anything expen- sive, just a simple little frock becoming for your age,"

Then, understanding her, I almost jumped for joy, while she said to Sis, "You come along with me, I'd like your ideas for you know better than I what girls his age are wearing And to me she said, "You wait right here K---, we ll be back just as soon as we can.

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Wait? I would have waited for days at the thought of what was coming and too I couldn't go out looking as I did. But it seemed they were gone for hours or days though it was really only about an hour and a half Then they were back armed with a lot of bundles that I wanted to tear from them. Sis, seeing my eagerness began to kid me unmercifully, but Mother shut her up with a reminder of what I had gone through for her, and took me and the bun- dles into her room There despite my eagerness to get at the contents Mother explained that she had intended only to get a little $1.98 wash dress, but on finding nothing suitable she ended up looking at regular summer dresses. Finding two that she was undecided between she had bought them both Then, at Sis' suggestion, she had bought the underthings to go with it and a pair of shoes

Then and only then were the treasures revealed. There was a bra, padded with rubber for the too slight figure, very frilly white nylon panties and matching slip. The shoes were little linen play sandals with a wedge heel, and the two dresses were heavenly. One was a brown chambray with a white bib-effect, white collar and cuffs. The other