So she had Annette lay in a good supply of food, and Mrs. Ackerman hauled several barrels of gasoline for the engine that ran the electric generator. It was hard work pumping the fuel into the tanks with a hand pump, and she was exhausted when she finished. So she bath- ed, ate a cold supper, and went to bed that night as Mrs. Ackerman.

Next afternoon clouds covered the sun, a cold wind brought in sleet, and the temperature dropped way be- low freezing. Water pipes burst all over town and all the water ran out, so she started the well pump. This cold wave lasted several days, then followed a few days of warmer weather. During this warm spell Char- lene searched till she found a warehouse filled with winter clothing, and had Annette load the panel truck with the garments she had chosen and bring them to her apartment house.

One day when leaden skies had dropped snow so thick that visibility was almost zero, a sudden wind blew away the clouds, and the sun came out brightly for a little while. Quickly donning a full wool skirt, sweater, knee-high sport hose and sport shoes, Charlene rushed outdoors. She enjoyed the feel of the wind as it whipped her skirt, and whistled around her bare thighs under skirt as she ran about the courtyard, shout- ing and luaghing and throwing snowballs.

Suddenly the wind died and the sun went behind a thick cloud. She lost all her gayety and felt gloomy and depressed. She ran into her bedroom, threw her- self down on the bed, and cried herslef to sleep in lone- liness.

She fell into a sort of routine. Annette would cook, Charlene would eat, Annette would wash the dishes and clean up the kitchen. Every week or so Mrs. Ackerman would check the electric generator and the water pump. One morning Charlene didn't feel like going to the trouble of dressing as Annette, so she just ate some dry cereal and canned fruit with condensed milk for breakfast. She took to leaving on her nightgown, mer- ely throwing on a negligee over it in the daytime. She sat around reading and listening to music on the phono- graph a good deal and ate nothing but sandwiches and

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