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It was a Union valley and by some system of mountain telegraphy, although there were no telegraph wires, news of the battle at the ford had preceded the train. "Come, lads," said Colonel Newcomb to his staff. "Out with you! We're among friends here!" Dick and Warner were glad enough to leave the train.
With high respect, Your obedient servant, Simon Newcomb, Assistant, Nautical Almanac. Hon. Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy, Washington, D. C. I also wrote to Captain Davis, who was then on duty in the Navy Department, telling him what I had done, but made no further effort.
It was merely a threat, a menace to those who should dare the assault. Colonel Winchester signalled to Dick and Pennington, and mounting their horses they rode with him to the crest of the highest adjacent hill. Presently General Grant came and with him were the generals, McClernand and Smith. Colonel Newcomb also arrived, attended by Warner.
"By Holy Scripture," broke out one, "a soft hand is a good thing. A soft hand, sir, turneth away wrath." The window close by opened into the room of Simon Newcomb, a youth who had no part in our studies, but of whom we made a chum. In those days he could laugh at such a joke as it blew in at his window with the thistle-down, indeed was capable of such things himself.
This paper was given him for publication at Emerson's urgent request, and it is not known that Newcomb has published anything else. In 1850 Emerson said he had come to doubt Newcomb's genius, having found that he did not care for an audience. Another person of whom Curtis speaks is Isaac Hecker, who became a member of the Catholic Church, under the guidance of Orestes Brownson.
In 1887, he was chosen to the important post of secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, and his recent years have been spent in experimenting with aëronautics. Simon Newcomb is another who rendered yeoman service to the science.
Why should he wish to buy that worthless strip of land? And what did he mean by asking if I had chances to sell it? Still pondering over this puzzle, I walked toward the front of the store, past the group waiting for the mail, where the discussion concerning the Coltons was still going on, Thoph Newcomb and Alvin Baker both talking at once.
The train continued to move slowly forward. Had Colonel Newcomb dared he would have ordered Canby to increase his speed in order that he might reach the western mouth of the valley before the Southern force had a chance to tear up the rails, but there was no use for the train without the troops and they were already marching as fast as they could.
I was jest statin' the other side of the proposition, tellin' what would happen to keerless people, but Colonel Newcomb an' Major Hertford ain't keerless people. Good-bye, Mr. Mason. Mebbe I'll see you ag'in before this war is over." "Good-bye, Red Blaze. I truly hope so." The train was moving now and with a last powerful grasp of a friendly hand Dick went into the coach.
They might compose a lot of ditties and mix them up with the packing, something like this: "'Believe not all big things that boys may tell thee, for Great expectations may produce excelsior'." "Very clever, indeed, only it sounds like an impossible combination of Alice in Wonderland and an old maid," said Harriet Newcomb, with a toss of her head.
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