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- Picture Frammg .J. XERLAXDS. l. .\'. One cf the above will be at Hamilton’s Hotel. :Ienvcrton, on the SEUHND MUN- .DA \' 4f each month. He will n'so visit ‘\\'0ml\'1lle on the Secuml 'I‘U ENDAY of each anontll, stunping at )lcl‘hersun‘s "Mel. =Livery Rigs at. any time and at all hours -on the shortest untiee. Spvcial attention given to Commercial 'l‘ravellcrs. Charges always moderate. TERMS CASH. Sta- bles In cuuncction with the l'lldnu lluuse. chmmosâ€"One Dollar per year, Strictly in Advance. 'Clcrk 7th Division Court County Victoria. (‘olweyauccn Ciymmissiuncr in Queen's Bench, c . kc. Otfice, Victoria Rum! Sta- Ition. the Wuudrillc Adrnmtc, 6 t9 6} iwf cell}. EVERY 'l‘lllY ‘SI)\Y “DRYING TICIIII'C‘S fl 'iwl/y .lr’ramed LDU‘S HOUSE, Woodville. TIIOS. RD‘V‘BDS Proprietor. E Firsbclasa accommodation and attentive servants. Bar well supplied with the choic- est liquors and cigars. ‘lius to and from all trains and every convenience for the travel- ling public. ROSE WOO!) A NI) (1' ILT .' OFFICEâ€"1104mm lately occupied by \V. M. (fochrane, Biglow'n Block. l’urt l’erry. TORTHERN HOTEL, Woodville. BENJAMIN SCAMHIDV, I'ropflclor. This House is situate in the centre of the business portion of the Village, and has re- cently been refitted and refuruished, and is therefore most suitab'e for commercial men and the public generally. The Bar is sup plied with the best brands of Liquors and Cigars. GoodStables and attentive Hostler. This commodions hotel has been entirely refitted, and is now finished in the most modern and improved style. Go: I Sample Rooms. Convenient Family Suil 8. Keep none but best brands of Liquors and Ci ars. Travellers and Visitors will lind everyt ing convenient. A Billiard Room in connection. Good Stabling and attentive Hostler. Terms moderate. Age-hi m A. mums. SUN .2: (70.. erltfurul. Mnuulaclmers of Reapers, Mawâ€" era, Self-Binders. c. “'oodville, Mny. ISSI. Clerk lst Division (‘uurt County Victoria. Secretary Eldon B. A. Societv. Agent P. B' S. Company. Cunveynncer, Commis~ manner in Queen's Bench. MART! N HOPKINS, BARRIS'I‘EIS, souurons d‘c. Money to Loan at 6 per cent. OFFICESâ€"Kent Street. Lindsxy, Ontario. l’. S. Mums. 3 G. H. anmss. PROFESSIONA L CA RDS. VOL V. JOB. J. CAVE Publlshor. Allorney-nt-lnw. Sallcltnr In Chancery. (‘onveynm-cr, Jr" «1‘. Money to Luau on first class security at Agent for l'nion loan a Snvlna‘s l‘o. K i m] Shwrl. Wood ville. OFFICEâ€"One dnnr east of "oat Daico, Womlvillo. Ont. IRED. G. MILLA H, EWEN N. M’LEAN. .RCH. C«\.\II’BELL E1311 \\l)S PENI‘;L\\"I). |UEENS HOTEL, \Voodville . EORG 1“. \VI LLIS MILLA R, UGH I). SINCLAIR, J} U'i' I .Y ESS ('.‘l R ”.3“. HUDVILLE [AVERY STA BLES. M. CAMERON. CHA “(HES MODERATE. IIZSII‘ BD‘VARDS. Proprietor. DBNI‘IS’I‘S, d‘n. llndsay. out. 110 TEL ( A 1: DS. 1““! NT" .‘l’t‘TIGS BER. B. 11118. Proprietor. ”IN A LL ST \' LES-- -A'l' "‘8 OFFICE. â€" l3 [‘1’ til-[SIDED @hfi filmmfllflt fihmmitm i .103. rux-rmsn. nus. Buns. Rolls and Pastry a Specialty Woodville, P. O. l...Great lmlncement to provide for fam- iliea in case of death at small cunt. 2...Eqnal benefits tn lmtll taxes. 3...Uniform assessment at one dollar only. 4...(.‘nrefnl medical rxnminminn required. 5.. No annual «Ines ur extra charges. 6...No large salaries «or eqmnavn. 7...'l‘wn lmmlrwl llullars advanced for funeral expense;- whun necessary. 8...llenelits secured at actnal coat 9...Memln-r becmnin totally tlipablal, may draw hall nl their 0 aims, the balance being payable at death. For particular: and full information apply to l R A A mm It. SODA, ABERNETHY AND FRUIT BUISCUITS, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. Pill hirectnl‘. GEO. H. \\'.