So we decided upon May 10.

My good friend Mr.Garrison kindly took charge of all the details necessary for the success of the trip, and he, as well as other friends, gave us a great number of letters of introduction to people in France and England, and made other arrangements for our comfort and convenience abroad.

Good-bys were said at Tuskegee, and we were in New York May 9, ready to sail the next day.

Our daughter Portia, who was then studying in South Framingham, Mass., came to New York to see us off.

Mr.Scott, my secretary, came with me to New York, in order that I might clear up the last bit of business before I left.