Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1908-01-10
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CHAPTER l-rhnna- Erict,~ru. a yomn-,
En-li,!l'uan. has lost the money with viii h he
vs. I" pay ms passage out TO India He leu =
aItain l;laydes { -. the amount of hi. ua~ss ".
money. and IN return gets worthless check
whi"h l''Gves him prnnil,S~ He rnnf.,>-r- hls
error I" air" Hardlu, his hrvhu"d sweet
Ia trt- II lanes Edward u iliiatn fttutr,,. j.
IN love with 'ia,rr. iii Tom fluids out tina,
Aallaiu H'aydrs IL paying att~niIun 10 . airt
tnd IL To lie At her house that night. lie vuws
I" hav" satisfaction from B.ayjt., but promises
laire That H. viii not seek BlAl DIES for two
wc"hs Tom meets BIayd,s "a few moments
atcr and demands hi t.Ii. N-BIydes draw
Ia sword cane on Tom, who smashes ii with Il
heavy httk which he carries Blay,cs has not
the money. but Eiycs Tom his gold watch, and
Tom Signs AN agreement To pawn the watch and
give the tichrt to Btaydes. Tom leaves and il
scrosted by d,formcd man, who asks The.
time. The next morning ilaydes is found
trutally murdered beside the stile where he had
ben talking To Tom. E-I;laydts has been
robbed of Everything. anon. which the news
papers mention the gold watch which wa really
given I" Tom. Tom had stopped for the night
at the mouse OF the man who was driving the
coach at the time Tom met Rlayde-. lie j. ac-
cu>rd by the coaC hman Of being the murderer
H. escapes anu DISCUSSES himself but il afraid
al pawn the watch. VI-Tom spends the night
III boathouse and next day IL invited into The
uouSt III u -Hid!lf TAT 1tutltlnHu Inc owner. who
does his best to make him feel at home lie il
betrayed hy this man into the hands of the po
lice for the murdec Of Blaydes. VII-Ciaire be-
lirves him guilty Mr.. Harding hires lawyer
TO sce Tom. The lawyer thinks Tom is guilty
and insults him in his cell. Tom throws him
ont. Nlll-Claire gets Dsintrcr to retain Bias
set. one Of the best criminal lawyers in Eng
land, to plead Toms cause. IN-Tom is held
for the next criminal sessions court X-Claire' 4
maid has overheard the conversation between
claire aud Tom on the night of the murder.
when ON swore he 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 Ms
hush money. Al-Tom is convicted of murder
IN ,sr iir., degree. HIlTIom is placed in the
inuted to transportation for life. XIV-Claire's
engagement to Daintree is announced. The lat
iers father warns Claire's father against Dan-
tree. XN.-Tom. as a convict in Australia, IN
bound out to the Sullivans, a peculiar and harsh
family, who live far in the interior 1t a place
dubbed Castle Sullivan. WILTON meets the
love with her. becomes insaneIy jealous. Tom
hnds man giving stolen goods in exchange for
some liquor Later the man is caught and
given nifty lashes lie believes that Tom
Tom In scheme by which the latter would
have been logged. Later in the night he meets
regEy with Nat and accuses him Indirectly of
the trick. Peggy sides with Tom, and Nat at.
,empts to strike her. Tom knocks him down.
NNlll-TOm Is sentenced to fifty lashes. Ho
breaks away and knocks Old man Sulliv an down.
ch' 40 anu gers HuIluTeu. AlA-PcTKy
visits Tom in his cell and brings food and a.
sihts him to escap, to the sea XX-Tom joins
band OF Dushrang0rs and agrees to take part
IN 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. He Is afterward caught
anu admits himself an escaped convict. XIII
Tom is put to work on an iron gang KILL
Tom IL iaken as . butler by Daintree. the man
who paid for his defense during the trial
MAlv-Tom finds out that Dsintree has a wild,
Tom that he is engaged and that his fiancee Is on
her way over then. XXVI-Daintree forces
Tom to take wife from the convict marriage
market He finds Peggy O'Brien and takes her,
Out teIis her that he ID not going to make her
his wife, a. his master only wants q servant
The ship bearing the bride comes in.
CHAPTER XVIII.
~OM had done well to stay be-
hind. There was so much to
make ready that none Of the
others knew where to begin un-
til he showed them. At his best In
most emergencies, he was resolved to
strain every nerve In this one and SO
perhaps show some little gratitude at
last. The opportunity was unique.
Tom seized 1t with characteristic ar
dor.
He began by putting Mrs. Fawcett
on her mettle, invented the dinner for
her and got old Fawcett out Of his
wife's way by sending him to a neigh
boring nursery for the asparagus and
the green peas. Peggy he set to work
to make the beds, while he himself
gathered flowers for the table, flowers
for the ladies' rooms, flowers for the
veranda upon which the bride must
tread. The new flag, bought for this
day. had never been unpacked. 1t was
soon flying bravely from the Flagstaff
on the lawn. And by 5 o'clock Tom
had his table exquisitely laid, but It
was nearly before the curricle lamps
shone through the open gate and the
horses swept up to the veranda, where
Tom stood In ardent readiness.
He had spent the interim In array
ing himself most carefully in all his
mental finery. in shaving for the Sec
ond time that day. in laying out his
masters evening clothes. In gathering
the books which had been left upon
the shore, in reading and re-reading
the poem that expressed his case, In
talking to Peggy and in thinking OF
Claire.
The whole situation put him sadly in
mind Of Claire, but he was not think
ing Of her as the horses trotted up. He
had forgotten all about her when he
heard her voice. Next moment the
curricle bridged the stream Of lamp
light issuing from the hall. And Tom
stood among the roses he had strcwn.
silhouetted against the doorway, with
out moving hand or foot or once lift
Ing his unseen gaze from Claire Hard
ing's face.
What followed seemed to be happen
Ing to another man. Daintree cried to
him, and he helped the ladies to get
down. He touched her hand. Their
eyes never met. Daintree jumped
down and led Claire on his arm
through the roses. Fawcett came up.
the curricle was gone, and Tom stood
alone in the drive. watching the ladies'
60 upstairs within, followed by their
maid and Daintree. and after that he
stood watching the staircase until
Daintree ran down 1t and had him by
both hands.
"You dear. good fellow, you have
thought Of everythingw he cried. you
couldn't have done more II you'd been
the happy man yourself. and shall
never forget it-especially the flowers"
. Nor l." cried Tom bitterly.
"Why. what's the matterY
) "You might have told me who 1t
was. sir. recognized Miss Harding
Mt once. Her family used to come to
our village for the shooting, and her
father was my fathers enemy. It's
hard for me to meet her like this after
that. I'd have run away II I'd known"
Precisely why didn't tell you" re-
Joined Daintree triumphantly. "Come,
come. my good fellow. know all
about the relations between the two
families. and you mustn't fiatter your
self that Miss Harding will remember
you. You've altered considerably, for
one thing. and dropped your surname
on purpose to spare you any such rec
ignition. Miss Harding won't know
you from Adam"