Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-12-06

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CHAPTER l-Ihoni- trir'l"~,p. A y"un-
Eu.lishiuln. hr- lost the money WIKI mhI II h.
w. o. paw his I,As-a ont to India lie len J.
CAPTAIN Hlayies D. ne amount ni his ia>>a-e
money. aud IN r"turn s'i~ %"rth.,@~ check.
whci. leaves Inn l"nnll"sS IL" CONT >~"s his
error IL are IlIrius. his hnyi"ui sweet
heart. n lanes Edward William lIa.'itr.r i
IN ioy. with 'Iair". lll-Iori finds ont that
asI ain k'Aydr- L. paying htt'httrn TO - alrr
tud l. to al her hou~t hat uI-,tIt lie VOWS
t" have satisfaction from iiiay."-. bat promises
lairc that h. Will not seek III itd,> for two
weeks Tom meets Eiavtrs f. moments
after and demands n - IN-Elaydes draws
l.. sword cane on Tom. who sma-h-- il with
heavy stick whrh h. carries Blaydrs has not
the mon, '. hut eIN,> Tom his gold watch. and
Tom sign an a-r"tn"nt 10 pawn tht watch and
: " The ticA"t to Blayd"s. Tom leaves and Is
arcu-tci by dcform"d man. who asks the
tina. The next murnin. llay,irs is found
irl'ily murdered brs de the stile where he Ii al
i.,n talking Ia Tom N-Eiayits has l-..
rott,cd Of everything. among which the news
p,fcr- n,r!ltIon the gold watch VI lich wa really
gwen Ia Tom. Tom has! stopped for the night
at ihc hou>.. of the uiau who WIS driving tn.
coach at the time Tom met Rsydr-. lie i
ru-cd BY the roaehman of bein-. the murderer
lie c,caI'> ana dis,tuisrs himself but IL afraid
to pawn the watch. Nl-Tom spends the night
III hoathouse and next day il invited INTO the
house 81 a -mal, fat gentleman, the owner. who
does his best to make HIM feel at home. He ia
betrayed by this man into the hands of the po
lie. for the murdcc of Blaydes. NIl-Clairc be
l.vrs him guilty. Mr.. Harding hires lawyer
TO Tom. The lawyer thinks Tom is guilty
and insults him in his cell. Tom throws him
out. NIlI-Claire gets Dantree to retain Bas
set. one of the best criminal lawyers in Eng
land. TO plead Toms cause lX-Tom il held
for the next criminal sessions court. N-t'laire's
maid has overheard the conversation between
lsire and Tom on the night of the murder,
when Tom swore he would ge. even with Blay-
des if he had to kill him TO do it. The maid
compels Claire to give her some of her Jewels Ms
hush money. NI-Tom is convicted oft murder
in the first degree. Nil-Tom is placed in the
condemned cell. Nlll-Tom'S sentence ia com
muted to transportation for life. NIV-Claire's
engagement to Dalntrre liz announced. The lat
ter's father warns tlaire's father against Dan-
tree. NN.-Tom, As n convict in Australia, il
h, und out Ia the Sullvaus, a peculiar and harsh
family. who live far in me interior at place
dubbed Castle sullivan WILTON meets the
cook. Peggy OBrien. Nat sullivan. who is in
love with her. becomes insaney jealous. Tom
finds q man giving stolen goods in exchange for
some liquor. Later the man is caught and
given fifty lashes He believes that Tom
'peached." ANIl-Nat sullivan il foiled 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 of
the trick. Peggy sides with Tom. and Nat at.
tempts to strike her. Tom knocks him down.
breaks away and knocks old man Sullivan down,
but is caught and gets q hundred. XiX-Peggy
visits Tom in his cell and brings food and AS
sists him to escape to the sea. XX-Tom joins
= band of bushraDgOrs and agrees to take part
in a raid on the Sullivan place in the clothes of
tipped in the bud by troop of soldiers. Tom
u pursued, but escapes He Is afterward caught
aud admits himself an escaped convict. MIL
Tom Is put to work ON an iron gang.