The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-05-08


young Englishman. has lost the mon
ey with which he was to pay his pass
age out TO India He lends Captain
Blaydes 93j, the amount of his pass
age money, and in return gets {
worthless check, which leaves hin
penniIess. He confesses his error tC
Claire Harding, his boyhood sweet
heart.
H.-James Edward William Dain
tree is in love with Claire.
III-Tom finds out that Captain
Blaydes is paying attention TO Claire
and is to be at her house that night
He vows to have satisfaction from
Blaydes, but promises Claire that he
will not seek BlaydeS for two weeks
Tom meets Blaydes a few moments
late and demands his ESQ.
IV.-BIaydes draws a sword cane on
Tom, who smashes it with a heavy
stick which he carries. BlaydeS has
not the money, but gives Tom his
gold watch, and Tom signs an agree
ment to pawn the watch and give the
ticket to Blaydes. Tom leaves and
is accosted by a deformed man, who
asks the time. The next morning
Blaydes is found brutally murdered
beside the stiIe where he had been
talHng to Tom.
V-Blaydes has been robbed of ev-
erything, 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 accused by
the coachman of being the murderer.
He escapes and DISCUSSES himself, but
is afraid to pawn the watch.
VI-Tom spends the night in a
boathouse and next day is invited in
TO the house of small fat gentleman,
the owner, who does his best 70 make
him feel at home. He is betrayed by
this man into the hands of the police
for the murder of Blaydes.
VII-Claire believes him guilty. Mr..
Harding hires a lawyer to see Tom.
The lawyer thinks Tom is guilty and
insults him in his cell. Tom throws
him out.
VIII-Claire gets Daintree to retain
Bassett, one of the best criminal law
yers in England, to plead Toms cause.
K-Tom is held for the next Grim
jnal sessions court
X-Ciaire'S maid has overheard the
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.
XI-Tom is convicted OF murder in
the first degree.
XII-Tom is placed in the con-
demned CELL
XIII-Tom's sentence is committed
10 transportation for life.
XIV-Claire's engagement to Dain-
tree is announced. The 1atters faith
er warns Claire's father against Dain-
tree. XV.-Tom, as a convict in Aus
tralia is bound out to the Sullivans
a peculiar and harsh family. who live
far in the interior at a place dubbed
Castle Sullivan.
And Tom. receiving,the1loaded whip |
on his forearm, sprang at the riders |
neck and brought him heavily to |
earth among a dozen hoofs. Then he |
caught and tethered all three animals |
and returned to his man as the latter |
was sitting up and rubbing his eyes |
in the moonlight He was a little |
horsy bowlegs. and Tom dragged him |
all the way into the tnpFocm I'm the |
sitting posture only relinquishihg HIM
at the constn ble'R,feet.
Here's something forsyon." he cried. |
"Caught him In the set Of riding off /
with my masters hersesr'
why, it's my -ostier" roared the
landlord.
Il was only fetching of 'em round to
the door. cos 1 thought they was
Eoinr' whfned bowlegs.
Its you that I'll get run In. I'm
thinking" remarked fhe constable Sc
verely to Tom
Fetching them rolindr' cried the lat
ter. Then why didn't you say so,
and what made you strike at me when
I said they were my masters horses?
oh. i see the Kind of place I'm I'M"
And he rushed upstairs to the room
and nearly trod on something crouch
ing at the door that fed with flutter,
while a little Instrument fell from the
keyhole and rang upon the floor. Tom
picked it up, unlocked the door and
STROBE in.
Mr.. Nat took some waking. but start
ed up at length with clinched fists and
an oath.
Were In Il den OF thieves whis-
pered Tom. Don't you remember me?
Your new groom, We must get out of
this as quick as we cam
why. where are wes''
at an inn, the Bull and Tumble
down."
Mr. Nat whistled and flung his legs
over the side of the bed.
Zone of the worst houses in sydney"
said he. Ring the bell, il there is
one"
There was one. and a woman servant
answered its summons.
Send up the landlord" said Sullivan,
''and tell him to bring plenty OF change.
Now. landlord" he continued when
that worthy appeared with a lighted
ca ndle. give me change out of that.
and don't you force me TO give you any
out OF this
He presented a sovereign in his left
hand, pistol in his right. but it was
the great besotted face at which Tom