just to remain feminine. But I surely bless that fall off the rock and I could almost forgive the fool who threw the bottle except for the thought that it might have been a real girl who might have been cut far

worse.

The injections helped too when hair started to Of grow on my face. It came in fine and soft. course mother could not afford much for electrolysis but I could get a treatment at times. Between them she used hair removers and they seemed to discourage the growth. So with a shave every morning there was nothing to be seen. When I started to earn money my- self I got all that hair removed. Probably as a result of the injections there was none on my chest and al- most none on my arms and legs.

Every previous year I had gone to Mrs. Taylor's for a visit during the summer holidays. Of course, I had to dodge the old chums who might have remem- bered me as a boy. But I looked forward to getting back to the old town, and missed the visit very much that year with Harold away. I got almost homesick to see them and the old home. So I asked Mother if she thought there would be any chance of Miss Elliott al- lowing me to have Harold, as a girl of course, for a few days at Christmas. He would be Margaret, the name he had adopted, all during his stay. There was no chance of passing him off as a girl to Miss Elliott as she knew that my dear friend was a boy and I had told her about him dressing up. Mother was doubtful but said, "Miss Elliott certainly likes you very much. If you explain how much you miss your dear friend, and that he would be a perfect acting girl all the time he was here, you might get permission". Harold had sent me a lot of colored pictures taken on the long trip, and as he had gone as a girl, some of the ones taken in California with other girls were simply per- fect. He was beautiful. So one morning I showed some of them to Miss Elliott pointing out Harold and telling her that he went as Margaret for the whole trip as he liked dresses and being a girl so much.

She said, "He is so pretty and natural he should be a girl".

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