Barbour County index., 1910-10-26

| ance, fresh air and hunting. The
sisters, OF course, knew nothing OF
this, and the young mans ardor rath-
er carried them away In word
seven years before, Lucy Haswell had
married young man whose name was
given as Aubrey Wallace.
Anne Haswell had married a car
| penter IN her native town and was a
widow. For three months everything
went fairly well. Aubrey took his
| bride to. Chicago, where they lived at
motel. Perhaps the very unsophisti-
cation that had charmed him in Val
ley Mill Jared on him in the city. He
mad been far from a model husband.
even Tor the three months, and when
he disappeared Anne was almost
thankful. 1t was different with the
young wife, however. She drooped
and fretted, and on the birth of her
Daby 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
nome somewhere always for the boy:
flnally, 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.
l gathered that there was no par
ticular enmity at that time in Anne's
mind. She told him of the boy, and
threatened exposure if he did not pro-
vide for him. Indeed, for a time, he
did so. Then he realized that Eucien
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
Luclens support, as the years went
on he forced money from Anne Wat
son instead until she was always pen
nlless. The lower Arnold sank in the
scale, the heavier his demands be-
came. With the rupture between him
ana his family things were worse.
Anne took the child from the home
and hid him in a farmhouse near
casanova, on the Claysburg road
Ihere 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 a beautiful how
and he was all Anne had to live for
The Armstrong; left for California
and Arnold's prosecutions began anew
lie was furious over the child's dis
appearance and she was afraid he
would do her some hurt She left the
pig 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 If
That had been on Saturday. Tba,
nlght Louise arrived unexpectedly
Thomas sent for Mrs. Watson anf
tnen went for Arnold Armstrong a
the greenwood club. Anne had beeY
fond OF Louise-she reminded her -
Lucy. She did not know what tn.
trouble was. but Louise had been il
a state of terrible excitement. Mrs
watson tried to hide from Arnold. bu
, ne was ugly. He left the lodge ant
went up to the house about 2: 80. wa,
admitted at the east entrance an,
came out again very soon. Sometbin,
> had occurred, she didn't know what,
but very soon Mr. Innes and anothe,
gentleman left, using the car.
. Thomas and she had got Louis,
quiet, and little before three Mrs
: Watson started up to the house