good fellows i will go for them of course you mean to vote for for captain not exactly replied with evident dis outward bound or that i spoke to you of this little matter � i thought you would go with us or i shouldn t have said anything to you not say anything why not because it will be better to keep still i shall not do anything of the kind you have got up a plan to defeat by giving the offices to fellows who will vote against him you wish me to keep still while you carry out your plan i can see through a cord of wood when there s a hole big enough i mentioned tliis thing to you in confidence you didn t say a word about confidence and i didn t promise to keep still i won t keep still i think it is a mean trick to buy up the of the fellow i a nd i ll blow the whole thing higher than a you ll catch it if you do said in a threatening tone catch what demanded with a very pretty exhibition of dignity bob will give it to you give what to me give you the biggest you ever had in your life answered angrily you are so stupid you can t understand anything i think i can understand the when it comes that s a game that two can play at what do you mean you little do you think you can whip bob i had no idea of him and i have no idea of his me young america afloat was could make nothing of him by threats or persuasion and he turned away from him to seek a more promising field of labor took off his cap scratched his head as he reflected upon the event which had just and made up his mind that it was an insult to an to attempt to buy his vote with the paltry consideration of an office he was sorry that he had been even tempted by the proposition of the wire and thankful that his sense of honor and decency had prompted liim to decline it when asked to vote for an improper person true to his promise he made all haste to expose the conspiracy as he regarded it against when the students turned in that night the wire had found a sufficient number of for all the offices on the terms set forth in the compact each of whom had promised to use his influence for the entire ticket had made a very pretty calculation to the that each of the fifteen could influence at least two besides his own for the ticket which would inevitably elect it but during all this time paul had been laboring like a for and had induced his friends to do the same at nine o clock in the morning the were opened for the election of officers a box was placed on the rail at the in which the were deposited under the inspection of professor have all the students called the professor outward bound or when the was suspended if so i declare the closed it was a moment of intense excitement on the deck of the young america when mr stood up on the to announce the vote there was a pleasant smile upon his face which indicated that it would not be his painful duty to the choice of the independent young gentlemen your appears to have been conducted with entire said he and i will proceed to declare the result whole number of eighty seven necessary to a choice forty four paul has five charles has seven robert has twenty two richard has fifty three and is elected captain of the young america for succeeding three months the party who had worked and for applauded the result most and gave three cheers for the new captain which on this exciting occasion were hot objected to by the principal s jaw dropped down and his lip quivered with angry emotion that little of a did that said in a low tone to tlie disappointed candidate i was afraid of this when i saw him blowing about the deck i ll settle it with him when i get a good chance growled as he went to the rail and looked over into the water in order to conceal his ment and young gentlemen will bring in their for first young america afloat lieutenant said professor as he placed the box on the rail again the boys marched around the and deposited their for the second officer as they had done before the friends of rallied again hoping that something might yet come of the compact they had made with him and gave him their for first lieutenant though in his he declared that he would not accept the position fortunately for him he was not called upon to do so for charles elected by a very large as tl c election proceeded it became evident that there was no office for paul was elected fourth lieutenant and tlie announcement of the vote was greeted by even more hearty applause than had been bestowed upon the captain at the conclusion of the found that not a single one of the wire or of the by them had been elected the attempt to bribe the independent by giving them office had been a signal failure and it is to be hoped that young america when fully developed will stick to his captain richard said mr as he stepped upon the the had concluded the young gentleman thus addressed came forward blushing beneath the honors which had been bestowed upon him the principal took his hand captain i congratulate you upon your election to the highest office in the gift of your con outward bound or and i congratulate your fellow students also upon having so good a young 