t too late,
I wish you would put that in; for I think it shows that those who
think most of saving their lives are sometimes the first to lose
them.

"You might add, too, that 'Mr. Egglestone' is now the chaplain of our
regiment. We all love him, and he is doing a great deal of good here.
I have put the 'Drummer Boy' into his hands, and I just saw him
laughing over it. If every body reads it with the interest we do here
in camp, it will be a great success.

"There is another thing--but this you need not put into the book.
With the money my dear old friend and master left me, I have bought
the house our folks live in, so that, whatever happens to me, they
will never be without a home....

"In conclusion, let me say that, while you have told some things of
me I would rather every body should forget, you have, on the whole,
given me a much better character than I deserve.

"We are already beginning to call each other by the names you have
given us, and I take great pleasure in subscribing myself,

"Yours, truly,

"FRANK MANLY."

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