The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-06-21

ems ilattery failed with the jury; for In
half an hour they returned with ver-
diet OF Guilty. and George Hamilton
was sentenced to five years penal ser
vltude, and was sent to Mlbank prison
to commence his punishment for crime
he never committed"
"The very day after his sentence was
the twenty-ffth anniversary of Clara
Brierly's birthday; and on the follow
Ing morning this advertisement appear
ed In the Times:
GIVE HUNDRED POUNDS REWARD.
Whereas, on the 2nd day of Septem-
Der, 49,, an elderly man, of respectable
appearance, who carried about with him
Blue Pocketbook, presented a Forged
Note, and got In exchange good money
at the offices of Messrs. Dibden, Knoll
lys Il Dlbden, Bellyard Doctors Com
mons, the above REWARD will be paid
any one proving that such transaction
took place.
Signed) SMITH & OLIVER,
Solicitors.
Brick Court, Middle Temple.
Clara was now free. She had wait
ed anxiously for the result of the trial;
but never for moment doubted the en-
tire Innocence of her lover. On the
morning of her twsnty-ffth birthday
she had the newspapers sent up to her
room, where she remained. She read
the whole trial over without missing a
word. When she came to the verdict
guilty" her agitation overmastered
her directness of purpose. AT length,
however, she calmly rose from her seat
with these words, Innocent as L am
l am now more certain than ever
Without tear on her pale face, she
dressed herself to go out; then packed
up the things that she wished to take
with her, and left the house without
word to any one except the servant to
whom she gave the remaining property
of her own that was in her room, desir-
ing her to tell her master that she had
gone away, and should not RETURN
Then calling a cab, she drove to Smith
& divers, the solicitors, who had been
recommended to her by George. 1t is
wonderful how they appear to know
everything in those musty rooms in the
Temple. She had not got through more
than half dozen sentences in explana-
nation of her business, before they told
her they knew the entire circumstances,
and accepted her proposal to place her
affairs in their hands; Offering to sup
ply her at once with any money she
needed. The first thing she did was to
direct large reward to be advertised
as l have just read to you and receiving
what she required, intimated her inten-
tion to take lodgings in the city till the
mystery should be cleared up. To this
proposal, however, Mr.. Oliver demurred
suggesting that, instead of going into
lodgings, she might take up her resi-
dence for the time in his house. He
had no family, and his wife would be
delighted to have her for companion.
TO this suggestion Miss Briefly cordial
ly assented. In order to commence
those inquiries to which she was prepar-
ed to devote her life if necessary, she,
acting through her solicitors, obtained
from her unfortunate lover a written
description, as closely as he could re-
member, of the stranger. This she had
printed and distributed, with the offer
of large reward, not only through
London, but to every police station in
England"
"a month passed and not the slight
est clew had yet been found and anoth-
er month, and another. All this time
she never lost sight of her object. She
scrutinized every elderly gentleman that
she met, and more than once she even
followed through the streets people whom
she thought suspicious, with the hope
of their exhibiting blue pocketbook,
her chief mark"
All this time had never heard of
the advertisement with the large reward,
nor suspecting the mischief L had so
unwittingly caused We had been
wandering about the continent; my
wife's health had recovered wonderfully
and my daughters wanted to go to
Egypt. OF course L had to CONSENT
Here we stayed several weeks, doing
the Pyramids and everything else that
it behooves travellers to do; However,
with advancing spring, we began to
wish for the cool breezes of old England;
so we turned our steps homeward, taking
Paris on the way. We arrived in Paris in
early May, where in spite of all persua-
s.ons, 1 determined to remain only few
days. We had, therefore, to make the
best of our time"
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