The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1916-08-04
A Man Halter
How She Was Con-
verted From Her
Antaeonism
By ESTHER vANDEvEER


There are all sorts Of persons In the
word, both men and women Those
who have an abnormal Development Of
sgrne kind are usually called cranks-
Miss Clara Bedford was one Of these
There was NO ism too radical for her.
One Of her kiiosyncrasies was antag-
onism 10 man Man had kept woman
under his bed for centuries. making
her what she Is. Oh. rather. what she
was. foI, thank heaven. she Is now
every day asserting herself
How about children she was
asked There must be fathers as well
as mothers II women hate men. where
I'm he babies come inT
MIH Bedford had no reply for this
Unreasonable persons dOnr seem 10
nsed a reply 10 questions that tumble
Ehe1r theories about their heads; their
confidence in what they believe Is NOT
a xfIit Iessened from the want OF rea-
son Thy 90 right On just as II they
had an answer and perfectly salts
factory 0Ba
Neperthelesz. Ms Beirord was q
WrT human be1nR Down IN the bot
tom d her haart she l0Ved an tuiagf
Hy man and yenrned for q child
However. acting upon hH preiudIces.
ahe arranged f1r her summer 20 set
away from men Shs was wealthy and
bought q TRACK Of land IN New HAmp-
shire upop which she built a cottage
There sbe vent with servants and q
few eonpanioos q her own sex re
solved that II aH man trespassed On
her property Ne would call upan the
law 70 eject him
She used % eek Up IN the morning
early and take ling valks- One nom
ing on one Of these walks she saw on
I the border Of her domain teaL What
| ves vorse than the tent was 4 man
4 waking away fTu-n II Ms Betfoct
started ~ ODne for the t-zpasser. but
I before So reached him be bad disap-
reared among the tres2L REACHING the
I tent, she pulled back The nnras IN
fronf md pe9ef m
What vas her aAnutstnzn % Sc
hing On bsd q hO1ghs chil6- a III
Sle gid about to years 01-asleep-
One cHubby arm vas chmgn back
upon N p1TlO-fR 6He vas some
beddfnz-ehe och0 vU under the Gov
IG he f1e hztr v1s trmbies1. The
chaaks we've round and Dsy. N the
chin vzs . dlmplA The Lips were
partHd and showed few little white
ten - N pfnk g@
MIS- Bedford went into the tent and
appsnachsd the sleeptng chfh ne
cUper at cns noe Of the bed was disar-
ranged and shO~ed i've little toes
Nnse Bedford coud not res1st temp
tat1on % take them n her fngen Thz
enid gzTe = hrrle kick. opened Ms eyes
and frvvnad AZ the trezp4sser Then.
m brow smoothing Il sid
-zlan@
AN3 BednDui be1t Orxr the ntfIe gfn-
uhO PIT Osz boCh arms 70 her 20 b
tzhen N She nfted TIE fnfanrfle bur.
On q 1eehfrum he rule c00ch ktD-
Eg II IS SIC dtd 30. and pulling Is
cINhs abo1f n oDnk wicker ehat-
, 0s only srt.rSs n the tent On whsrh @
80 and hugEsd the baby 20 her b-east
Dtn6ln-- sd ths Iit11s one
-Dfndfu-- repesfed MIS- Bedford
How an % gst yo1. dear Hffle enid
erv dfndtny she hooked abo1t he-
an vent 81 -neres nO<hfn- here 70,
Ervzn p%rsDe % est much leS for Z
ehEd Tse1e were : cup and = same.
and : spool- tSrt MOI Do-sel % eat
-DlDsttn-- repeated .the child
I'D Ike % know where that h1<1i<
man 4 -hO len yO1 here 70 stzva-
szSd Ms Bedford
Ian here- sid vOsce. and nan
viii . cz0 u mix In his hand threv
: hack re tent zap Mss Bedford saw
, that be lad z0oe for TIE babE's b-eak
fzs1 and fo--zve him
Where dSd yD1 81 the nIIk7- -
; esked
-Fpu Ooe u yozr cOEs Ip7suD,
yu are the owner % the CIR mixed
-nats n0t eDSr=h- You'd better -
soze no1e
H. Kan Ps1r-d tn NM into aa1th
4 e cup and Ef1hoat rord Eeaf away
I Will he Was rsae Ms Bedford cavl
- little xxi mix % drink, whkcA- -
. t1g warn fr0a the cor. ID nj Ees-
: % - be.resl A. zhe st hoszizg IL
: Wki-s nix 20 the FernEs0l ms 50
wzs v016s-l-x b0E TIE Esn cane :
king hahF ca % ~ r-gQe-1E A.
feed 4 WIKI MIX frcn hsr COWS IA.
= M heen for TIE in5one1t nr1Ie bob
Sc niEhz hare Upkratied hin thoeE
= he Eore . sid eOc1tenA1ce- Sc y
ne-nbe-ed har prs1c5psas and rsSolrs
! % gfre hin pieoe q her mind - so
- he returned
\. But BIZ tbs tine the chIlt I'D drzn
: the MIR an. VAS readr for MOTE
Is ths1e nj a E.e-sel % hreasi n q
% teury- asked MIS- Belfn1a
-Nat Z cTase- repsie-i tie man ssdll
Go q nv bolsetsnd tel TIE ccok I
give yc1 saz-e ~ the cereal she i y,
Il parins for tr-akfsst ana such oshs
. foo.a - she can Hnl that YIN Do for
baby1s fcct.-
-Yoo are very ktnsd an snrp-tscs
\ IL Was tc,d that yOu Would permit 4
trp<psssing On yorr rrOPerty. 80 q
q not cSmr On T. an just t.eyOaa ycS
: border
n What co yca mcan NJ keea10g IN
= chslf n tcns with ncthing n eat e
= cert what yOa can ST ~ foragsngy
~rcverty.~ Was the iaccatc rcNly-
q ssyvh,ra a the ehlld,s rnothery