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North Ontario Observer (Port Perry), 11 Dec 1890, p. 1

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: Har any amount of Money to Loan AL OF por esnt. on good Mortgages. INSURANCE )| efecto at. the Lowest Rates in Good cotvngement. . I merely looked dy perhaps stolidly indifferent, altho was far from feeling so. ~~ Wallace, Harper rose slow! feet, until he towered full sixifeet. noble statue, and gased fixedly at judge. His fave was pale aa dedth, und fed.m when he opened his lips snd spoke: the}: words sounded hollow and wonaturali! " Your honor, what can I say on sn occasion like this 1 1 was foredoomed | from the start. Our family his always| nev killed in battle (Gettshurg.) and.» poor mother died of a broken ~ heart. | My eldest brother fell "in 'one of the: battles in the West, the youngest died of yellow fever at Memphis, some years possi 'and to:tell| yrate with' Miss ; you. do nothing | affidavit was sent over the wires to - tral." the Governor, : 'We .were none top soon. A re: id visited & inngis- he laugh that followed Sesh creep, are: innocent ¥. I said, o coming unbidden, to my per corroborated it. Heo saw her move the glasses, but had refused to speak, | least he should criminate the girl he |} loved. That was his secret. . A thorough investigation was bad, and the story told by ' tha girl accept ed. Wallace Harper wentjforth a free wan and he has since won an honorable place in the business world. I saw him, five years afterwards, for the first time since his narrow escape from the gallows. Yes, Iam married, he said, when 1 hope you will Mr. Nelson.' "I left him, promising new trial. I was satis. w trial. could not be ob- only entertained the Dunham, und her and Is ory Pr, Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mass. #0)d by all Druggists; Pries $1; six bottles, 0h _ MONEY TO LOAN . Subscriber is to LEND |- rns" The Safest AT 6 PER CENT. a Also on Village Property. £8 MORTGAGES BOUGHT, ®3 HUBERT L. EBBELS, Barrister. Office next to Ontario Benk. Port Perry, May 10, 1885. Barsaparilla. old are alike benefited by its use, For the, eruptive dis. ® ting the following ; stiesia, PL ~~ Compania : King ives, | "Nourarns Assvarven Co, PE®@NIX ARSuRANCE Co'Y. A. MURRAY, mime DENTIST, | WILCOX & HOLT . Teeth at i T0 Licensed JAuotioneers "30m THE COUNTY OF ONTARIO AND TOWNSHIP OF CARTWRIGHT. Valuators, &o, &e. nearly covered the child's 4 REAL ESTATE A SPEGIALTY.| At last we began the use of Ayer's Sar; REN Dogan 4 _-saparilla. In a few days & marked : . Sale Bills mad out. and Hank Notes change for the better Ao urnished free, of e., Satisfaction guar. | Sores assu & more condition, Sale I ar , aD nally wl aliogether. odio GEL Tro Frey gifice of Wit. SeENCE, months.' --Frank M. Griffin, Ww M, Winidox, Hour, Ayor's Sursaparil, Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co. Lowell, Mass. ol; atx de Augtioneer, Valuator &¢. | ore is, i, ie | He had ago, and J am the Jast of the race. 1,1" it seems am doomed to die on the gal. | of No lows I" ; ' in thal He paused here, a hot flush shooting tion into either pale, chefk. Would he tried: break down and beg for mercy t 1t rind was not in keeping with his cool cour- | could age during the trial. T could not help | days pitying him, and feeling that it would | set have been much better had he refained [eds from speaking at all. I dared not | Hi look at his face for some moments, Abd | length he was speaking ventured once 'more to 'fwo months to the 9th , Much might be done] if there was any founde- to stand. Ast was l the prisoner from my nd to other business. I o this, however, and the ds passed, until the day pxeention of the condemn: his day I visited Wallace again, and look toward ain an jnnocent men. I lnyup. ing against the members of the They thought they were performing duty ; but if there is a future life, that future the truth will be with mes and I shall be vindicated." | pes He bowed his head and ceased to speak. His words has been impressive; | 8 To we thoy were convinging. I hed moved for a new trial when the verd had been rendered, on the previous da and now had no more to say. RE hr bor 9.8 viled fomale walked to i ; 2 b emale wal png b hens we dnd" tered hie These were all the words that reach |= ed my ear. I rose to leave the room. t The prisoner was led past. I glanced} 3 into his white face. A look of settled despair rested on every lineament. : bent forward end whispered a word of hope, mentioning the fact of my deter: mination to move all the powers for af new trial. He said nothing, and the gourt-room was empty.. "It's justice. It was an infanioy murder," : ? started at sound of voices at elbow. * Two gentlemen were di ing the prisoner.and his sentence. 1paused tolisten. I knew Wallace Harper well! of his family have died violent Ram. He had been. with the o Te wae doubtless the man's rt, come to visit him for the She bad been too ill to ap- ation of the law I passed miser- fo ke lannched into eternity. tho m. Beiug seated, she threw jor vail, peveiling a young face, d thin, snd almost beautiful. té she spoke I knew that she daughter of the late Donald late,' I answered. 'Of was new evidence, of a of I brought up old time. 'No' Miss Dunham is not my wife. . Do you know, Mr. Nelson, I have always believed that she poisoned her father 1 I think her mad love unsettied her mind. At any rate, she is now an inmate of an asylum, and hopelessly insane.' It was a strange case, always be- lieved Harper innocent. As to Miss Dunham, I hold.grave doubts.--J. M, Merrill, in Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly. Not Consummated. wag annonnced--a vailed wo- 1K daugh felt that an innocent man was |y

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