Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-11-15
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CHAPTER i-Thumas frchtscn, q young
Eusli,hmnlI. has lost thu money with Win h he
wiz T.. I,ay ms passage ont to Indus, II, lends
Captain Hiaydes q. the amount of he ias-aTe
money, and III return gtt- worthless check
uhIcti leaves him ~ nuIir>s He coifts-"s hls
error Ia care Harding. his h"yhood sweet
heart. II Jamr. Edward William i'aiutrf', II
IN low With Claire. IIi-lo'u finds out that
aaI' ain Btyd-s L. pa, Ing attention 10 - ar"
tnd II 10 {, Al her house that night. u" VOWS
Ia have satisfaction from B.ayie-. bat Promises
laire thlt h. Will not seek Blai de- for two
weeks Tom meets Blsydts few moments
later and demti- H. - IV-Blayies draws
swor, cane ON Tom, who smasiIes II with a
heavy stick which he carries. Blayies has not
the money. but gives Tom his gold watch, an!
Tom sigu~ an agreement TO pawn the watch and
give the ticket 10 Baydes Tom leaves and IL
accostc! by a deformed man, who asks the
time The next morning Elaydes Is found
been talking TO Tom. N-Blaydrs has been
robbed of everything. among which the news
papers mention the gold watch which WA really
given 10 Tom Tom hal stopped for the night
ut the house OF the man who was driving the
coach at the time Tom met Blaydes. He l. ac-
cused by the man of being the murderer
He escapes AMI DISCUSSES himself. but IL afraid
TO pawn the watch. Nl-rom spends the night
in y hoathousc and next day is invited into the
house IF 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 pc
lie Tor The murdec of Blaydes. Fll-Claire be
lieves 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 Daintree to retain Bias
sett. one of the best criminal lawyers in Eng
land, to plead Toms cause. IX-Tom is held
Tor the next criminal sessions court N-Claire's
maid has overheard the conversation between
& laire aud Tom on the night of the murder,
when Tom swore lie would get even with Blay-
des if he had to kill him to do it. The maid
compels Claire to give her some of her jewels as
hush money. Nf-Tum If convicted of murder
i'll the first degree NlI-TOm il placed in the
condemned cell. XlII-TomS sentence ia com
muted to transportation for life. XIV-Claire's
engagement to Daintree Is announced. The lat
tcr's father warns Claire's father against Dain-
tree. NN.-TOm, as a convict in Australia, is
bound out to the Sullivans, a peculiar and harsh
family, who live far in the interior at 4 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 IL caught and
given fifty Iashes. He believes that Tom
'.peached." XEII-Nat sullivan is 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.
XNIlI-Tom Is sentenced ito fifty lashes. Ho
breaks away and knocks old man Sulliv an 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.