But Frank, thorough in all things, had so carefully prepared himself for his duties that he never made a mistake, and always acquitted himself so creditably and with such entire self-possession, that his praises were in every mouth.
Dick Bumstead, too, manifested an ambition to fill his second lieutenancy, to which, so much to his own surprise, he had been elected, in such a manner as to justify the company in their choice.

In this he fully succeeded.

He had become quite a different boy from what he was when we first made his acquaintance.

He had learned to respect himself, and perceived with great satisfaction that he was generally respected by the boys.

He no longer attempted to shirk his work in the shop, and his father now spoke of him with complacency, instead of complaint as formerly.
"Yes," said he one day, "Dick's a good boy.