-\'I‘SUN. L. L. B., Tornntn. So- lu imr. S. \V. HILL, Esq. Ridgovillc. Membership Superinh-mlcut. HIM-MI" C'ommlltct I Wm. lennle. W. l’ Page, J. l’. Bull. Provide ['0'~ the [I'm]: under Your Charge. \\'ILLI \.\I III'INNII‘I. I‘Isq , Toronto. Pres. A. (:Il-‘FUI‘II. II‘q. .‘It‘flf'IrQI, U. \ Icc- l'rvs. \\'. I’I'IMI‘w IIU\ I’-\(:I'I, I‘Isal. II‘unthilI Sec g. E. II. IllllIUII.\ I'Isq (\hlridgc Twas. I'. II IIIII' I‘IIIISUK, q“. II _'IurullIu, 318‘“- Parties having fat cattle to dispose of will please call or leave wnrd at. my shop. ([191]) OFFICE, 63 KiNG S'I‘.. E\Sl‘ TORONI‘O. Having bought the shop and fixtures of Mr. G. C. Smith, Butcher. custumcls can rely on getting the best of Beef at all times, and other meats in season. WOODVI LLE BAKERY. 1 "corporatcd .1 My. 24711, ’80. A large assortment of whips from 15cm. up. ALL KINDS OF REPAIRING NEATLY AND QUICKLY EXECUTED. Farmers wanting meat “ill please leave their order the night before at the shop. The highest. cash prim paid for HIDES. unnuzss GOLMRS, HALTERS, "HIPS FRUIT CAKES. MIXEDTEA CAKES. REPAIRING PROMPTLY Executed. (‘istern and Well Pumps, JA MES STUART. HARNESS MAKER, SADDLER m FAMILY BREAD PARTIES SUPPLIED \Y HOLESALE. ISSUER 0F MARRIAGE LICENSES. ALL NE\V “'ORK \VARRANTED. MUTUAL AID cunnv couns, B'nusnas, rn'umié VALISES um All. mun or Special Features of the Association : UGH MCCORQUODALE. OODVI LLE HA RN ESS SHOP. ESTABLISHED, [85¢ OODV l LLE PUMP FACTORY. ‘VOODVILLE BII'I‘IIIIEB SHOP- JACOB BARNES, FORCE PUMPS SUPPLIED. WOODVILLE- ONT. JOHN BERRIE’S ASSOCIATION, TERMS CASH,, JOHN BERRIE. ORDERS SOLICITED. ORDERS SOLICITED. (LANA DIAX. N IS UNXLP HORSE'FURNISHING NANUFACTU RBR 0P IN THE COUXTY OFFICERS: Mont (m- Cohnty of Victoria. L‘ur .Kim: and Stuart St WOODVILLE, THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 1881. “ PRO BONO PUBLICO." The rter opens an inch wider the door. which e has hitherto held as though to shut it in the lady's face, end responds with the one word. Dead ! A-au‘upn-ssccl sound. an innrticulnte sob. an incn Ierent word or two is heard beneath the w il .-\ mnment mnre. the Ind) ' has reâ€" eutered her carriage, and it has rolled awav. All day long the lnmlscane has been lmppv with the green alaclnews of warm June. All day long the watersllnve mmle thdr mur- mnring music. the woods have breathed their plemnnt fragmncv. and the aclmnl children have laughed and sung and playful. - 'l‘he porter lonked fur one moment after the vanishing: carriage. and then at the two coins in his hand. As he pockets them he m-es they are gold : but he «Ines not see that the denmninfltion is that of Portuguese dulllh loans. .\lr. Gilmore was a retinal lawyer of great repute. mul celebrated for two pausessimm. (me of them was a large fnrtunc. Which his enemies mid he hnd acquired through an nml ignons cummctiun with tlm criminal cmlrts . and the other was a very sweet mul lm-oly «laughter, the sulu stay and solace of his widower-howl. fine June mnrning, fatlwr and daughter were sitting: muetlmr in Ins largo. handsome- ly furnished front parlour. when the follow. in; com'orsaiinn ensued. : ‘Aiicc. my III-or. let IN hare II few words together IIIIoIIt-â€"_\'-III know whom. \on neod not lIlnsh. I haw never unnul van to mnrrv. as Snmt‘. fathers \InuId. \I-ither do I want. to keep \‘ou sI-lfishly. all to myself. [think my rieue concerniu ' you are very nun-Iti- II and IIIoIlorato Ill)“ kind and good. Three tIIinIxa I ru-qnir‘ in a husband for van. Pint that ho «Mould Ioro y-ou . second that: he «IIIIIIII lw alIIe to summit you in style equal to that III which \-III haw lwenlwnnqht up; third. that his familv IIIIoIIIII he respect- old» 'I‘ he Ilrst of those conditions Lamenl fnltils. I am IIr'opoesessNI III his favour ' and an Inn II as I Inn)“ of him. IIelieIe lIi'Ii to he