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"Perhaps Mr. Hayes--" continued the chairman, looking appealingly at
that gentleman.
"Well, Mr. Chairman," said Mr. Hayes, with an appeased but slightly
injured air, "it is not my place to set forth the cause of this meeting
being called. If the chairman of the board would do his duty"--here he
glared at the unconscious Mr. Innes--"he would set before it the
things that have made this meeting necessary, and that call for drastic
action."
"Hear! Hear!" cried Mr. Boggs.
"Exactly so," acquiesced the chairman. "Please continue, Mr. Hayes."
Mr. Hayes continued: "The situation briefly is this: We are almost
hopelessly in debt, and--"
"How much?" enquired Neil Fraser, briskly interrupting.
"Seven hundred dollars," replied Mr. Hayes, "and further--"
"Five hundred dollars," said Mr. Innes.
"I have examined the treasurer's books," said Mr. Hayes in the calmly
triumphant tone of one sure of his position, "and I find the amount to
be seven hundred dollars, and therefore--"
"Five hundred dollars," repeated Mr.


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