"Oh, sir, that hurts too deeply.

Pardon! I am not a criminal." "Falsely so regarded in the eyes of the law, but now proved to be innocent, and so expressed by the governor.

It is not a pardon in any sense of remission, but a declaration of innocence and sorrow for the undeserved wrongs you have suffered." "It is well," he answered, gloomily--"the best that can be done; and I should be thankful." "You cannot be more deeply thankful than I am, George." Mr.Dinneford spoke with much feeling.

"Let us bury this dreadful past out of our sight, and trust in God for a better future.

You are free again, and your innocence shall, so far as I have power to do it, be made as clear as noonday.