Pull and tug as he did, the minister could not free himself.
First there was a murmur, then some one laughed.

In a moment the whole room was in an uproar.
"You'll catch it!" prophesied Ted, in an awestruck whisper.
"I won't unless some of you squeal on me," declared Bob.
He looked over the balcony railing at the struggling minister, who was trying in vain to get free from the chair.
"Nobody'll squeal," declared Will Merton.
"Of course not," added Sam Shoop..