44 THE ROMANCE OF EVERIFARM 



social advantages to be gained. He gave such glow- 

 ing accounts of this home that he soon had quite a 

 delegation on that April morning when he gave the 

 signal and the entire party of home-seekers "hopped 

 off" on their long journey to the north land. 



They stopped a few hours in Cuba to rest their 

 wings for the journey across the Gulf Stream, and 

 then, when all were rested, they started across the 

 great blue waters of that greatest of ocean rivers 

 and finally pulled up on the southern shores of 

 Florida, where they spent a few days in feeding on 

 the mosquitoes of the Everglades. The following 

 days were passed in making short trips across 

 Florida, Georgia, and Tennessee, stopping to rest 

 and feed as the occasion demanded, but all the time 

 the leader was so anxious to complete the trip that he 

 kept urging them on. They encountered some 

 stormy weather in Kentucky, which delayed them 

 somewhat, but as they crossed the Ohio River, the 

 sun came out in the early forenoon of the last day 

 of their trip and warmed the new world wonderfully 

 of this beautiful spring day. The big purple pilot 

 ordered full speed ahead and soon they sighted the 

 Wabash River. This they followed for some time 

 until they came to the site of old Fort Harrison, 

 now a beautiful country club. 



