"If so, we will proceed to count them." There was a general hush of expectation while Wilbur Summerfield, the chairman, and Robert Ingalls, the secretary of the meeting, were counting the votes.

John Haynes, was evidently nervous, and fidgeted about, anxious to learn his fate.
At length the count was completed, and Wilbur, rising, announced it as follows: Whole number of votes......

49 Necessary for a choice.....

25 Robert Ingalls..............

2 votes John Haynes.................