a t‘IIIo yo mu man. But how much do we know of him ! Simply that he does not know his real name. that the name he goes hy Is that of his fostI-r IIIII-ents - and that h - neitlIeI knon I-iIIISI-‘f nor do tlmy. before they div-I. and left him all their money. know who “as hie father or mother. He has behaved in a manlv and straightforward way in IIIIIIIittIIIIz this. The people who adopted him may have been conscientious lIIIt they Wore certniIIII imprudent In telling him the truth. Thev did it for the belt lint certainlv the) Woul I have saved three r- eoneâ€"him. you, and me. Alice. 3 wrath of trouble. had they kept their own counsel The moment lmmuel proves to me that his family in llnlIIchcIIonanP, that moment. Alice. end not till then I give my consent for you to become his wife â€"-He in coming this morning. you my. to learn his Into ehell tell him Innkly. my dear. whet! it" uh! you, But. Mrs. Hurling. continues the Indy, without raising her Veil. the wife of the man who was sentenced tn imprisonment for life, for the murder at Gabriel Marks, where Is she 2 plain but richly dressed - woman. deeply veiled. alights and rings the bell at the por- ter’s lodge. She wishes to see the matron, but is informed the hour is too late, and she must return tomorrow. I will tall you mn'am says the patter. his great hand sweeping swiftly «war the little outstretched palm and loaving it empty She died this afternoon in giving birth to a childâ€".1 buy. And the child ! continues the lady. “'3: taken an hour since to the Fonudling Hnapital, and admitted. In three minutes moref the close van waiting at the side gate of the city prison. has rattled off, bearing the malmcled prison- er, his head bewed on his breast. The ganl- ers have vanished. The unconscious wife. who has been seizml with fainting fits. and removed to the matmn's room in the female department of the prison. giVes no signs of life. One mmnPnt. for heaven's sake ! pleads the wamau. putting forth a hand that has money in it. When did she die ? How ? One moment’s dea‘d Silence. and in that moment the husband and wife of one year's time have said goal-bye. never to look upon cash other-’3 Iago on earth again. At this moment sin uolcr steps forward and taps the man on t e shoulder, with the two words, time’ s_ up_. '_ At nightfall. a close carriage stopped at t1_1qlitt_le_m<_t§r_n in} tlle_prison way. A A mu and a woman standing together in the corner of a prison cell in the city of Philadelphia. Three or four gaolers near the door. with their eye? turned away. God know: you are innocent, she con- tinnea. I believe you are innocent. When our child is born, I will train it up. so help me, God ! to love and reverence its father’s name. Perhaps, you will be pardoned ; perhaps, your innocence will be established, and you released. I cannot. believe God will allow the innocent to anfl'er a life long im- prisonment. and the guilty to escape. n..|- - Mary. it is a war to-day since w; were married. To think that. I may not be re~ s ited ever even long enough to look upon l: at little child of ours that will be born so soon ! Oh. God ! It seems too much 3 "Ha more than human heart can bear 1 He clasped the woman tighter and tears. long garnered thmu'hout 3 Ion" trial and imprisonment, umhed till now, rained on her neck Her eyes are dull, but. unspeakably sweet with womanly endurance She presses his face against Mr shoulder, and smoothm his hair with a touch that carries him back to thg hgqeymoon of a year ago. Johnâ€"dear John ! she whispers, you and I (:3!) only look to God now. IN FOR LIFE 1 l was accused of having murr‘ered. He was a diamond-merchant by profession. but he also had an interest in other kinds of busi- ness: aml he procured me a situation as subscription