The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1917-06-21
A Woman
Halter
He Found That He Was
Unable to Withstand
the Sex
A r. A. mitchell

NneD i say tnht my uncle was
woman hater, In justice to him must
state his reasons for being So He
bad had twin brother whom be 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 a stipulation
that his brother. Ted, should have q
home with him and his wife This
was agreed to by Mrs. Ned. who treat
ed Ted with as much sisterly affection
as II he were her own brother instead
OF Ned's.
But Mrs. NSi 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 of his brothers in
fiuence In favor Of her own The wed
ding ceremony over, she put into prac-
tce her plan for doing this.
As soon as the couple returned from
their wedding trip Ned sent for his
brother to settle himself in the new
tripartite home. Ted did so, but re-
NAMED 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 IL the falsity OF the &C.
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 1t
would not occur again.
Ned yielded to his wife in 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 a 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 q revelation.
What shocked him especially was that
a woman should consider any such
means Of gaining her husbands entire
submission q legitimate and brilliant
move. From the time Of leaving his
brothers house Ted eschewed the 30
ciety Of women, and when he learned
after his brothers death how that
brother had been made to condemn
him unjustly he became . woman
hater.
Such was the condition of my uncle |
when l went to live with him. I had
not been long In bis house when he |
one day took me into bis study and
said to me:
my boy, think you are old enough
10 understand what am about to say
to you. ] possess a valuab BILE property,
which propose to hand down through
You to others. who, 1t Is my intention,
shall be men. l shall make you my
heir, stpulatng that you shall bind
yourself not to marry. In other words.
you viii hold my estate in trust for
whomsoever you may decide to leave
T. provided that person be . male.
IN this way I intend to keep any wo-
nan from ever having any benefit Of
ny fortune"
had not at this time been informed
Il my uncle's opinion Of the softer
'ex or the circumstances that had
made him . woman hater. ! asked
lin why he proposed to keep any wo-
nan from enjoying his estate. He
ave me Q lecture which shall never
orget Beginning with the belief of
'arlier races Of men that women do
lot possess souls, he traced their grad.
lal rise till In modern times they have
lsurped positions formerly occupied BY
nen. He predicted that they would
ventually dominate men, who would
'ossess the same relations toward
hem as they had In ancient times held
oward men. He attributed this
hange In the relative position OF men
nd women to women being superior
0 men In all forms Of duplicity.
OF course was affected by this rea-
oning, but not sufficiently to cause
ne to shun girls. The young rather
I'VE than fear danger, and the fact
hat | was educated to believe that
be devil lurked In the bosom OF every
laid only rendered maids the more
to me. ! remember looking
bevy OF schoolgirls about fifteen
he age when woman is, TO my think
lg, thing OF beauty II not Joy for
wondering II. indeed, they
ad been born without souls. II they
ere devils they were certainly very
ttractiye devils. Then one day ] was {
alking behind one OF these creatures, I
no was carrying lot Of books. Sew /
al Of the volumes slipped through q
er arms and fell on the pavement. s
erhaps II was Satan that prompted c
e 70 pick them up for her At any 1
tie, ] did 80, and when she turned '
pair OF robins egg eyes up at me I
I'd gave me smile felt a delicious e
.nsation steal over my whole being. v
the devil WAS I'm those Inns I WINS N