With her usual courage and determination to learn, Renestine
set about the long figures of quarterly returns and register reports,
money order and stamp reports, making up and distributing mail, prompt
deliveries and sending out of mail. Her pride in her new life
responded to the demands made upon her and she went forward. Unafraid
now, for she had a grasp of the difficulties, she bent her work. She
pored over her monthly and quarterly returns in the quiet of night, and
over and over again she wrote and figured until she understood and
could make them out correctly. She was encouraged by her friends, and
complimented by the bankers and merchants in the city for her
successful efforts.

The first year was a long trial to Renestine. Her children
were young and needed her care and guidance as well as the new
occupation. But the little mother was all the busier when she returned
home in the evening. With a divine strength to perform and serve, she
labored.

The education of each child was followed patiently, eagerly,
unceasingly, by her. Music and languages, besides the fundamentals,
were to be given to each.

The bodies were clothed by her flying fingers at night. What a
boon ready-to-wear would have been to this little mother. Not a boy's
garment could be had unless it was the handiwork of the household.



One evening, many years afterward, Renestine returned to her