Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-12-13

SYNOPSIS Of PRE-, Epi Nj III ,rTTR>
til AFTER l-Th"mis Erichcs.n, youn.:
Fu-lishuan, ha- lost TIL money with viii, h lc
(" paw his passage out ~ India. H." lcni~
'di'iain Iilsyd's g. ~" amount of lis passage
ulon,v. and IN r., turn .tt> worthless cheek
~hct leaves him I"hnie-I He cri.ir>-.- In,
error to ARE Harding. hi- h,yhoni sweet
heart. II James Edward William Da,ntrc,. j.
III love with claire. iiI-lom finds out that
aapisin B'aydrs IL paving attention to CLAIRE
tut IL to lie at her huusr that night. He
I" have satisfaction from Baydes. but promises
claire that he will not seek Blaydes for two
weeks. Tom meets Blaydcs few moments
after and demands his Eii. lV-Blaydes draws
Ia sword cane on Tom, who smashes it with 4
heavy stick which NJ carries Blayir- has not
tue money. but gives Tom his gold watch and
Tom sI-ns an agreement 10 pawn the watch and
W the ticket 10 Blaydcs. Tom leaves and il
acc"stcd 10y drf"rmcd man, who asks the
tini". Ia" ncNt morning Elaydrs Is found
hrutally murdered r-iIr the siilr whcrr he had
been tilkInG to Tom. N-Blaydrs has h,cn
robbed Of "vrrythin. anon. which the news
pap.F- mention the gold watch hich Wa really
given {" Tom Tom had stopped for the night
at TIA" house oi the man who WAS driving the
cnarh at the time Tom met Bsydc-. lie j. ac-
cused by the cuachman of being the murderer
lie ESCAPES anu DISCUSSES himself, but il afraid
TO pawn the watch. NI-Tom spends the night
in a boathOuse and next day IL invited into The
house of n small, fat gentleman, the owner. who
does his best to make him feel at home. He Is
betrayed by this man into the hands of the 30
lice for The murdec of Blaydes. NlI-tiaire be
li,ves him guilty. Mr.. Harding hires n lawyer
To see Tom. The lawyer thinks Tom is guilty
and insults him in his Cell. Tom throws him
ont. NlIl-Claire gets Dsintree to retain Bias
set. one of the best criminal lawyers in Eng
land to plead Toms cause. IX-Tom is held
for the NJ 1t criminal sessions court N-Claire's
maid has overheard the conversation between
Claire aud Tom on the night of the murder
when Tom swore he would get even with Blay
dos if hr had TO kill him to do if. The maid
cnmp"ls Clare to give her some Of her jewels Ms
hush money. AI-Tom is convicted of ,murder
IN the first degree. XII-Tom il placed in the
condemned cell. XlIl-Tom'S sentence is com
muted to transportation for life. XlV-Clsire's
engagement to Daintree is annOunC ed. The lat
ter's father warns Claire's father against Dain-
tree. NN.-rom, a. II convict in Australia, is
bound out to the Sullivans. n peculiar and harsh
family. who live far in the interior at Il place
dubbed Castle Sullivan, XvI-TOm meets the
cook. Peggy O'BrieD. Nat sullivan who is in
love with her. becomes insanely jealous. Tom
finds man giving stolen goods in exchange for
some liquor. Later the man is caught and
given nifty lashes He believes that Tom
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 of
the trick. Peggy sides with TOm and Nat at
iempts to strike her. Tom knocks him down.
XNIlI-TOm Is sentenced to fifty lashes. Ho
breaks away and knocks old man Sulliv an down
but is caught and gets a hundred. XIX-Peggy
visits Tom in his cell and brings food and as
lists him to escape to the sea. XX-rom joins
band OF bushransors aud agrees to take part
In raid on the Sullivan place in the clothes of
the former chief of The band. XXI-The raid Is
npped in the bud by q troop of soldiers. Tom
IL pursued, but escapes. He il afterward caught
and admits himself an escaped convict Kill
1om Is put to work on an iron gang. XXllI-
Tom Ia taken asia butler by Daintree, the man
who paid for his defense during the trial.