her hand explored under the skirt.

He felt cool air on his legs as she raised the skirt, then her weight pressed down upon him and he had a wonderful feeling of warmth. He opened his eyes and was startled to see that Thelma had removed all her makeup, and had combed her hair in a side part like a boy's. She smil- ed at him, and when he smiled back, she told him to put his arms around her. He did so, and was carried away in a flood of sensation like nothing he had ever known.

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When Charlie was fifteen, Thelma married and moved away from Coal City. He retrieved as many of her castoff garments and cosmetics as he could, and hid them under a pile of teenage junk in his closet. He would put these on whenever he could, but his de- sire to be a girl wasn't as strong as it had been, on account of his experiences with Thelma.

The summer before he was a senior in high school he worked and earned enough money to attend a phil- atelic convention in Cincinnati. His uncle thought it would be good for him to be on his own for a week, so his aunt packed an overnight bag for him, and he bought a round trip bus ticket and departed. Before leaving he slipped into his room and put a complete change of his feminine garments with his other clothes.

Arriving in Cincy he took a room at an expensive hotel, and ate in expensive restaurants. At nights in his room he would dress up in his female garb, and put on the makeup he had. He began wearing the panties and nylon hose underneath his male clothing during the day. He bought several stamps at the exhibitions. which he attended during the day. In the evenings he went to movies, which took more of his money.

On Thursday he started to buy a stamp he wanted and discovered that he was broke. He didn't even have enough money to eat on his way home. He turned in his return bus ticket for eating money, and started to hitchhike home. He packed his bag without taking time to change, forgetting that he was wearing lingerie under his other clothes.

He started walking out Highway 50 toward the city

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