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more I got to know her, the more I
found her to be just an eccentric old
lady. So, one day I asked Walt about
the name.
“Oh, Hatchet Woman?” he
replied. “It’s a long story.”
Walt told me he and the young
man before me had come into the area
looking for a place to stay. They
found the ad for the small apartment
and went to check it out. Betty,
Hatchet Woman’s real name, was
very businesslike, and they soon
agreed on a lease.
Walt said he quickly learned that
when Betty was upset, she liked to
take a shovel, a hoe, a machete, or a
