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While I cleaned my rifle and pistol, Hubbard and I chatted about good things to eat and the days of yore. "Well, Wallace," he said, "I suppose that father and mother are to-day leaving the old farm forever, and that I never can call it home again. I dreamed of it last night. Over fifty years ago father cleared that land when he was a young man and that part of Michigan was a wilderness.
Atherton smiled at the hopeless practicality, and shook his head; but he did not oppose her directly. "Mrs. Hubbard," he said earnestly, "you have done well in coming to me, but let me convince you that this is a matter which can't be kept. It must be known. Before you can begin to help yourself, you must let others help you.
Charlie's greeting was not quite as warm as usual; he did not seem as much pleased at this unexpected meeting, and the offer of a seat in Harry's cutter, as one might have supposed. Hazlehurst was so cordial, however, and urged the young painter so much to take a turn with him on the Island, that, after a little hesitation, Hubbard accepted.
Nothing was said, however, about swearing in the company, and when Captain Hubbard called the governor's attention to the omission the latter replied: "General Lacey is the man to look after such matters as that. He's in New Orleans and you may be ordered to report to him there." "How about our uniforms?" asked the captain.
Run for your lives!" was shouted on every side, and the line broke in confusion. "Arrest that man!" said Sedgwick, pointing to Hubbard, and instantly Laban Jones and others of his former followers had seized him.
The following Representatives served as "captains" and rendered important service: William F. Burres, Norman G. Flagg, Edward D. Shurtleff, Homer J. Tice and George H. Wilson, Republicans; John P. Devine, Frank Gillespie, William A. Hubbard, W. C. Kane, Charles L. Scott and Francis E. Williamson, Democrats; Roy D. Hunt, J. H. Jayne, Medill McCormick and Emil N. Zolla, Progressives; Seymour Stedman, Socialist.
Before I lay down I wrote in my diary: "Hubbard is in very bad shape completely worn out physically and mentally but withal a great hero, never complaining and always trying to cheer us up." George said he was sick when he went to rest, and that added to my concern. I was up at break of day to start the fire, and soon was followed by George and a little later by Hubbard.
Sunday morning, October 18th, I got up and boiled those bones again, putting in just a little of the pea meal in the broth, and also tea we had for breakfast. We had yet a half pound of the pea meal that we had carried for some time. We were to start early, and seeing Mr. Hubbard still weaker than he was last night, and was not able to go any farther, it was late when we started.
He advanced and looked over, and to his unspeakable amazement, saw his brother, James Hubbard, busily engaged there, in collecting the scattered vegetables which had fallen from his basket. "Jem! I have caught you at last, have I? What in the name of common sense are you about there?"
Hubbard proceeded to enlighten me, by tracing with his pencil, on the fly-leaf of his notebook, an outline map of the peninsula. "Very interesting," I commented. "But why do you wish to go there?" "Man," he replied, "don't you realise it's about the only part of the continent that hasn't been explored?
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