Some kind of a festival was going on, and a large crowd was marching from the rink to the river, headed by a band of music.

In such a motley throng I was unnoticed, but was trembling with fear of being detected.

It seemed an age before the ferry boat arrived, which at last appeared, enveloped in a gigantic wreath of black smoke.

Hastily I embarked, and as the boat stole away into the misty twilight and among crushing fields of ice, though the air was chill and gloomy, I felt the warmth of freedom as I neared the Canada shore.

I landed, without question, and found my mother's friend with but little difficulty, who assisted me to get work and support myself.