The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-12-30

Gray silk gown with cream lace.
in everybody's way in his eagerne.s
to fetch and carry. / got him away
finally. by sending him to fix UP the
car az n sort OF ambulance. In case
the doctor would allow the sick girl
to he moved. He sent Gertrude down
to the lodge loaded with all manner
Of impossible things, including an
armful OF Turkish towels and box
OF mustard piasters, and as the two
girls had known each other somewhat
before, Louise frightened perceptibly
when she saw her.
When the doctor from EnEiewood-
the Casanova doctor. Doctor Walker,
being away--had started for Sunny
eide. and had got Thomas to stop
trying Ia explain what he did not un-
ders,and himself. l had n long talk
with the old man. and this is what
/ learned
On Saturday evening before. about
10 O'Clock. he had been reading in
the sitting room downstairs, when
some one raped at the door. The
old man was alone. Warner not hav-
ing arrived. and at first he WAS I'M
certain about opening the door. He
did 80 finally. and Was amazed at be-
ing confronted by Louise Armstrong.
Thomas was an old family servant,
having been with the present Mrs
Armstrong since she was q child. and
he WAS overwhelmed at seeing Louise
He saw that she was excited and
tired. and he drew her into tho sit
ting room and made her sit down.
After while he went TO the house
and brought Mrs. Watson. and they
fai al ls.tn All
Louise was in trouble. and seemed
frightened. Mrs. Watson mado some
ten and took II to the lodge. but
Louise made them both promise to
keep her presence Il secret. She had
not known that Sunnyside WAS rented.
and Mhat+Tef her trouble was this
complicated things. She seemed puz-
zled, Her stepfather and her mother
were still In Caitfornia~-that was all
she would say about them Why SHE
had run away no one could imagine.
MIR. Arnold Armstrong Was at the
Greenwood Club. and at last Thomas.
not knowing what else 10 do, went
over there along the path. 1t was
almost midnight. Part way over he
met Armstrong himself and brought
him To the lodge. Mrs. Watson had
gone To the house for some bed linen,
1t having been arranged that under
the circumstances Louise would 10
better at the lodge until morning.
Arnold Armstrong and Louise had
long difference. during which he was
heard To storm and become very vto-
lent. When he left il was after two.
lie had gone up To the house---Thom-
as did not know why--and at ; clock
he was shot at the foot OF the cir
cuiar staircase.
The following morning Louise had
been H. She had asked for Arnold
and was told he had left town
Thomas had not the moral courage
10 tell her of the crime. She refused
a doctor and ehrank morbidly from
having her presence known. Mrs.
Watson and Thomas had had their
hands FULL. and at last Rosie had been
enlisted to help them. She carried
necessary provisions---little enough
to the lodge, and helped to keep The
secret
no had been anxious to keep Louise's
Thomas told me quite frankly fnst
presence hidden for this reason: they
had oil seen Arnold Armstrong that
night. and he himself, for one. was
known to have had no very friendly
feeling for the dead man. AS TO the
reason for Louise's flight from Calf
fornia. or why she had not gone to
the Fitzhughs. or to some of her peo-
pie in town. he had no more infor-
nation than I had. With the-a~ath
Of her stepfather and-sfrr p;orpec,
OF the immediafn~return OF the fam
lily, thinxe had become mere and more
impossible. | gathered that Thomas
waa AZ relieved az at tn. turn events
had taken. No, che did MT know
NJ either or the d.cths in the fam.
lily.