culiar ways; but oventually they got to talking end Princoss Marguerite turned out to be so sympathetic and understanding that she had no trouble winning Gay's confidence. She heard all about the many suitors and Prince John and how the King and Queen were forcing her to choose a husband from among the guests at the Ball. In fact, she soon had the whole story of Prince Gaylord's transformation. Princess Gay had only once before told anyone this story, and she had been tormented about it so torribly that she never again tried to convince anyone that she had really been a boy. So she was both surprised and relieved when Princess Marguerito exclaimed, "How strange! The very same thing happened to my brother, Prince Alexander. We were little girls together he was Princess Alice then and one day when he was six and I was four, wo wore playing in the courtyard. No one else was around, but I saw this wicked Fairy you speak of. He came and made some strange gestures, and when he left, little Alice wasn't little Alice anymore. Ho's been Alex over since. It was a terrible disgrace to the family, being royalty and all, but Mother and Father chose Just to ignore it. Poor Alex! He's had the same kind of trouble that you have, only reversed, of course. No one would believe him either." It had nover occurred to Gay that there might be anyone else like her.

The two young princesses were very silent for a while, each wrapped up in her own thoughts. Suddenly Princess Gay had a brilliant idea. "Princess Marguerite!" she exclaimed, Jumping up from the small stone bench they were sitting on. "Do you suppose maybe Alex

Princess Marguerite immediately saw what Gay was thinking and, grabbing her by the hand, led her off toward the ball"Woll, let's ask him," she said.

room.

Six months later, Prince Alexander and Princess Gay wore married in the Royal Palace. Inmediately after the celebration, they wont to live in their own little castle in the Kingdom of Wonderland. They lived together like two happy, innocent children, since neither cared to be husband and wife. In fact, theirs was really more of a brother-sister relationship. Gay the brother and Alex the sister.

The whole first year after Gay's "marriago" was wonderfully happy. She had no vor had any friends before and

now