agent or canvasser for an illus- trated edition of the Bihle. to be printed in parts. I might have made money at. it, but. as you may remember. my intimacy with him lasted for only ten short days. during which time we were much together. The last time I saw Gahricl Marks alive was as we were crossing. at half past ten at night, in the terry boat that plied between Phila- delphia and Camden. where we lived. I had met him in Philadelphia. in (‘hcstnut street. lle had houeht a hex of llavanah cigars. and we m-nt on hoard the ferry hoat together Just before the hunt left the wharf. he asked me to hold the box for a moment. and left the cahin. The host at rted ; it reached the wharf at Camden ; Marks had not. returned. ‘\'hilst the heat was being fastened to the pier, I asked the ferry master whether such a man as Marks had passed out. The ierry master said he had not noticed. Thinking that for some incrplicahle reason Marks might have gone ahead. I walked quickly an to the house where he lodged with us and asked whether he. had returned. He had not. And the next thing I heard of him was that his dead hudy had been found on the heach. ten or fifteen miles from Philadelphia. on the west- ern shore of the Delaware. I was the last person seen with him. I was poor and po‘werless in a foreign land. Mark's friends were rich and influential. Every cir um stance in my favor was ignored. Lawyers. and {ridge and jurymen overlooked facts whic proved it Impossible that I should have committed the deed. To have murder- ed him snd lett his body where it was found and to have been home within one hour from the time it was proved I met him in Chestnut street was a hys‘ical impossibility. Nothing belonging to liim was fonnd with me excepting the cigars he handed me on the ferry hoot. No witness Was filed on my behalf, You. the played the fame of ap- You stated my case once. said finding, when you acted as counsel for my defence. Listen and let me state it now. About twenty one years ago, when l was scarcely of age. my wife and lâ€"we were just married thenâ€"came to this country from England. \Ve Were very poor ; but during the first six months of poverty here we managed to make a few humble friends. and it is t ) those few fliends exertions. continued through twenty years' chances of office with different Gov- nors. that I owe my liberty to-day. One friend. howaver. I made, who is the inno- cent cause of all this trouble ; and that friend wafis‘rahriei Marks, the man wh-‘m cheek. I kn 1w you mean it all for the best. she whispered. lwr cheek reposinq upon his.~ But. oh. father. promise me that. if I can- not marry him.you will not ume me to marry any one else 2 And he waved his hand towards an arm- chair. in which the stranger seated himself. In another moment. Alice. with one ques- tioning glance at her father, quitted the room. and the two were left alone, facing each other, end looking straight into one (mother’s eyes. » There wgsa long pause. and then Mr. Gilmore resented himself and drew a. long breath. You recalmize me. after all these years 2 said the Visitor. at last. leaning his wan face wearily on his hand. and speaking in nsunk- en voice. from which hate seemed to die out. and left only the ashes of utter hope- lessnpss. Yon need not. answer me. I see that you recowlize me. John Barliugz. sen- tanced to imprisonment for Iifc. on the charce of murdering Gabriel Marks. a u All that is past. said Mr. Gilmore. pick~ ing up some animation. You are pardom d ; your innocence ‘a estalw‘iiluetl-estalnlislle-l. at least, in the eyes of all yo Ir frivmls, who have been interculing in your behalf. \Vhy do von come to me ? Chihl. I promise ynn that. l have never crossed you in anything else, but I feel it my duty to cross