Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-12-27
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CHAPTER i-Thoma- Erchcscn, a young
En-h-hInan, has lost the money with which he
uus t. pay his passage out to India He lends
Captain Blaydrs e.. the amount of lis passage
money. aud III return get. worthless check
which leaves him pcnniless. He couf,s-es his
error to Claire Harding, his b"yhuod sweet
heart. Ii-Jsmrs Edward William Dalntr.e il
In love with Clare. Iil-1om finds out that
asptsin Blaydr. IL paying attention 10 olaire
tud j. to he al her hourr That night. lie vows
Ia have satisfaction from Blaydes, but promises
claire that he Will not seek Bl.ydes for two
weeks. Tom meets Baydes few moments
alter and demands his E35 lN-Blaydes draws
Ia sword cane on Tom, who smashes it with n
h'svy stick which he carries. Blaydes has not
-" money. but gives Tom his gold watch. and
Tom sI.us an agreement TO pawn the watch and
give the ticket 10 Bisydes. Tom leaves and is
accusted by n deformed man, who axis the
time The next morning Biaydes is found
brutally murdered beside the stile where lie had
robbed ofrverything. among which the news
PAPERS mention the gold watch which was really
given 10 Tom. Tom had stopped for the night
Mt the house OF the man who was driving the
coach at the time Tom met Blsydes. iie il ac
ru-rd by the coachman of being the murderer
u" e,eapes ami dissuises himself. but is afraid
of pawn the watch. EI-T0m spends the night
in q bosthOuse and next day IL invited into The
house of q 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 DO
lice for The murdec of Blaydes. VII-'laire be-
li,ves him guilty. Mr. Harding hires a lawyer
10 see Tom The lawyer thinks Tom is guilty
and insults him in his cell. Tom throws him
out. Nlii-Clare gets Daintree to retsin Bas-
set one of the best criminal lawyers in Eng
land, TO plead Toms cause. IX-Tom il held
for the next criminal sessions court N-Claire's
maid has overheard the conversation between
tlsirc aud Tom on the night of the murder.
when Tom swOre he would get even with Blay-
des If hr he'd to kill him to do it. The maid
comprls Clare to give her some of her Jewels as
hush money Xi-TOm is convicted of murder
la The first degree. XII-TOm Ia placed in the
condemned cell. XIlI-TOm's sentence IL CON-
muted TO transportation for life. XIV-Clsire's
engagement To Daintree ia announced The lat
ter's father warns Clsire's father against Dain-
tree. XN.-TOm, as q convict in Australia, il
bound out To the Sullivans. q peculiar and harsh
dubbed Castle sullivan. WILTON meets the
cook. Peggy O'Brien. Nat sullivan, who Ia in
love with her. becomes insaneIy jealous. Tom
some liquor Later the man is caught and
given fifty lashes. He believes that Tom
"pesched." NVII-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
lempts to strike her. Tom knocks him down.
XNllI-TOm Is sentenced to fifty lashes. Ho
breaks away and knocks old man Sullivan down.
but is caught and gets = hundred. XiX-Peggy
visits Tom In his cell and brings food and as
sists him to escape to the sea. XX-Ton joins
. band Of bushrang0rs and agrees to take part
In Il raid on the Sullivan place In the clothes Of
the former chief of the band XXI-The raid Is
nipped in the bud BY troop Of soldiers. Tom
Is pursued, but escapes lie IL afterward caught
and admits himself an escaped convict. XXII-
Tom is put to work on an iron gang. MILL
Tom 10 taken a. butler by Daintree, the man
who paid for his defense during the trial
XAlV--TOm finds out that Daintree has 4 wild;
uD5overnable temper