Then there were the parents of the boys he had saved from drowning.

But even as he sat alone Frank's face flushed at the thought of trading upon services so rendered.

The boy's chief fault was pride.

It was no petty feeling, and he had felt no shame at being poorer than the rest of his schoolfellows.

It was rather a pride which led him unduly to rely upon himself, and to shrink from accepting favors from any one.