servativeCreolefamiliesandotherfamilieswhosewomenwereunwillingtovoteinpublic，andshecollectedtheirproxieswhileincidentallysheshowedthemwhatpositiontheyheldunderthelaw。
Witheachproxyitwasnecessarytohavethesigna—
tureofawitness，butaccordingtotheLouisianalawnowomancouldwitnessalegaldocument。MissGordonwasdrivenfromplacetoplacebyhercoloredcoachman，andaftershehadsecuredtheproxyofhertemporaryhostessitwasusuallydiscoveredthattherewasnomanaroundtheplacetoactasawit—
ness。ThiswasMissGordon’sopportunity。Withasmileofgreatsweetnessshewouldsay，``IwillhaveSamcomeinandhelpusout’’；andthecoloredcoachmanwouldgetdownfromhisbox，andbyscrawlinghissignatureontheproxyofthearisto—
craticladyhewouldgiveitthelegalvalueitlacked。