and got a reply that it was perfectly all right as she would be away visiting most of that time. My new name was soon settled. Father's people had come from Scotland and his mother was Jean. Then too, Jean was Jack in French. So Jean I became and by the end of the month all of us had forgotten I was ever Jack. To day I have to think back to remember it.
I had a lovely holiday at the lake, made close friends with two girls my age, went to everything, learned to pass things at afternoon gatherings the lad- ies had. I constantly watched the girls ways till even mother agreed that I acted as though I had been born a girl. The only thing she was afraid of was that I felt myself so much a girl I might become careless anc give myself away. So she constantly impressed on me to be careful dressing or undressing when we went swim- ming.
We moved to MissElliotts just before school start- ed. I liked her very much at once, and she told mot- her that I was quiet and had very good manners. We had our own apartment with two bedrooms and sitting room and bath, there was no danger of catching me undressed. Mother's work was easy for there was a woman to do all cleaning and the heavier work. Af- ternoons she typed out what Miss. Elliott had written that morning or the evening before. I was allowed the run of the study and to read any of the hundreds of books as long as I kept quiet. It was a wonderful help to my education. Many of course were too old for me but she never made fun of my comments. She at times reviewed childrens books, and got the habit of having me read them to get a child's viewpoint. I got to love her dearly and she told mother that is she had ever married she would have wanted a daughter just like me. She had explained her dislike of boys about as Mrs. Taylor had told mother.
There was some difficulty getting me into my new school. I had my report from my former one and of course I was Jack on it. Luckily it was written so mother had no trouble erasing it and putting Jean. Then too, there was a typed letter from the principal.
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