Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-15

CHAPTER Thomas Erickson. n
young Englishman. has lost the money
with which lac was to pay his paSSa e..
OUT 10 India. He lends Captain Blaydes
roo, the amount of his passage money,
and in return gets a worthless check
which leaves him penniless. lie con-
tesses his error to Claire Harding, his
boyhood sweetheart.
=. CHAPTER Ii James Edward Will
ham Daimtrec Is in love with Claire.
CHAPTER Ill Tom tiuds out that
captain Blaydes is paying attention to
C!&ire aud is 10 be at her house that
night. lie vows to have satisfaction
from Elaydcs but promises Claire that
he VIII not seek Blaydcs for two weeks.
Tom meets Elaydes a few moments
later aud demands his $50.
CHATTER " BIaydes draws a
sword cane on Tom, who smaShes it
with n heavy stick which he carries.
BlaNd"S has not tho money, but gives
Tom his gold watch, and Tom signs an
asrecment to pawn the watch and Eiv"
the ticket to RlIylcs. Tom leaves and
Is accostcd by a d"form"d man, who
asks the time. The next morning
side tn" stilc where he had been talk
bed of everything among which the
newspapers mention tn" gold watch
which was really given Ia Tom. Tom
had stopped for the night at the house
at the tim" Tom met BlaYdcs. He is
accused by the coachman of being the
lilhI'ltlt IL il' '-r-il''N ana tisE lliStS
himself, but is afraid To pawn the
watch.
CHAPTER VI-Tom spends the night
in buHthousr ana NEXT day is invited
into the house of a small. fat gentleman,
IN" owner, who does his best to make
him feel at home. He is betrayed hy
this man into the hands of the police
for the murder of Blaydes.
CHAPTER Nll.--Clairc believes him
guilty. MIR. Harding hires q lawyer to
guilty and insults him in MS cell. Tom
throws him out.
CHAPTER VIH.-Clairc gets Dain-
tree t. retain Bassctt, one of the best
criminal lawyers in England. to plead
Toms cause.
CHAPTER IN-Tom is held for the
next criminal sessions court
CHAPTER N.--CIairc's maid has over
heard the conversation between Claire
and Tom on the night Of the murder
with Blaydes if he had to kill him ia
do II. The maid COmpcIS Claire to give
her some of her jewels as hush money.
CHAPTER NI.-Tom is convicted Of
murder in the first degree.
CHAPTER NII.--Tom is placed in the
condemned cell.
committed to transportation for life.
CHAPTER NIN.--Claire's cnga cement
to Daintrcc is announced. The ldtters
father warns Claire's father against
DaintrCc
CHAPTER NV.-Tom. as convict
in Australia, is bound out to the SUlli-
vans, peculiar and harsh family, who
live far in the interior at place dub
bed Castle Sullivan.
CHAPTER WILTON meets the cook
Peggy O'Bricu. Nat Sullivan. who is
I'm love with her becomes inSanTly ieal-
ousg Tom finds man giving stoleT
goods in exchange for some liquor
Later the man is caught and given 81
laShcS. He thinks that Tom 'pcaChed. .
CHAPTER NNH.-Nat- sullivan IS
fooled by Tom in 4 scheme by which
the latter would have been logged
Later in the night he meets Peggy witt
Nat and accuses him Indirectly witt
the trick. Peggy sides with Tom. anC
Nat attempts to strike her. Tom knocks
him down.
CHAPTER XVIII.-Tom is sentenced
to 30 laSh"s. He breaks away ant
knocks old man sullivan down, but i.
caught and gets hundred
CHAPTER NlN.-Peggy visits Tom il
his cell and brings food and assists
him to escape to the sea.
CHAPTER NN.-Tom joins band o.
buShrang"rS and agrees to take part il
a raid on the Sullivan place in thu
clothes of the former chief of the band
IN the bud hv u troop af soldiers. Ton
is pursued. but escapes. lie is after
ward caught and admits himself an cS
capped convict.
CHAPTER NNII.-Tom is put to worl
on an iron gang.
CHAPTER NNIIT.-Tom is taken as
butler by Daintrec, the man who pal,
CHAPTER NXIN.-TOm finds ont tina
Daintree has Il wild, ungOvcrnable TEN
per.
NNV-Daintree tells Tom that he i
engaged ana that his fiancee is on he
way over then.