upon him. The room was dark,
but he was not permitted to have a light. He seated himself upon the
stool, and it was literally the stool of repentance to him. His supper
was brought to him, and the servant stood by with a lamp till he had
eaten it. He was then left alone for the night, to meditate upon the
folly and wickedness of engaging in a fight without justifiable cause.

One of the first questions which the hero of the fight asked himself
was, whether he had not too tamely submitted to the authority which had
humiliated and punished him. That he had done so was the most
surprising thing he had ever known himself to do. And when he came to
ask himself why he had submitted, he could very clearly trace the
reason to the good resolution he had made to reform his life and
character--to conquer himself. It was hard for him to give in, but he
was satisfied with himself, and began to feel that he had really made
some progress in the great work.

He wanted to write a letter to Bertha, and tell her all about the
events of the day--how patiently he had submitted to reproof and
punishment; and record his solemn determination to conquer himself. He
had no light, and no materials for writing; so, at an early hour, he
went to bed; and fatigued with the labors and excitement of the day, he
forgot in sleep that he was a prisoner.

At reveille, in the morning, he was discharged from arrest, and ordered
to report for duty in the school room. He was still strong in his good
resolutions, and the sneers and frowns of Nevers and his clique did not
disturb him--did not even tempt him to indulge in the cheap retaliation
of sneers and frowns in return.

In the course of the day Richard found that he was a lion. He had
thrashed the bully of the school, and won the enviable position of
champion of the Institute. But even this glory did not seem to be worth
much; for since the fight, he realized that he had whipped a bigger
fellow than Nevers.

For a week, in school and out, Richard was true to himself, and behaved
nobly. More times than we have room to record, during this period, he
got the better of his ever-familiar foe, and every new victory improved
his _morale_ and added to his _prestige_.

At this point in his school career, the students were ordered to
perform the usual round of camp duty; and at eight o'clock in the
morning, the battalion took up the line of march for the appointed
place, at the other end of Tunbrook Lake, dis