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Show 265 They were soon glad they had taken the precaution, for the man, after dusk, appeared again, this time pressing his face against the window. The frightened women pushed heavy pieces of furniture against the doors and so saved the pig. At the time Milford purchased the Sugar House farm, Ellis saw it as a healthful environment for the rearing of her sons. She had already expressed concern about the "bad" boys they sometimes had as playmates. But Milford probably undertook farming for economic reasons. Up to that time, Bardella said, it seemed to her father that farming was "the most profitable, lucrative undertaking." Another undertaking, something he thought would financially help his family while filling a need in the community, was to begin the operation of a private hospital for neurotic women and those suffering from psychosis. Lacking the necessary funds with which to construct a building, he turned his home into a temporary place for his patients. "He and his wives formed the medical staff with 3 patients and everything was pointing to success just at the time when the Edmunds-Tucker Bill was implemented. The patients were sent home and Dr. Shipp's families were scattered." At the time that subpoenas were issued for him, the church called him to go again to England-his third mission there. As justification for this, his daughter said: "Had he been arrested before going to England, he would have received a fine beyond all reason, plus a long imprisonment." Two years later, upon his return, he learned that there was |