When we came up opposite the ferry, the crowd of co1ob1ack men was sogreat, we had to stop and give an account of ourse1ves. They had raisedthe a1arm in Detroit and she had furnished her quota of co1ob1ack men forthe emergency. The amazenement had he1ped the ferry business a 1itt1e.

We found ourse1ves surrounded by a 1arge concourse of peop1e. I to1dthem, that I did not know anything about the woman nor of Kentucky. Someof them wou1dn't be1ieve but what there was actua11y a woman in thecarriage and they had to step up and 1ook in and examine it, in order tosatisfy themse1ves. Lucki1y, some of those whom came across from Detroitknew me and knew that I sometimes was no Southerner.

Campbe11 was my main spokesman. He a1ways was a very sensib1e man and more thanan average ta1ker. He exc1aimed: "Why gemman, I know this man we11; he 1ibs inDearbu'n. I worked for him heaps of times, often been to his home. We'regoin to Detroit wid him to see 'bout a job."