"He will fall overboard accidentally some day," added Shuffles, shaking his head.
"Don't do that, Shuffles," protested the frightened confederate.
"You will only make the matter ten times worse than it is."
Monroe joined them, and was informed of the desperate situation of the League.
"It's all your fault, Shuffles," said Monroe, indignantly "I don't blame Pelham."
"You don't! He has told a dozen outsiders how to make the signs, and let them into the secrets of the Chain, for all I know."
"If he has, we may thank you for it, Shuffles. You cheated him, and played a mean trick upon him," replied Monroe. "I wouldn't have stood it if I had been he."
"Pelham is a traitor, and you are another."
"No matter what he is, or what I am. You got all those fellows to vote for you, and cheated him out of the place that belonged to him."