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172 "Mr. President," exclaimed Belmont, "I move another ballot on Mr. Stoddard!"

There was no objection raised, but the third ballot showed the same result as the two previous ones. And a fourth ballot was taken, with no change.

"Is it the pleasure of the meeting that the balloting should go on indefinitely?" asked Harry.

Belmont rose. "Mr. President, it seems to me that two members are trying to hold up this society. Two members are keeping a fellow out that the society wants, in order to get in a fellow that the society does n't want. I suggest that one more ballot be taken to give these gentlemen a chance to show a better spirit."

"Mr. President," cried Frank Windsor, starting to his feet, "in reply to the gentleman's insinuations about holding up the society, I'd like to say I've as much right to my vote as he has to his; and if he thinks he can bulldoze me into changing it, he'll find himself mistaken!"