The newspaper., 1910-02-25

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81 Heard Sad and Pitiful Narrative"
threatened exposure IL he did not pro-
vide for him. Indeed, for a 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 a 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 a beautiful boy.
.
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 II.
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
a 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: 80 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
Thomas had a key to the east entry.
and gave II to her.
On the way across the lawn she
was confronted by Arnold. who for
some reason was determined TO get
into the house. lie had a golf-stick
In his hand. that he had picked up
somewhere. and on her refusal he had
struck her with IL. One hand had
been badly cut. and IL was that. pois
oning having set in. which was killing
her. She broke away in a frenzy of
rage and fear. and got into the house
while Gertrude and Jack Bailey were
at the front door. She went upstairs.
hardly knowing what she was doing.
Gertrude's door was open. and Hal.
sey's revolver lay there on the bed.
She picked It up and turning ran part
way down the circular staircase. She
could hear Arnold fumbling at the
lock outside. She slipped down quiet
ly and opened the door: he was in.
side before she had got back to the
stairs. 1t was quite dark. but she
could see his white shirt bosom. From
the fourth step she fired. As he fell
somebody in the billiard room
screamed and ran. When the alarm
was raised, she had had no time to
get upstairs; she hid in the west wing
until every one was down on the
lower floor. Then she slipped upstairs
and thew the revolver out of an up
per window, going down again In time
TO admit the men from the Greenwood
club.
II Thomas had suspected. he had
never told. When she found the hand
Arnold had injured was growing
worse. she gave the address of Lucien
at Richfeld to the old man and almost
800. The money was for Luoien's
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