"Father was working at some house in these parts--" "What! Down here ?" "Yes, at Rexton, which was then just rising into notice as a place for gentlefolks.

He had just finished with a house when he came home one day with his wages.

He was taken ill and died.

The doctor said he had taken poison, and he died of it.

Arsenic it was," explained Susan to her horrified audience.
"But why did he poison himself ?" asked Geraldine.
"I don't know: no one knew.