"For the fellow who is to present the pitcher and make the speech?" added Paul.
"Yes."
"And Shuffles was chosen?"
"Yes, by a trick."
"You mean that no one but subscribers ought to have voted?"
"Precisely so."
"It was a mean trick."
"It was a sort of practical joke upon me, I suppose"
"I don't believe in practical jokes which need a lie to carry them through."
"Well, Shuffles has the position, unless some of you fellows will help me out. I wanted to make the speech, and without the nine votes which you and other outsiders put in, I should have been chosen."