The Ordway new era., 1910-10-07

ance. fresh air and hunting. The
sisters. of course. knew nothing Of
this. and the young mans ardor rath-
er carried them away. In a word.
seven years before. Lucy Haswell had
married a young man whose name was
given as Aubrey Wallace.
Anne Haswell had married q car
penter in her native town and was a
widow. For three months everything
went fairly we'll. Aubrey took his
bride to Chicago where they lived at
a hotel. Perhaps the very unsophisti-
cation that had charmed him in Val
ley Mill Jared on him In the city. He
had been far from a model husband.
even for the three months. and when
he disappeared Anne was almost
thankful. 1t was different with the
young wife. however. She dropped
baby boy she had died. Anne took the
child and named him Lucien.
Anne had had no children OF her
own. and on Lucien she had lavished
all her aborted maternal instinct. On
one thing she was determined, how
ever: That was that Aubrey Wallace
should educate his boy. 1t was a part
of her devotion to the child that she
should be ambitious for him; he
must have every opportunity. And SO
she came east. She drifted around,
doing plain sewing and keeping a
home somewhere always for the boy.
Finally. however. she realized that
her only training had been domestic,
and she put the boy in an Episco-
plalian home. and secured the posi-
tion OF housekeeper to the Arm
strongs. There she found Lucien's
father. this time under his own name
1t was Arnold Armstrong.
gathered that there was no par
ticular enmity at that time in Anne's
mind. She told him of the boy. and
threatened exposure II he did not pro-
vide for him. Indeed, for n time he
did so. Then he realized that Lucien
was the ruling passion In this lonely
woman's 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 child 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 | had rented Sunnyside, how
ever. she had thought the prosecutions
would stop. She had applied for the
position of housekeeper and secured it.
That had been on Saturday That
night Louise arrived unexpectedly.
Thomas sent for Mrs. Watson and
then went for Arnold Armstrong at
the Greenwood club. Anne had been
fond of Louise-she reminded her of
Lucy. She did not know what the
trouble was, but Louise had been in
state of terrible excitement Mrs
Watson tried to hide from Arnold, but
he was ugly. He left the lodge and
went up to the house about 2:3O, was
admitted at the east entrance and
came out again very soon. Something
had occurred, she didn't know what;
but very soon Mr.. Innes and another
gentleman left. using the car.
Thomas and she had got Louise
quiet, and little before three Mrs.
Watson started up to the house.