The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-05-13
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Rogue's
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Synopsis of Preceding Chapters.

ey with which he was to pay his pass
age out to India. He lends Captain
Blaydes EDO, the amount Of his pass
age money, and in return gets
worthless check. which leaves hin
renniless. lie ccnfesses his error Il
Claire Harding, his boyhood sweet
heart.
Thames Edward William Dain
tree is in love with Claire.
IIf-Tom finds out that Captain
Blaydes is paying attention to Claire
and is to be at her house that night
lie VOWS to have satisfaction from
Blaydes. but promises Claire that ht
Will not seek Blaydes for two weeks
Tom meets Blaydes a few moments
late and demands his 335.
IV.-Blaydes draws a sword cane or
Tom, who smashes it with a heavy
stick which he carries. Blaydes has
not the money, but gives Tom his
gold watch, and Tom signs an agree
ment to pawn the watch and give the
ticket to Blaydes. Tom leaves and
81 accosted by deformed man, who
asks the time. The next morning
Blaydes is found brutally murdered
beside the stile where he had been
talking to Tom.
V.-Blaydes has been robbed of ev-
erything, among which the newspapers
mention the gold watch which was
really given to Tom. Tom had stopped
for the night at the house of the man
who was driving the coach at the time
Tom met Blaydes. He is accused by
the coachman of being the murderer.
He escapes and disguises himself, but
is afraid to pawn the watch.
VI-Tom spends the night in a
boathouse and next day is invited in
to the house of 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.
VII-Claire believes him guilty Mr.
Harding hires a lawyer to see Tom.
The lawyer thinks Tom is guilty and
insults him in his cell. Tom throws
him cut.
VIII-Claire gets Daintree to retain
Bassett. one OF the best criminal law
yers in England, to plead Toms cause.
IX-Tom is held for the next Grim
inal sessions court.
X-Claire's maid has overheard the
conversation between Claire and Tom
en- the night of the murder, when Tom
swore he would get even with Blaydes
If he had to Kill him to do it. The
maid compeIs Claire to give her some
of her Jewels as hush money
XI-Tom is convicted of murder in
the first degree.
XII-Tom is placed in the con-
demned cell.
XIII-Tom's sentence is committed
to transportation for life.
XIV-Claire's engagement to Dain-
tree is announced. The Iatter's faith
er warns Claire's father against Dain-
tree. XV.-Tom, as convict in Aus
tralia. is bound out to the Sulliyans,
o peculiar and harsh family, who live
far in the interior at a place dubbed
Castle Sullivan
XVI-Tom 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
Eeuor. Later the man is caught and
given fifty lashes. He thinks that
Tom ''peached." XVII-Nat Sullivan
is foiled by Tom in a scheme by
which the latter would have been |
flogged. Later in the night he meets |
Peggy with Nat and accuses him indi |
rectly of the trick. Peggy sides with |
Tom, and Nat attempts to strike her. |
Tom knocks him down.
XvIII-Tom is sentenced to fifty |
lashes. He breaks away and knocks |
old man Sullivan down, but is caught |
and gets hundred.
heal the wounds / owe him with a SOW
ereign. did he? His conscience and |
my wounds, May they lie open and |
sting and throb and tickle all AT once
as they're doing now till I have my
fingers at his throatr' The girl looked |
so frightened that he sulped at his pas
sion and said: You keep it yourself.
Peggy, Ike a good girl. You deserve
a purse OF them for all you've done for
me this night Why, what now:''
He sat alone in the lookup. The girl
had stolen swiftly out. In the uneon
scious egotism of his grief and shame
this simply puzzled him. So he sat il
the moonbeans. blinking at the moon,
until she returned and once more closed
the door
.'Alrs safe she told him cheerfully.
Il heard the TRAPS snorin' in their
Shape"
Had you heard something elSe?"
Il had not"
Then what was wronC?"
rs it why l went outt" said Peggy.
fixing him with an eye that was cheer
full too. ITO dhrop that sov'rin to the
very bottom OF their Well An it's we
will dhrop IL, too. if you phase"
Tom held out his hand.
i've offended you. Peggy. God
knows l didn't mean to. But I'm ca
pable of all that's brutal tonight You
see what they've made Of me already.
Forgive me, Peggy. I'll never forgive
them. I'll be even with every one of
them. curse them. curse them. and then
I'll swing as 1 should have done year
ago. I'm sorry l didn't keep that
pound-to give it him back for his cof-
finr'
1t was terrible to hear him. His
voice was very low and full of fresh
falrS "a If all sound worse