The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-03-23
A Woman
Halter
He Found That He Was
Unable to Withstand
the Sex
By F. A. mitchell

When | say that my uncle was a
woman hater, in justice TO him | must
state his reasons for being so. He
had had a twin brother whom he loved
better than he loved himself. They
were named Theodore and Edwin and
called for short Ted and Ned. Ted
was the one by whom | was adopted
When Ned was twenty-five years old
he married, first making stipulation
that his brother. Ted. should have
home with him and his wife. This
was agreed To by Mrs. Ned. who treat
ed Ted with as much sisterly affection
as If he were her own brother instead
of Ned's
But Mrs. Ned did not propose that
any one should interfere in the slight
est degree with her influence over her
husband. She well knew the affection
between twins and determined that
Ned should throw off his brothers in
fluence in favor of her own. The wed
ding ceremony over, she put into prac-
tice her plan for doing this.
As soon rs the couple returned from
their wedding trip Ned sent for his
brother to settle himself In the new
trlpartite home, Ted did so. but re-
manned there just one week. His sis.
ter-in-law intimated to her husband
that Ted had attempted To make love
to her. But lest Ted should convince
his brother OF the falsity Of the ac-
cusation she pledged Ned not to men
ton the matter to him. She would not
for the world make trouble between
the twins. Let 1t pass. Perhaps it
would not occur again.
Ned yielded to his wife I'm the mat.
ter, but. of course, turned the cold
shoulder to his brother. Ted not
knowing the cause of the GOODNESS. but
feeling that his brothers house was no
place for him, took himself elsewhere
For ten years the brothers were
estranged. Then Ned died His wife
had boosted to friend how she had
secured the undivided affection of her
husband, and that friend told Ted.
Ted had realized that his estrange-
ment from his brother had come
through his brothers wife, but was
unprepared for such a revelation
What shocked him especially was that
woman should consider any such
means Of gaining her husbands entire
submission II legitimate aud brilliant
move From the time of leaving his
brothers house Ted eschewed the so
ciety of women, and when he learned
after his brothers death how that
him unjusty he became woman
hater
Such was the condition of my uncle
when | went TO live with him | had
not been long in his house when he
one day took me into his study anG
said to me:
MY boy, | think you are old enough
TO understand what | am about to say
to you. possess a valua BILE property
which | propose TO hand down through
! you to others. who, it is my intention
+. shall be men | shall make you my
heir, stipulating that you shall bind
| yourself not TO marry. In other words
| YOU will hold my estate In trust foi
whomsoever you may decide to leav,
| it. provided that person be male
In this way | intend to keep any wo
man from ever having any benefit OF
my fortune"
| had not at this time been informed
Of my uncles opinion of the softer
| H.. Al Ia.
made him woman hater | asked
him why he proposed TO keep any wo
man from enjoying his estate. Ill
gave me lecture which | shall neve
forget Beginning with the belief %
earlier races of men that women d,
not POSSESS souls. he traced their grad
ual rise till in modern times they hav,
usurped positions formerly occupied 10y
men. He predicted that they woul,
eventually dominate men. who woul,
possess the same relations towar,
them as they had in ancient times hel,
toward men He attributed thi
change in the relative position of mel
and women to women being superio
TO men in all forms of duplicity.
OF course | was affected by this rea
soning, but not sufficiently TO caus
me to shun girls The young rattle
love than fear danger. and the fac
that | was educated to believe tina
the devil lurked in the bosom of ever
maid only rendered maids the NOR
attractive to me. | remember lookin
at bevy of schoolgirls about fifteen
the age when woman Is. to my thinl
ing. a thing of beauty If not JOY FOL
overland wondering IT, indeed, the
had been born without souls IL the
were devils they were certainly yer
| attractive devils Then one day | wa
; walking behind one of these creature
: who was carrying a lot of books. Sc
eral of the volumes slipped throug
her arms and fell on the payemen
Perhaps 1t was Satan that promptt
me to pick them up for her. AT an
rate, | did so. and when she turnt
a pair of robins egg eyes up at n
and gave me a smile l felt a delicio'
sensation steal over my whole bein
IL the devil was in those lips | W;