Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-17

TIERS.
CHAPTER Thomas Erickson. n
young Englishman. has lost the money
with which he was to pay his passage
out to India. He lends Captain BlaydeS
f35, the amount of his passage money.
and in return gets Il worthless check,
which leaves him pennilCss. lie con
fesses his error To Claire Harding, his
boyhood sweetheart
CHAPTER III James Edward Will
liam Daintrec is in love with Claire.
CHAPTER III Tom finds out that
Captain Blaydes is paying attention to
Claire and is to he at her house that
night. He vows to have satisfaction
from Blaydes but promises Claire that
he will not seek Blaydcs for two weeks.
Tom meets Blaydcs a few moments
later and demands his fS5,
sw CHAP Pdd on iN rom BiaY 66 draws avs Il
with Il heavy stick which he carries.
Blaydes has not the money but gives
Tom his gold watch. and Tom signs AN
agreement to pawn the watch and give
the ticket to Blaydes. Tom leaves and
is accosted by a deformcd man. who
asks the time. The next morning
Blaydes is found brutality murdered be
side the stile where he had been talk
ing to Tom.
CHAPTER V.-BIaydcs has been rob
bed of everything. among which the
newspapers mention the gold watch
which was really given TO Tom. Tom
had stopped for the night at the house
of the man who was driving the coach
at the time Tom met Blaydes. He is
murderer; He escapes and DISCUSSES
himself, but is afraid TO pawn the
watch.
CHAPTER VI-Tom spends the night
in a boathouse and next day is invited
into the house of 4 small. fat gentleman.
him feel at home. He is betrayed by
this man into the hands of the police
for the murder of Blaydcs
guilty. Mr.. Harding hires lawyer to
see Tom. The lawyer thinks Tom is
guilty and insults him in his cell Tom
CHAPTER VIII.-Claire gets Dain-
tree to retain BaSSett, one of the best
criminal lawyers i'll England, to plead
CHAPTER IX.-Tom is held for the
next criminal sessions court.
CHAPTER N.-Clairc's maid has over
heard the conversation between Claire
and Tom on the night of the murder.
when Tom swore he would get even
with Blaydes if he had to kill him to
do it The maid compels Claire to give
her some of her jewels as hush money.
CHAPTER XI.-Tom is convicted of
murder in the first degree.
CHAPTER NII.-TOm is placed in the
condemned cell.
CHAPTER XIIT.-Tom's sentence is
committed to transportation for life.
CHAPTER NIV.-Claire'S enEaE cement
to Daintree is announced. The latter =
father warns Claire's father against
CHAPTER Xv.-Tom. as a convict
in Australia. is hound out to the SulIi-
live far in the interior at place dub
bed Castle Sullivan.
CHAPTER WILTON meets tn" cook.
Peggy O'Brien. Nat Sullivan, who IS
in love with her. becomes ins1ucly jcal-
Gus. Tom finds man giving stolen
goods in exchange for some llIuor;
1ashes He thinks that Tom ''peached -
CHAPTER XVTI.-Nat Sullivan is
fooled by Tom in a scheme by which
the latter would have been logged.
Later in the night he meets Peggy with
Nat and accuses him Indirectly with
the trick. Peggy sides with. Tom. and
Nat attempts to strike her. Tom knocks
CHAPTER XVTTI.-Tom is sentenced
to 80 lashes. lie breaks away and
knocks old man sullivan down, but is
caught and gets a hundred.
CHAPTER NIN-PeEEy visits Tom in
his cell and brings food and assists
him to escape t" the sea.
CHAPTER NN.-Tom joins a band of
bushranEers and agrees to take part in
a raid on the sullivan place in the
clothes of the former chief of the band
CHAPTER NNI-Thc raid is nipped
in the bud by a troop al soldiers. Tom
is pursued. but escapes. He is after
ward caught and admits himself an cs-
capped convict.
CHAPTER &NII.-TOm is put to work
on an iron gang.
CHAPTER XXIIT.-Tom is taken as
butler by Daintree. the man who paic
for his defense during the trial.
CHAPTER NXIN.-Tom finds out thai
Daintree has a wild, ungovcrnable tenn
XXV.-Daintree tells Tom that he i.
engaged and that his fianCee is on hel
way over then.
XXVI-Daintree forces Tom to take
a wife FROM the COnViCe marriage mar
ket. He finds Peggy OBrien and takoy
her. but tells her that he is not COINS
to make her his wife, as his master
only wants Il servant.
XXV!I-The ship bearing the brid'
comes in.