FICTION

The Cooperative Wife

by A. T. R.

The very real fear of condemnation and re- jection prevents many transvestites from seeking the understanding help of others. The atmosphere of intimacy and love created in the marriage re- lationship is even, in many cases, insufficient to bring timid transvestities to share their big secret with their partner.

This is the story of a man

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a transvestite

from early childhood - who married without sharing his most important secret in the belief that his wife could never understand his compulsion to dress and behave on occasion as a woman. Time and an understanding wife proved him wrong. The story is told partly in prose and partly in poetry.

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It was Mary Ann's bridge club evening and as usual she hurried through the dishes. Leaving Bill to dry them she was gone until midnight or so she thought. Sarah Morrison was suddenly taken ill and by seven-thirty Mary Ann was already half way home. No one had really cared to play after hearing of Sarah's misfortune. Even if Bill would be busy with his company reports Mary Ann wouldn't mind the evening at home. Perhaps she would bake some cookies.

The front door was locked. That was strange. Going through her purse for the key Mary Ann noticed

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