Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-11-29

SYNOPSIS UF FREt EDI vi tIlAIfi r..
CHAPTER l-llumi- ErIrhts'n. Yrut-
EnsIislliuan has Lost the ,ncy with Win. II lc
was T. pay his I,ss-a." out To India lie l'n'i>
Captain 1laydes e.. the amount of his passage
MONEY. and IN return gets a worthless check
which leaves him p"nnllr-I II" ronir>~"s IN
error t. { are Harding. his h"yhoot >Wr"t
heart Il-Jam"s Edward lillian nalutryr i.
IN love with Claire. llI-lom finds cat that
aapau Blavdc- II paying attention 10 olair'
ind IL 10 2 at her house that night He VOW
to have satisfaction from B.ay'lr-. bat Promise
Claire that he will not seek Blr,drs for two
weeks Tom meets Blaydrs a few mo rents
later and dcmands hi tii. lN-blaydc> draws
II sword cane on Tom. who sma-hes II with
heavy stick which hr carries Baydcs has not
the money. but gives Tom his gold watch, and
Tom si-;n> an agreement 10 pawn the watch and
give the ticket to Bisydes. Tom leaves and l.
xrcnstci by dcformrd man, who asks the
time The next morning ElayIrs is found
brutally murdered beside the stile where hr had
been talking In Tom N-lilaydrs has hccn
robbed Of rverythin,. anon. which the news
papers mention the gold watch which Wa really
given I" Tom. Tom had stopped for the night
ut the house at the man who was driving the
coach AT the time Tom met Blsydc-. He j. ac-
cused nv the rnachman of beiu. the murderer
lie escapes ana dIsSuises himself. but Is afraid
10 pawn the watch. Nl-Tom spends the night
in Loathouse 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 po.
lice for the murdec of Blaydes. NlI-Ciaire be-
lieves him guilty. MIR. Harding hires a lawyer
to Tom. The lawyer thinks Tom j. guilty.
and insults him in his cell. Tom throws him
out. NlIl-Claire gets Daintrcc 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 N-Claire's
maid has overheard the conversation between
Claire aud Tom on the night of the murder,
when Tom swore he would get even with Blay
des if he had to kill him to do it. The maid
cOmpcls Claire TO give her some of her jewels
hush money. NI-Tom ia convicted of murder
in the first deg rec. NII-Tom is placed in the
con ie,nned cell XlII-Tom's sentence is com-
muted TO transportation for life. NlV-Claires
engagement to Dantree is announced. The lat
tree. NN.-rom, as a convict in Australia, IL
bound out Ia the Sullivans, a peculiar and harsh
family, who live far in the interior at place
dubbed Castle sullivan. WILTON meets the
cook. Peggy O'lirien Nat sullivan. who is in
love with her, becomes insanely jealous. Tom
finds a man giving stolen goods in exchange for
some liquor. Later the man is caught and
given fifty lsshes lie believes that Tom
'peaehed.'' NNII-Nat Sullivan is foiled by
Tom in q scheme by which the later 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.
XVlII-rOm is sentenced to fifty lashes. Io
breaks away and knocks old man Sullivan down.
visits Tom in his cell and brings food and
sists him to escape to the sea. XX-TOm joins
band of buehrangors aud agrees to take part
In . raid on the Sullivan place in the clothes of
the former chief of The band. XXI-The raid is
n tipped in the bud by troop of soldiers. Tom
10 pursued, but escapes. He is afterward caught
and admits himself an escaped convict.