second to none of its kind in the city, and if Lydia was admitted she would be expected to perform the work assigned to her without any nonsense about time off to go shopping, or out with a boy friend or any other diversion. Lydia smiled at the mention of a boy friend, as she didn't think she was ready for that yet.

She was given a form to fill out which presented some difficulties. She couldn't say she had been born the day before, or that she had been a soldier, and had lately been employed as a construction worker! She compromised by using the dates of Hank's life where she could. She used his hometown as her birth place, and his birthday as her date of birth. For her previous employment she wrote that she had done some secretarial work for a small manufacturing firm in Hank's hometown. The firm had gone out of business sometime ago and she thought no one would be apt to check up on her statement that she had been employed there.

The severe looking lady at the desk accepted her application with a superior air that implied that if Lydia was accepted as a student it would be a great surprise to the school. She wrote down Lydia's phone number and address, and told her she would be informed in a day or two if she was to be accepted. Lydia felt like borrowing from Hank's vocabulary and tell the superior lady where she could go and take the school with her, but she restrained herself and accepted the haughty manner of the manager.

The young lady in charge of the charm school, where Lydia went next, was a very different type than the business schoolmarm. She was about the same age as Lydia, neatly dressed, and her actions and man- ner were a good advertisement for the accomplishments of the school. She was a very friendly person and assured Lydia that in no time at all Lydia would equal Liz Taylor, Kim Novak, or any other female movie star in charm and manners. Lydia didn't believe her, but as she was looking more for experience with other women than attempting to become a movie star she enrolled in the school, and arrangements were made for her to attend classes three nights a week.

It was about time for lunch when Lydia finished at the school, and she thought she would go to one of the popular restaurants in the town. She wanted to mingle with other women, and find out how well she could manage the handling of her purse, her gloves, and all the little feminine mannerisms that come naturally to a girl, but were new ex- periences for her. Much to her surprise she found she was much more

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