We had nothing

We left Marshfield in the morning with Mother Frances and arrived in Oshkosh towards evening, where we found an empty house. We didn't have a bed, a table, a chair, nor even dishes, except for the three old pots, pans and spoons that we had brought with us! We sat on boxes in the small shack that had been built near the house to eat the lunch we had brought from Marshfield. We spread the three blankets, which we had also brought from Marshfield, on the floor as our bed for the night.