ya“ in this. And now. In dear, read that over again. he continue . painting to a. pasange in the morning's new:- paper. Read that. passage over agnlu that [ interrupted you In, when I began to talk. It tlnn’t 801:!" possible. The report we gave credence to last week. that John Han-ling. who twenty two years ago was sentenced to im risnnment for life for the murder of Gabrie Marks, had been pardoned. is in every particular true. Pre- cisely one month ago. the Governor's pardon was read to him in his prison cell : twenty years of unnecessary sufl'erimz having been consumed in the discovery that the evidence against him was insuflicient. Barling has disappeared 'ro‘n this part of the country, whore he had a few feet friends. and his pre- sent wherenhonts is unknown. The last wards were scarcely uttered when the parlour door was opened. and a servant with a hesitatlng and embarrassing manner. showed in a stranger. Certainly a respectable individual, though his hearing aspect were strangely decom- posed. Once across the threshold he grasped the handle of the door. and shut. the servant out. The movement was so singular that Mr. Gilmore started to his feet, and AliCe clntohed her father's aim. A change came over the intruder. His hands could be seen to tremble. and he turn~ ediyery pale. Leave us alone my dear. a little whi‘e, he whispered. This perSOn, if I mu not mistaken. would like to see me on busi- "Egéllsg‘lllg. he said. fee‘ lv ; I am ill. and l have walked very far. Will you let me take .1 seat 1' Alice was about to place him a chair, but her father restrained her. And Alice‘re-read the following pas. H9 drew her to him. and she kissed his At these unexpected words. Mr. Gilmnre shifted his pusitiun, fnldcd his arms. nnul lunked into John Barllnq's face wuth glowing interest. I recognized them from a curious habit Gabriel Marks had of marking every win that came into hisfimsnesxion. To make a long story short, I forced the history of these doubtful donhloons from the dying ex~porter. 0n the evening of the day my wife died. a lady, deuply “Veiled. draw up;tn the prison ante. mud enquired first for the matron, whom. she was informed, she could not see. and then for my wife and the new. born child. On being told of the death of one, and the admission of the other into the Foundling Hospital. she appeared much affected. and drove away again. imprudently leaving these douhloons as n doucer in the porter-'3 hmuls.‘ ‘ With all the savmg I had. I immediately proceed to work, and engaged the services of a uetectivc to uuraVel the tangle of th‘n twenty years, mystery. i must choose an- other time to carry Vuu through all the in- tricacies we threaded. This much We have discovered :â€"’I‘hat the woman who handed the donhloona to the porter is at present living in quiet aplt'ndour in a distant city. a well presern-d and fine looking Woman still ; that she has in her nnsswsion many valuable diamonds that once belonged to him ; that knowing me to he guillless and smiled with monetary remorse. she visited the n'son that evening. at her own risk. with t :0 in- tention of befriending in some way. my wife or child, and that. with that singular want of comrmm prudence which has distinguished so many great criminals. she left in the {Mr ter’a hands the very evidence of her guilt. in lhort. if this woman, in whose toili Marks had got inrolvcd. unknown to me. during my brief intimacy with him. did not commit the‘dced herself. her agents did: Perhaps I shall before I close. said Barl- ing‘ in the same humble and broken tones. and without a .flash of indignation which might have been expected. But whether 1 do or not, that is not the chief purpose for which I visit you this morning. Listen ! you are a widOWer. So am I. My