i401l] : father was very sensitive so that many small events annoyed pained him much. 1 once asked him, when he was old and could not . why he did not drive out for exercise; and he answered. 'Every road out of Shrewsbury is associated in my mind with some painful event.' Yet he was generally in high spirits. He was easily made very a squire of one of the oldest families in Shropshire, and head partner in a bank, committed suicide. My father was sent for as a manner of form, and found him dead. 1 may mention by the way, to show how matters were managed in those old days, that because Mr was a rather great man and universally respected, no inquest was held over his body. My father, in returning home. thought it proper to call at the bank (where he had an account) to tell the managing partner of the event, as it was not improbable it would cause a run on the bank. Well the story was spread far and wide. that my father went into the bank, drew out all his money, left the killed himself,' and then departed. It seems that it was then a common belief that money withdrawn from a bank was not safe, until the person had passed out through the door of the bank. My father did not hear this story till some little time afterwards, when the managing partner said that he had departed from his invariable rule of never

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father was very sensitive so that many small events annoyed pained him much. 1 once asked him, when he was old and could not . why he did not drive out for exercise; and he answered. 'Every road out of Shrewsbury is associated in my mind with some painful event.' Yet he was generally in high spirits. He was easily made very a squire of one of the oldest families in Shropshire, and head partner in a bank, committed suicide. My father was sent for as a manner of form, and found him dead. 1 may mention by the way, to show how matters were managed in those old days, that because Mr was a rather great man and universally respected, no inquest was held over his body. My father, in returning home. thought it proper to call at the bank (where he had an account) to tell the managing partner of the event, as it was not improbable it would cause a run on the bank. Well the story was spread far and wide. that my father went into the bank, drew out all his money, left the killed himself,' and then departed. It seems that it was then a common belief that money withdrawn from a bank was not safe, until the person had passed out through the door of the bank. My father did not hear this story till some little time afterwards, when the managing partner said that he had departed from his invariable rule of never

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i401l] home. 1 asked my father why she was so frightened. and he answered he [was] very glad to hear it. as he had frightened her on purpose, feeling sure that she could be kept in safety and much happier without any restraint. if her husband could influence her, whenever she became at all violent, by proposing to send for Dr Darwin; and these words succeeded perfectly during the· rest of her long life.