it would be about impossible after a girl's education to change back to a boy. But he was perfectly satisfied to be the sister, in fact said he had often wished watching other boy's sisters that he had been born a girl, for he loved the looks of their clothes. So we got him a girls outfit and a wig, and he looked so natural and pretty and loved his new clothes so much it decided us. That was four years ago. We sent him to a relation who had a family of girls for the summer. He went as Harold, came back as Edith named for her aunt, and in love with her new life. We sent her to a girl's school where they had many girl-boy pupils and she has had a girl's education. It is funny isn't it though that she would not change back for anything, yet the boys think it was a big sacrifice she made for them and try in everyway to make up to her for it. If she was easy to spoil they would have her completely spoiled."

On our return, I got a lovely present from the bank. Before we left they had bought a building in a new part of the city to open a branch. Many of the women customers lived near it. So since I had worked with most of the m and knew their problems, they made me assistant manager of the branch, and after a few years manager. We decided to continue to live in the old house, so close to both sets of parents. Mother no longer needed to work so we built on an apartment for her.

Next year our first son arrived. I had told Evelyn that no matter what sex the baby would have her name. She objected that it was a girl's name and she wanted a boy. But I replied to that, that it was also a boy's name in England. She had firmly decided that the first boy would be a girl-boy like his father. So Evelyn he was. Naturally he was his grandfather's favorite, and soon showed he had inherited his love for building. So as soon as he was able to walk almost, a small girl-boy followed grandfather aredad on all the jobs, and the workmen soon knew her by name and talked to her. she was in High School she was doing a lot of the book work. After graduation she took over a lot of the real work. Mother said that her mother would have had a fit at the idea of a girl in a pretty dress bossing carpenters and masons, and two fits if she had seen one in rubber boots and overalls bossing bulldozers digging out cellars.

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