"I did not think there were so many of them!"
At this I felt that it was time for me to chip in, so I said:
"Brethren, what is the trouble between you? It will not do for our chief men to disagree."
Brother Haight stepped to my side, a little in front of me, and facing Bishop Dame. He was very angry, and said:
"The trouble is just this: Bishop Dame counseled the thing, and now he wants to back out. He cannot do it. He must not try to do it. He has got to stand to what he did, like a man."
Bishop Dame was cowed; he did not make any denial again, but said:
"Isaac, I did not know there were so many of them."
"That makes no difference," said Brother Haight.
It was now time to stop the fuss, for many of the young Danites were coming around. So I said:
"Brethren, this is no place to discuss such a matter. You will agree when you get where you can be quiet, and talk it over."