We were able to live off of the money that my father had left until school started. Grandma Peggy came from her country home to stay with us. She was about seventy years old then, but she still tried to help out by doing day work. After a hard day's work on day she fell down with a paralytic stroke. My aunt, who was her only daughter, came and got her. She stayed with her until she died a few years later.

After that I found an old lady who was one of my mother's friends to come and stay with in the home while I was away teaching. Every Friday I would ride the six miles home on the back of a mule. I spent Saturday and Sunday washing and ironing and cooking for the children. And I rode back Sunday evenings.