The San Francisco call., 1909-02-07
"A Woman's Way Through I'm,
known Labrador"

By Mrs. Leonidas Hubbard r. Published by
tthe Mcclure company Doubleday. Page 4
Co, New York. Price si.5o-
The tragic termination of the explo-.
ration trip of Leonidas Hubbard IT. in
1903 is familiar to all newspaper read
ers. He was associate editor Of Out
ing and the trip was undertaken un-
der the auspices of that magazine and
when his death was reported much
grief was felt
The widow of the intrepid explorer
has proved herself made of brave stuff
too. for she he's undertaken TO complete
the work begun by her husband and
this hook is the record of her results.
Her first idea in making the trip was
as a memorial TO him; also she wanted
to recover his body Mr. Hubbard had
started on his journey too late in the
season and made mistake in choosing
his route at a fork in the road. Then
he found himself in an uninhabited
country where game was scarce. and
winter overtaking him. he starved to
death. This book contains Hubbard.s
diary and his last entry explains itself:
After the boys left 7 drank a cup
of tea and some bone broth. / also ate
some really delicious rawhide. boiled
with the bones. and it made me
Our parting was most affecting. I did
not feel so bad. George said: The
Lord help us, Hubbard. With his help
I'll save you If / can get out Then
he cried. So did Wallace. Wallace
stopped and kissed my cheek with his
poor. sunken. bearded lips-severaI
times-and I kissed his. George did the
same, and I kissed his cheek. Then
they went away.
u am not greatly in doubt as to the
outcome. l believe that they will reach
the -four and be strengthened, that
wallace will reach me. that George will
find Blake's cache and camp and send
help. SO 1 believe we will all get out
MY tent is pitched in open tent
style I'm front of a big rock. The rock
reflects the fire, but now it is going out
because of the rain. I think | shall let
il go and close the tent till the rain is
over thus keeping out wind and saving
wood. Tonight or tomorrow, perhaps.
the weather will improve so | can build
a fire, eat the rest of my moccasins and
have some bone broth. Then can boil
my belt and oil tanned moecasins and
a pair of cowhide mittens. They ought
to help some. I am not suffering The
acute pangs of hunger have given
away TO indifference. 1 am sleepy
think death from starvation is not so
bad But let no one suppose that ] ex-
pect it / am prepared. that is all.
think the boys Will be able. with the
Lords help. to save me-.
It is supposed that Hubbard slept
then and never wakened. One OF his
and tells OF going back in the spring
for the body. Mrs. Hubbard made her
Journey in summer and so accomplished
the trip IN safety That does not mean
that no hardships were experienced
but at least the members of her party
were not in great danger. The result
OF the trip from a geographical point
OF view is not the main interest of the
book. The story of travel, the element
of tragedy lowering over IL all through.
makes the book a pathetic human docu-z
menf The book is filled with inter
esting incidents and many fine photo
graphs show the country and progress
Of the exploring party In closing her
story OF the trip Mrs. Hubbard saws:
Nevertheless. rising far above either
praise or blame stands the beauty of
that message which came out from the
lonely tent in the wilderness. In utter
physical weakness. utter loneliness. in
the face of defeat and death my hus-
band wrote that last record OF his lffe
so triumphantly characteristics which
turned his defeat TO victory immeas-