im.

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We drop the curtain upon the scenes which followed; for our patient
reader can better imagine than we can describe them. Our hero was once
more within the hallowed precincts of home; all its sacred joys flowed in
upon his soul; and he thanked the good Father who had conducted him
through so many perils, and restored him to the hearts of the loved ones
who yearned for him in his absence. They were as grateful for his return
as he was--grateful that God had restored him at all; but doubly so that
he had come with his soul unstained by the vices of the camp and the
wickedness of the great world.

The health of Captain Somers did not permit his return to the army to
participate in those great battles before Washington in which his
regiment was reduced to a mere skeleton of its former self. But, while
the country was breathing slowly and fearfully before the terrors of
Lee's invasion of Maryland, there came to Pinchbrook a letter from the
gallant general of division--now in command of a _corps d'armee_--under
whom he had before served, containing an appointment on his staff. Though
still but partially restored to health, he hastened to accept his new
position, and started at once for the scene of strife.

His suffering country needed him; and he could not satisfy his sense of
duty, even with the reasonable excuse of a shattered physical frame. He
went, and his record was always honorable and noble in success and in
misfortune.

THE END

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