So Susan Grant I am, and my brothers of the old family are Grant also." "What do you mean by the old family ?" "Mother has three children by her second husband, and that's the new family," explained Susan, "but we are all Grants, though me and my four brothers are really Maxwells.

But there," she said, looking round quietly and rather pleased at the interest with which she was regarded, "I've told you a lot.

Tell me something!" Mrs.Pill was unwilling to leave the fascinating subject of suicide, but her desire to talk got the better of her, and she launched into a long account of her married life.

It seemed she had buried the late Mr.Pill ten years before, and since that time had been with Miss Loach as cook.

She had saved money and could leave service at once, if she so chose.