Some money was left to him by a relative in Vermont.

That's how it happened that he bought a farm instead of going to the poorhouse when Grimshaw put the screws on him." "I knew that your uncle didn't do it," she went on.

"Father and mother couldn't tell you.

So I had to." "Why couldn't your father and mother tell me ?" "They didn't dare.

Mr.Grimshaw made them promise that they would not speak to you or to any of your family.