Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-29
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CHAPTER Thomas Erickson. a
young EnElishmau. has lost the money
with which lie was to pay his passage
out to India. lie lends Captain Bldydcs
f35. the amount of his passage money.
and in return gels worthless check,
which leaves him pCnniIcSS. lie con
tcSseS his error TO Claire Harding, ms
bOyhCUi sweetheart.
CHAPTER IL james Edward viii
liam Ddiutr"c - in love with Claire.
CHAPTER III Tom finds out that
Captain BiaydcS is paying attention TO
Claire and is to he at her house that
night. lie vows to have satisfaction
from BlJyd"S. but promises Claire that
he Will not seek Hiaydcs Tor two weeks,
Tom meets Eluydcs a few moments
later and demands his t35.
CHATTER " Blaydcs draws
sword cane on Tom. who SmdShcs 1t
with a heavy stick which he carries.
Blayd.s has not the money. but gives
Tom his gold watch, ana Tom signs an
agreement 10 pawn the watch and give
the ticket to BlaNdCs. Tom leaves aud
is accostCd by a dciurmcd man, who
asks the time. The next morning
Blaydcs is found brutality murdered be
side the stilc where he had been talk
CHAPTER N.-Elavdcs has been rob
bed of everything. among which the
newspapers mention the gold watch
which was really given to rom. Tom
had stopped for the night at the house
of the man VINO WAS driving the coach
at the time Tom met Blaydcs. He is
accused by the coachman of being the
murderer. lie escapes and DISCUSSES
himself. but is afraid to pawn the
watch.
CHATTER VI-Tom spends the night
In b0athousc and next day Is invited
into the house of Il 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.-Clairc believes him
guilty. Mr.. Harding hires a lawyer t.
guilty and insults him in his cell. Tom
throws him out.
CHAPTER yIII-Clairc gets Dain-
tree to retain Eassott. one of the best
criminal lawyers III England, to plead
CHAPTER IN.-Tom is held for the
next criminal sessions court.
CHAPTER N.-Clairc's maid has over
heard the conversation between Claire
and Tom on the night of the murder
with Blaydcs if he had to kill him tC
do il, The maid compcls Claire to give
her some of hcr Jewels as hush money
CHA PIER \I.-Tom is convicted oi
murder in the first degree.
CHAPTER NIL-TOm is placed in the
condemned cell
CHAPTER NIII-Tom's sentence i.
committed to transportation for life.
CHAPTER NIN.-Clairc's engagement
to Daintrcc is announced The latter:
father warns Clairc'S father agains
Daintrce.
CHAPTER XV.-Tom. as a convic
In AuStfbIll. Is bpufu out 10 the SUN
vans, Il peculiar and harsh family, VIII,
live far in the interior at a place dub
bed Castle Sullivan.
CHAPTER NVI-Tom meets the cook
Peggy O'Bricn. Nat Sullivan. who j:
I'm love with her, becomes insanCly jeal
GUS. Tom finds a man giving .stolel
Later the man is caught and given 81
lashcs. He thinks that Tom 'pcdchcd
CHAPTER NNU.-Nat Sullivan i
foilCd by Tom in Il scheme by which
the latter would have been hoEgcd
Later in the night he meets Peggy will
Nat and accuses him Indirectly wit
the trick. Peggy sides with Tom. ant
Nat attempts to strike her Tom knock
him down.
CHAPTER XVII.-Tom is sentences
knocks old man Sullivan down. but i
caught and gets a hundred.
CHAPTER NI%-PCgGy visits Tom i
his cell and brings food and assist
him to escape to the sea.
CHAPTER NN.-Tom joins 4 band o
n raid on the Sullivan place in tn
clothes of the former chief Of the bant
CHAPTER NXI.-The raid is nippe
in the bud by 4 troop af soldiers. Tor
is pursued, but escapes. He is after
ward caught and admits himself an es
capped convict.
CHAPTER %XII.-Tom is put to wOr
CHAPTER NXIII-Tom is taken as
butler by Daintrcc. the man who PAL
for his defense during the trial
CHAPTER NNIN.-Tom finds out tina
Daintree has u wild, ungovcrnable TEN
per.
XXV.-Daintree tells Tom that he
engaged and that his iianccc is on he
way over then.
XXVI-Daintree forces Tom to TAX
a wife from the convice marriage MAJ
kct. He finds Peggy O'Brien and take
her. but tells her that he is not goin
to make her his wife, as his mastC
only wants servant.
XXVII.-The ship bearing the Bird
comes in.
XXVIII-Tom recognizes her .
Claire.
NIX. and XXX.-Tom and CLAN
meet, and Tom refuses to declare tn;
he is innocent.
XXXI.--Daintree rescues Claire al
Tom from drowning.
NXXII and %NXIIL-Tom meets Il
man he saw the night OF the murdt
after he parted from Blaydcs rifling Il
masters place. He sees him take 81
the receipt for the watch that To
had given to Blaydes. lie says that
was another man that killed Blayd
after Tom had gone.
%XXIN-Daintrce admits that it w;
he who killed Blaydes.
XX\V.-The last.