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found Susanna putting his own wife's wedding dress on him.

For a while, cross-dressing was passed off as a joke, a gag. His wife's puritan background was an impenetrable barrier through which no amount of explanation would seep. Little by little how- ever she began to be annoyed with Susanna's presence. A few Halloween dances became the limit of her tolerance and so, to keep peace at home, Susanna was forced to go underground. Her opportunities became extremely scarce and for long periods of time practically non-existent. Ten, twelve, years went by until Susanna's pent up emotions could no longer be repressed. She was eating away at her brother's nervous system. He became morose irritable, mean. Finally Susanna pushed him out of his house and kept him away many a night in a nearby city where she could ex- press herself. First it was a hotel room, then a masquerade dance where she made a few friends of girls like herself also locked up in male bodies. Some of them were nice people, some not so nice, but after all they were the only ones who accepted her, who did not smirk, ridicule or laugh. It certainly was not the ideal company for Susanna, but it was either that or stay alone in some hotel room. So she chose the company although it might mean to be labelled with a tag which she did not deserve. It should be noted here that at no time did Susanna interfere with her twin "brother's" life as a productive member of society. She took ad- vantage of his free time, but she was intelligent enough to real- ize that her very existence depended on his ability to be a good provider and citizen. She stayed away from his professional act- ivities--staying contentedly on her own side of the fence. Fate finally intervened and her "brother" became a widower.

Soon after that he met THE woman. The one he had dreamed about all his life. The woman who was all heart and kindness and understanding, the woman who not only accepted Susanna, but who set to make c: her the lady she was meant to be, the woman who patiently taught Susanna (after baptizing her) how to really look and act the part of a woman. And so Susanna dropped her former associations and basked in this new life. She was taken everywhere by her "brother's" new wife: movies, restaurants, stores, walks, parties. She lost her apprehensions and for the first time found true peace and happiness. And having found them, she and her "brother's" wife decided that they would both give help and oppor-