RANSVESTIA

"How did it go?” he asked.

"Perfectly, Sir,” I said, “we didn't even get our feet wet.'

"Good," he replied. "Well, Miss Prein, you are about to start on your 'great adventure.' Good luck.”

"Thank you, Sir."

"Helen

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uh Lt. Osborne will pick you up at my home. You'll be in her charge completely for the next few months at a farm away from the city. You will have no contact with us until she is satisfied that you can impersonate the real Prein."

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Lieutenant Osborne in 'civvies' was waiting for us. We bade the Colonel good-bye and drove off. A little over an hour later we pulled into a well-kept but secluded farm. "We're home," she said. "Welcome to Helen's Hideaway. This farm is mine and is a nice retreat from city life." I had many thoughts running through my mind, and just gave her a smile for an answer.

We went in and I looked around. She showed me through the house. My bedroom was across the hall from hers, and we each had private baths. The living room was quite large and had a huge fireplace across one end of it. A dining room and the kitchen with a little dinette com- prised the ground floor. There were four bedrooms upstairs - but they were closed off and seldom used.

"Well, Greta," she said, "It's early, so we may as well get started. From now on, I'm Helen and you are Greta. You'll find everything you need in your room. Take a shower, shave your body and dress while I pre- pare us a bite to eat."

And so started my training. I had a few pangs of doubt and misgiv- ings as my uniform and male clothing went into the fireplace. But, I was now Greta Prein, and it was too darned late to change my mind. After dinner, we did the dishes all the while Helen was instructing me how to walk, sit, rise, use my hands and anything else she could think of that would help me become feminine. We finally relaxed in the living room, but I was still under training. Helen brought out an electrolysis machine and permanently shaped my eyebrows to those in Greta's photograph. "That's enough for tonight," she said as she finished with me. "Let's get some rest.'