Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-11-08

- Npi'>!~ uF PRECEDING CHAPTERS.
CHATTER I-1huma- Frlchcs,n, a Young
Ih-l>hman, has lost the money with Win h he
q Vay his Iassa.s" out to lnda He l'nt>
CAPTAIN Hlaydes g.. The amount of his ias-a-e
money. and return gets WORTHLESS. check.
which Raves him prnnIlcs-. He Coi4fcs~es his
error to Care Harding. his h"yhU"d sweet
heart II James Ed~ari W ilian halrirr' l.
in loN. with re-. IlI-lom finds out that
aap ain Hryi.s l. pay iu-s ait"ItI"n 10 - airr
tut l. /" Ia At her h"u~,' That night. lie VOWS
L. have .atI~'wii"n from Haydt- hnt J. "rii!~e-
Claire that h, Will not SEEK EltNd's for two
weeks. Tom meets Blaydcs few moments
later aud demands H. t.ij. IV-Elaydes draws
sword cane on Tom. who snash.s il with a
heavy stick which he carries Blaydes has not
the money. but gives Tom his gold watch and
Tom signs an agreement 10 pawn the watch and
give the ticket TO Baydes Tom leaves and is
sccusted 10y deformed man. who asks the
time The next morning iilayGes is found
brutally murdered beside the stie where he had
been talking to Tom. N-lflayd.s has been
Robbed ofrvcrythiny. anon. whirh the news
papers mention the gold watch which Wa really
given to Tom. Tom had stopped for the night
nj the house of the man who was driving the
coach at the time Tom met Blayde-. He J. ac-
cused by the coachman of being the murderer
He escapes ana DISCUSSES himself. but is afraid
to pawn the watch NI-Tom spends the night
in a boathouse and next day IL invited into the
house Of a snail fat gentleman, the owner, who
does his best TO make him feel at home. He is
betrsy I'd by this man into the hand of the 20
ice l''f iDc murutc OF Iidyuts. 1t l;llTe Ut-
hives him guilty. Mr. Harding hires lawyer
TO see Tom. The lawyer thinks Tom is guilty
aud insults him in his cell. Tom throws him
out. NlII-Claire gets Dsintree to retain Bas-
sett, one of the best criminal lawyers in Eng
land. to plead Toms cause. IN-Iom is held
for the next criminal sessions court X-Clgre's
maid has overheard the conversation between
Claire and Tom the night of the murder.
when Tom swore he would get even with Blay
des if he had to kill him to do il. The maid
compels Claire to give her some of her jewels us
hush money. XI-TOm is convicted ofImurder
in the first degree. NII-Tom is placed in the
condemned cell. NIIl-Tom'> sentence il com
muted TO transportation for life. XIV-Care's
engagement to DHinfree il announced. The lat
ter's father warns Claire's father against Dain-
tree. NN.-iom, as a convict in Australia, is
bound out to the Sullivans. a peculiar and harsh
fatally. who live far in the interior at Il place
dubbed Castle sullivan. WILTON meets the
cook. Peggy O'Brien. 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 fifty lashes lie believes that Tom
"peached." XVII-Nat sullivan is foiled by
Tom in 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.
XNIIl-Tom is sentenced Ito fifty lashes. Ho
breaks away and knocks old man Suliv an down,
but is caught and gets hundred. XIX-Peggy
visits Tom in his cell and brings food and as
8lkts him to escape to the