The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-09-28

threatened exposure if he did not pro
vide for him. Indeed, for time, he
did so. Then he realized that Lucien
was the ruling passion in this lonely
womcns life. He found out where
the child was hidden, and threatened
to take him away. Anne was frantic.
The positions became reversed. |
Where Arnold had given money for |
Lucien's support, as the years went
on he forced money from Anne Wat
son instead until she was always pen
niless. The lower Arnold sank in the
scale, the heavier his demands be-
came. With the rupture between him
and his family things were worse.
Anne took the ch;,d from the home
and hid him in farmhouse near
Casanova, on the Claysburg road.
There she went sometimes to see the
boy, and there he had taken fever.
The people were Germans, and he
called the farmers wife grossmutter.
He had grown into beautiful boy,
and he was all Anne had to live for.
The Armstrong; left for California,
and Arnold's prosecutions began anew.
| He was furious over the child's dis
, appearance and she was afraid he
, would do her some hurt. She left the
, big house and went down to the lodge.
, When l had rented Sunnyside, how
: ever, she had thought the prosecutions
. would stop. She had applied for the
:. position of housekeeper and secured 1t.
: That had been on Saturday That
h night Louise arrived Unexpectedly.
k Thomas sent for Mrs. Watson and
y then went for Arnold Armstrong at
e the Greenwood club. Anne had been
fond of Louise--she reminded her of
G Lucy. She did not know what the
h trouble was, but Louise had been in
:, state of terrible excitement. Mrs
l. Watson tried to hide from Arnold, but
IS he was ugly. He left the lodge and
1t went up to the house about 2:30, was
l. admitted at the east entrance and
came out again very soon. Something
i had occurred, she didn't know what;
n but very soon Mr.. lnnes and another
ID gentleman left, using the car.
t. Thomas and she had got Louise
,e quiet, and a little before three Mrs
at Watson started up to the house
l Thomas had a key to the east entry
en- and gave it to her
or On the way across the lawn sh,
I'd was confronted by Arnold, who TO
some reason was determined to ge
1T, into the house. He had a golf-sticl
to in his hand that he had picked u
at, somewhere, and on her refusal he ha
all struck her with it. One hand ha
ur been badly cut, and it was that, pois
ty oning having set in, which was KILN
Jul her. She broke away in frenzy {
lip rage and fear, and got into the hons
lily while Gertrude and Jack Bailey wer
at the front door. She went upstairs
RS hardly knowing what she was dom,
Gertrude's door was open, and Ha
nd sey's revolver lay there on the be,
'ge She picked it up and turning ran pa
ley way down the circular staircase. 81
cir could hear Arnold fumblisg at T.
die Jock outside. She slipped down quie
eft ly and opened the door; he was /
,irl side before she had got back to Il
Jul stairs. 1t was quite dark, but 81
len could see his white shirt-bosom Fro
10, the fourth step she fired. As he fs
,vn somebody in the billiard roo
the screamed and ran. When the alar
W. was raised she had had no time
ere get upstairs; she hid in the west viii
dis until every one was down on d
ner over floor. Then she slipped upstai
lie and thew the revolver out of en- U
" per window, going down again in tir
attn ~ - oo.ni, me men from the Greenwo
ord, o,..,
had 49, nod susosstea. he b
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