Possible Clues:

• His salesman died (he had a tale to tell!)
• His representative died on stage
• One running round lake, a grinding task for him
• The grind has him not so well at last
• Arthur --, American dramatist
• Arthur who wrote 'Death of a Salesman'
• Sienna of "Horizon: An American Saga"
• Ontario Premier Frank
• After work he gives ground
• In the end he seems more indisposed to do the ground work