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What was the dreadful roar and rumble that met their ears? It sounded like an earthquake, with the noise of frightened people shrieking above it. After a horrified moment it dawned on the two little strangers that this was only the usual roar of New York, which Tom Curtis had so often described to them.
Curtis walked away deeply offended. Philip Holt, however, was too fully occupied with his own disappointment to note this. A sudden daring idea had taken possession of him. Perhaps Madge Morton was not so lucky after all. Finding a treasure did not necessarily mean keeping it. Several days after the finding of the treasure-chest experts came down from Philadelphia to appraise its value.
She was supported by cushions, and sometimes as the carriage rolled slowly over the smooth gravelled road she fell asleep. But now Mrs. Curtis was wide awake, her eyes gazing through the large glass in the side of the carriage at the beautiful prospect before them. "Oh, look at that lake!" she exclaimed; "isn't it lovely? See the wooded banks, and that pretty green slope.
Walpole your friend, whispered Nina in his ear; 'don't you see, sir, that you are ruining yourself? 'I have often been puzzled to explain how it was that crime went unpunished in Ireland, said Walpole sententiously. 'And you know now? asked Curtis. 'Yes; in a great measure, you have supplied me with the information. 'I believe it's all right now, muttered the captain to Kate.
This policy, which was a direct reversal of the ideas of civil-service reform which were then rapidly gaining strength, incurred the active hostility of civil-service reformers, of whom George William Curtis was the most conspicuous. When General Grant came to reside in New York, after his tour around the world, he was overwhelmed with social attentions.
He further said that his ultimate object was to capture Vicksburg, to open the navigation of the Mississippi River, and that General Halleck had authorized him to call on the troops in the Department of Arkansas, then commanded by General S. R. Curtis, for cooperation.
She wanted nothing, she said; her head ached a little, she only wished to lie down and be quiet. Laura fixed her with a swift glance; she demanded quickly: "Did you see Curtis?" "No or, yes, once; he came out on the floor. Oh, Laura, it was so exciting there this morning. Something important happened, I know. I can't believe it's that way all the time. I'm afraid Mr.
Laura shook her head, and said: "I wonder what the West will be like. Do you know I think I am going to like it, Curtis?" "It will be starting in all over again, old girl. Pretty hard at first, I'm afraid." "Hard now?" She took his hand and laid it to her cheek. "By all the rules you ought to hate me," he began. "What have I done for you but hurt you, and at last bring you to "
“The submarine?” jeered the bearded man. “Yep.” “Guess again, son,” laughed Curtis, jeeringly. “You’re not going back aboard the submarine to-night.” “Am so,” declared Benson, obstinately, though his tone was growing more drowsy every instant, and his busy hands moved almost as weakly as an infant’s.
But at first there was an obstruction in the person of General Samuel R. Curtis, the Federal commander of the district, who was not a man to waive his superior prerogative at a time when martial law prevailed, and who was, besides, openly in sympathy with the Radicals. They got not only protection from him, but about all the patronage he had to give.
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