At times she thought she never could see him again; at others, she realized her helplessness.

She had her babies to nurse for a year; there was nothing she could think of she knew to do, that she could do, and take proper care of two children.

She was tied "hand and foot," as Aunt Ollie said.

And yet it was Aunt Ollie who solved her problem for her.

Sitting beside the bed one day she said to Kate: "My dear, do you know that I'm having a mighty good time?
I guess I was lonesomer than I thought out there all alone so much, and the work was nigh to breaking me during the long, cold winter.