"I don't see how we can," said McKeon.
"Can you tell a pea from a bean by the feeling?"
"Of course we can."
"Where did you put the votes, Grossbeck?" asked Pelham.
"In my trousers' pocket."
"So did I," added McKeon.
"Both of you have on your pea-jackets now, and there is a pocket on each side of them. Take out all the peas first, and put them in the right-hand pocket of your pea-jacket; then all the beans, and put them in the left-hand pocket; then count each."
"Some fellow may see us counting them," said Grossbeck.
"You must take care of that," answered Pelham.
"If they do, it will not make much difference. Some of the fellows were careless, and threw their beans on the deck."