Whatthenewspaperscallindescribableexcitementensues。ThethreevotesimproperlymadeoutaresaidtobetrippassesaccidentallydroppedintotheboxbythesupportersoftheHonourableElishaJane。Andaddupthesumtotalofthevotes！Thirty-onevotesmorethantherearecredentialsinthehall！Mysteryofmysterieshowcanitbe？Theballot，announcesGeneralDoby，afterendlessrapping，isablank。
Cheers，recriminations，exultation，disgustofdecentcitizens，attemptsbytwentymentogettheeyeofthepresidentwhichistoowaterytoseeanyofthem，andrushesfortheplatformtosuggestremediesoraskwhatisgoingtobedoneaboutsuchpalpablefraud。Whatcanbedone？Calltheroll！Howinblazescanyoucalltherollwhenyoudon\'tknowwho\'shere？Messrs。Jane，Botcher，Bascom，andFlemingarenotdisturbed，andimprovetheirtime。WatlingandTootingrushtothebridalsuite，andrushbackagaintodemandjustice。GeneralDobymingleshistearswiththeirs，andsomebodycallshimajellyfish。Hedoesnotresentit。
Frictionmakestheairhotterandhotter——Shadrach，Meshach，andAbednegowouldscarceenterintothisfurnace，——andGeneralDobyhasalargedampspotonhisbackashepoundsandpoundsandpoundsuntilweareoffagainonthethirdballot。Nodinner，andthree-thirtyP。M。！Twodelegateshavefainted，buttheessentialpartsofthem——thecredentials——areleftbehind。
Four-forty，whisperingagain，andthegaveldrops。
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