Besides, I thought you wanted to go into the navy." "I do; but I'm bound to go somehow," replied John.
But what neither Tom nor Captain Benson could do, was accomplished by Captain Barney, who declared John should go home with him if he had to take him by the collar.

The ardent young patriot yielded as gracefully as he could to this persuasion.
The steamer having arrived, the soldiers shook hands with their friends again, went on board, and, amid the hearty cheers of the citizens of Pinchbrook, were borne down the bay..