wife died the Very day I began my term of sen- tence. in giving birth to a child [ never saw. All through this twenty years of working and waitingâ€"waiting or death, the only re- lease 1 expectedâ€"l haVe mourned over that little child and his mother ; and fancied how she would keep her parting vow to me, and bring him up to loVe and reverence his guilt~ less father’s name. So. twenty years have passed awayâ€"how, I leave you to imagineâ€"â€" without one whisper ever being borne into me where they were or how they lived. One month ago I was pardoned. The announce" meat stunned me for some moments. After that my first inquiries were for my wife and child. The turnkeys who had been in the prison when I entered it had all passed away. The matron was dead. The porter had been dischaiged for misconduct years ago ; but I managed to find out. by patient enquiry. where he was living. in apparent peuury and extreme old age. I had done a great deal of extra work during my prison life, and earned for myself a pretty little sum of money. With this I purchased the necessaries to make a decent appearance. aml commenced the other search, of which l shall presently have more to say. In the first place, after great diligence and much inquiry. I found the aged porter, and from him I learned that my wife h xd died on the very day I began the term of my imprison- ment, and that the boy had been sent to the Fonndlins: Hospital. That was a great blow to nze. To think that I should have dream~ ed of my little child's face for twenty long 'ears and ham suddenly had such a great hope placed before me. and then to have it dashed away again forever. \Vell, sir, I just crossed my hands then. and said I had nothing more to do or sufl'er in God's world. but just to lie down and die, if death Would come to me. But the ex-porter told me something else. He was ill. fricndless and «reset-ted. and I suppose that made him peni- tent. It appears that he had grown to be a great niiscr. but feeling himself near his end and seeing how broken spirited I was. he made me open a bag of money. hid beneath his pillow. and take some, [did so; and among the coins were two pieces of gold. which after the lapse of twenty years. I recognized immediately. They were I’ortn-- guese donbloons, curiously marked. and i recognized them as the same which Gabriel Marks had put into his pocket in my pm- sence on the evening when I lastisaw him. \goin Mr. Gilmore shifter] his position. and with his hands upon his knees. stored with culminating intenest into John Bnrhng“ ince. John Hurling panned, mmch by the leak on Mr. (‘lilmnre'e lace. The latter got up. his features twitching. and extending hi4 hem] to his viaiwr. snitL I Am what. tlw world callaa luml mum, Mr. Hurling. lmt you have shaken me tn-day as l was never shaken in my life before. If anything I can do for you now will help to renhmpcnse you tor thele twenty veers m' needless mill-ring. command mc freely. I do tuft know vihotho-r yam can or nht. I was led here with a dim marl. of feeling that pol-Imps you could. Listen to may fur a few For all that you have suffered, Mr. Bnrl~ lug. said the imperturbahle lawyer, l am truly sorry, but, remember, you have not. yet. proved your innocence to me or to tho world. penring in my defence. contented yourself with objecting to the jurisdiction of the Court. The verv judge was ignorant of the law that should have guided bin conduct. and he sentenced me to death, not knowing that he had power only to seal me to the State prison, there to await the Governor’s decision. And had the will of the Court been carried out I should have been in eter- nity twenty years ago. Would to God I hmi. [mxcumnn on mom-n not.) Tennis 0.“: DOLLAR PEI ANN” strictly II Advance NUMBER 237