Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-01
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CHAPTER Thomas Erickson, a
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 a worthless check,
which leaves him penniless. lie con
fesses his error TO Claire Harding, his
CHAPTER Ii James Edward Will
liam Daintree is in love with Claire.
CHAPTER Ill Tom finds out that
Captain Rlaydes is paying attention to
Claire and is to be at her house that
night. He vows to have satisfaction
he will not seek Blaydes for two weeks.
Tom meets Blaydes a few moments
later and demands his f35.
sword cane on Tom, who smashes it
with 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 Biaydes. Tom leaves and
is accosted by deformed 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.-Rlaydes 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
accused by the coachman of being the
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 a 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 police
for the murder of BlaydeS.
CHAPTER NII.-Claire believes him
guilty. Mr.. Harding hires. 4, lawyer to
see Tom. The lawyer thinks Tom is
guilty and insults him in his cell. Tom
throws him out.
CHAPTER VIII-Claire gets Dain-
tree to retain BaSSett. one of the best
criminal lawyers in England, to plead
CHAPTER IX-Tom is held for the
next criminal sessions court
CHAPTER N.-Claire'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 to
do it The maid compels 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.
CHAPTER XIII-Tom's sentence is
committed to transportation for life.
. CHAPTER %IV-Claire'S enga cement
to Daintree is announced The latter :
father warns Claire's father against
CHAPTER XV.-Tom. as a convict
in Australia, is bound out to the Sulli-
vans. a peculiar ana ndfSn family. VINO
live far in the interior at a place dub
bed Castle Sullivan.
CHAPTER WILTON meets the cook
Peggy OBrien. Nat Sullivan. who is
in love with her. becomes insanely jeal-
Gus. Tom finds a man giving stolen
goods i'm exchange for some liquor
Later the man is caught and given 81
lashes He thinks that Tom ''peached.
CHAPTER XNII-Nat Sullivan is
foiled by Tom in Il scheme by which
the latter would have been logged
Later i'm 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
him down.
CHAPTER XVITI.-Tom is sentenced
to 40 laSheS He breaks away and
knocks old man Sullivan down, but is
caught and gets a hundred.
CHAPTER NIX.-Peggy visits Tom il
his cell and brings food and assists
him to escape to the sea.