Incidents Blog Post 4(pg.107- pg.151)

   Throughout reading Incidents I've noticed how Jacob's constantly relies on her friends to be her eyes, and ears as she is in hiding. Her friends continue to pass along critical messages and information to her while also getting messages to people from her. As Jacob's is hidden in her "den" in her grandmothers house she overhears people talking about how Dr. Flint has sold her children. She is left in anticipation as she describes "I bit my lips until the blood came to keep from crying out. Were my children with their Grandmother, or had the speculator carried them off? The suspense was dreadful. Would Betty never come, and tell me the truth about it?"(Jacobs, 111). After waiting in agony Betty later comes and tells Jacobs her kids had been sold to the father, Mr. Sands and all was fine. At a later part in Incidents Jacobs creates a note to Dr. Flint about how she is in New York. One of Peters friend's agrees to help her get the note to Dr. Flint by taking the Note to New York and mailing it from there  This helps to re-ensure her cover. She shows her gratitude to Peter by saying " God bless and reward you, Peter, for this disinterested kindness."(131).  Without all the help of her friends Jacob's might not have made it through this life-threatening process as far as she has. She would not have been able to pull off such schemes and moved around from hiding-place and hiding place if she had not had the friends that have aloud her to do so. The teamwork of each and every person that has helped Jacob's is truly amazing.