his waist and hips were not large enough to hold them up properly. He dug through the hamper till he found some of Christine's clothes and put on a pair of her panties.
He passed up the bra, as he had no idea how to fasten it, and putting on a slip and dress, he went to look at himself in the full length mirror in the en- trance hall. He was pleased with what he saw.
Thereafter, he would "dress up" every chance he got. He began wearing clean clothes from the girls' rooms, trying Thelma's too, eventually, as he was fill- ing out and could wear some of her tighter briefs. However, one day he overheard Thelma complaining to her mother that Christine had been wearing her linger- ie. Christine denied it. This warned him to leave the dresser drawers alone, and he went back to the laundry hamper.
Soon after this Thelma began to stay home on Sat- urday when the rest of the family went out. This lim- ited Charlie's transvestic activities to smuggling a pair of panties or hose, or a slip from the bathroom to his room at night and back again.
Then one Friday night his uncle announced that he had to attend a foremen's meeting in Parkersburg the next day. The company was going to pay his expenses, and the family could go and shop while he was in his meeting. Then they would eat at a nice restaurant and take in a show. Charlie said he'd better stay home and work on his English as he had a paper to write. He was almost trembling in his excitement at the thought of having the house to himself all day. His heart sank as Thelma said she couldn't go; then rose again as she explained, "I have an appointment at the beauty shop at ten a.m. and I've got a date after that."
Next morning he could hardly wait for Thelma to leave. She washed the breakfast dishes, cleaned up the kitchen, and put out a small wash. At last she left just quarter to ten. He watched through the living room window and as soon as she turned the corner toward town he raced to the bathroom.
To his dismay there was nothing in the laundry hamper, but some of his aunt's clothes. He briefly
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