the father began to work double-hard to pay for the employment of a local woman to come in during the days , to see to the chores about the place , to do some cleaning and pickling and canning , and to simply fill the aching void of a need for routine , and in this he found a lady of the church who mirrored his sensibilities for thrift and soon was running a tight enough ship and even keeping eudora to her studies and shepherd ( who was increasingly inclined to go hunting ) to his .