Poor financial conditions influence the Ingalls family to move to Winoka when Mary goes there to teach at the Blind School. They meet Albert, an orphan who Charles forms an attachment to, even though Laura catches him stealing from the hotel that Charles was managing and Caroline was running the kitchen/dining room for.—Anonymous
During Hard economic times, the Ingalls move closer to Mary, who is now teacheing at the school for the blind in Winoka with Adam. Charles and Laura befriend Albert, an orphan, whom Laura catches stealing from the hotel Mr. and Mrs. Ingalls Manage