Transvestia

Eddie had been trained and drilled by his mother to keep things neat and orderly. His experience in the navy had also encouraged his naturally orderly and neat character. The disorder and untidiness of the bedroom shocked and amazed him.

Lily, herself, looked neat enough in a becoming silk bed jacket, and her hair was nicely fixed. She had applied some make-up, and Eddie could find nothing wrong with her appearance, but the room looked as if a cyclone had struck it, The slack outfit Lily had worn the night before was lying on the floor where she had left it. Several articles of her underwear were scattered all over the room, some of it apparently had been there for days. Shoes of every discription were dropped and left just where they had been removed.

By the looks of the bedroom, and the living room, and even his own room Eddie knew he would be busy for several days getting the place in shape.

He was making great headway in the kitchen when about two hours after he had served Lily her breakfast, she appeared dressed to go out. "I am sorry, but I will have to leave you alone for the rest of the day," she said. "I have a date for this afternoon and evening. I will have to trust you and leave everything in your care." Eddie thanked her for her confidence in him, and said she needn't worry, he didn't have any place to go, or anything to do if he did go anywhere.

By the middle of the afternoon, Eddie had finished in the kitchen, and started working in the bedroom. While he was picking up the various pairs of shoes scattered here and there about the room, it occured to him they looked about his size, and wondered if they would fit him. He playfully tried on a pair and found they were al- most a perfect fit! Since the shoes fitted him maybe some of the other clothes would fit him also. He held up one of the dresses before him, and looked at himself in the full length mirror. He thought he could wear the dress, and although he was tempted to put it on he thought better of it since it was his first day, and he was not yet fami- liar with Lily's habits.

Eddie knew he was a transvestite, and had often

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