Transvestia

and smoothed down their clothes which had become very awry. Mary suggested it would be better for the time being that Uncle John should be kept as much in the dark about her discovery and reaction as Aunt Amy should be about Evie's real sex, and Evie agreed to this. Mary helped Evie set his wig in place, and, almost as thoroughly as Phyllis had done, she checked on the various points of his tran- sformation, so that there would be no give-away when Aunt Amy returned. She gave him another quick kiss and pushed him back as he was about to take her in his arms again. With a loving smile, she promised to see him later on, when they could be alone to- gether.

They were none too soon, for just then the others returned. No one seemed to notice how happy Evie seemed to be, nor how Mary made covert signs at the pretty girl-boy, so everything went off well. But worse, or seemingly so, was to follow, for, on the next day, Evie was walking with Aunt Amy across the field adjoining the garden. Neither of them had noticed the bull that was grazing there, until suddenly they heard it snorting as it came towards them. Evie grabbed his aunt's arm and hurried her towards a small gate out of the field, but soon saw that they weren't going to get there before the bull would be on them. He told Aunty Amy to make for the gate, and he himself turned to face the oncoming animal. He suddenly ripped off the pretty frock he was wear- ing, and, waving it matador-fashion in front of the bull, he drew its attention to himself. The animal stopped for a moment, during which time Aunt Amy had got to the gate and he himself had backed half the distance to it while still facing the restless bull. Then the bull charged and, with the horrified Aunt Amy looking on, Evie played that animal with his waving tattered frock as well as any Spanish bull- fighter had done in the bull-ring. Moving aside at just the right moment, the animal thundered past him, tearing the torn dress from his hands and causing him to fall down for a moment.

But he was up at once

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