Not only did she give all her time and perform far greater labor than any other person engaged in this movement, but she also took the whole financial responsibility.

The anxiety of this hardly can be imagined, but she was seldom discouraged, never daunted.

Her father had repaid the few hundred dollars she had loaned him from her slender earnings as teacher in the days of his adversity, and these she used freely without expectation of replacing them.

She never hesitated because she had not money but went boldly forward, trusting to collections and contributions to pay expenses.
Sometimes she came out even, sometimes behind.

In the latter case she sent at once to her father who supplied the necessary funds, which were repaid when there was a surplus.