 On account of failure in sight, she was compelled to sever her relations with Miss Arnott's school, but, after rest and medical treatment, she established a boys' school.Funds being required to put up a building, she returned, after an absence of 25 years, to the United States in 1872, and collected money for the purpose.While visiting one of the churches, she fell, meeting with a serious injury, and from the time of her fall to her death, she was seldom free from pain, day or night.