as they have worn dresses for years back now. But the bigger ones, and men especially: 'It's against nature," that's his favorite expression. I was afraid he would think Betty was the thin edge of the wedge. But I met his housekeeper this afternoon, and I think she has set- tled him."

"What happened?"

"He has a married neice in New York State, mar- ried a Campbell too. He thinks a lot of her. She has three boys, eight to twelve they are now, and he is always talking about what fine boys they are. So she said he had no picture of them since babies, and had written about it. Said it was lucky she was there when the new picture arrived or she would never have seen it. He was not going to show her when he opened it, but she insisted. It was taken specially, boys all dres- sed up in the prettiest dresses, all long hair, one braid- ed, and to cap it all, ears pierced and pretty earrings. She said she thought he would have a fit. She told him what fine boys they were, and he came out with his favorite 'against nature.' She said: 'I got mad. Go out to the hen house, who is strutting around out there all dolled up?' Not the poor hens. What about that big animal picture upstairs with the lions? He has the fancy hair-do, not his wife. She is as plain as can be. It's not against nature at all. Boys and men have as much right to look nice as we do, maybe more, af- ter having to wear those horrid clothes for centuries, till at last they got some sense, ог more like it, we got it for them. He got out, but I noticed today the picture is on the desk in his office so I guess I did some good."

Anyway," Miss Brett said, "he would think Betty was a girl if he did drop in. It will be a lot simpler to let him come as just another girl.

So Karen and I started that morning with Alice and Irene. I sat next to Karen and at recess we went out with the other girls and played with the little ones. All through school days it was the same, and no one took me for a boy. Public school was uneventful. I had lots of time to study so did well, took two years class-