had never objected. She had never explained how she always happen- ed to have clothes that would fit him but somehow or other, every year at Hallowe'en and on some other special occasions, pretty girl- ish garments appeared from somewhere and now, as he thought back, he could feel a little, some of those excited feelings he had had on those occasions.
yes,
His train of thought was suddenly interrupted by the appear- ance of Jill, But no, that couldn't be Jill, who was it? He, it was a man or young man about his own age. Where was the pretty girl he had taken out to dinner? Here stood in attractive but un- mistakably man's shirt, trousers and dressing gown, Jill. His sur- prise gave way to understanding as he noted that her hair which had always been rather short, had been arranged so that she presented a quite masculine appearance. Her breasts had mysteriously dis- appeared and later on he was to find out why.
She did not seem to be embarrassed but sat beside him and told him that when she first met him she had felt intuitively that he was in some way, part woman and for herself, she knew that she had often wished she were a man. Both had two sides to their personal- ities and this should enable them to be good and understanding friends.
Then, before he could say anything, Jill took Jack quite for cibly in her (his?) arms and kissed him hard. Then he knew that he could enjoy his new role and would continue to do so.
For a long time they talked of their other selves and made plans to continue their friendship, foreseeing a chance for both sides in each of them to have their sway.
Whether they will marry I do not know but if they do they should get along well since each should be able to understand the other intimately.
Some months later I read an announcement in the daily paper which began:
The marriage of Miss Jill K--- to Mr. Jack L---
What wasn't announced was that in their going away luggage Jill took her male clothes while Jack took some lovely feminine gar- ments. It really was fortunate that their baggage was locked and the keys were not available when fun-seeking friends sought to put rice among their clothing.
Winfie, Calif.
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