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"No," I said, "I only like to dress as a girl now and then. I wouldn't want to be one all the time, though I find it nice, especially after last night with you."

She took me into her arms and kissed me, saying, "You are the sweetest girl I have ever known." I returned the kiss in full measure, and felt like a girl again.

After we had made love for a while, Grace said, "I am going to tell you a secret about Anna, and I am sure you will be surprised. She is a man.

it," I said. "I never She is as feminine as Surely she can't be a

"You don't really mean suspected it for a moment. any maid I have ever seen. man. With that face and figure."

She

"Anna is a I mean he

strange case. She really is a man. was for a long time on the pro- fessional stage as a female impersonator, and a very successful one. I saw him in his act many times, and admired him greatly, it being, as you know, my hobby. I mean female impersonation. I made his acquaintance some time ago, and we often dined to- gether. He was only earning fair pay at his work, and it was a hard life, playing vaudeville twice a day and moving all over the country, and, if fully booked, only working 40 weeks a year, with 12 weeks without salary. Besides there were disagreeable features in connection with his work; people often ridicule a female impersonator, and look down on them, and make unpleasant, insinuating remarks. Of course, he was hardened to this, but still it was very unpleasant. It was that he should come and work for me as my maid, and I would pay him more than he was earning on the stage, and supply all his clothes. The only stipulation was that he was to dress and live as a girl completely, wearing no icle of male attire at any time. He was to serve as my maid----and companion. He accepted eagerly.