Shuffles's jaw dropped down, and his lip quivered with angry emotion.
"That little whipper-snapper of a Kendall did that," said Wilton, in a low tone, to the disappointed candidate.

"I was afraid of this when I saw him blowing about the deck." "I'll settle it with him when I get a good chance," growled Shuffles, as he went to the rail and looked over into the water, in order to conceal his disappointment and chagrin.
"Young gentlemen will bring in their votes for first lieutenant," said Professor Mapps, as he placed the box on the fife-rail again.
The boys marched around the mainmast, and deposited their ballots for the second officer, as they had done before.

The friends of Shuffles rallied again, hoping that something might yet come of the compact they had made with him, and gave him their votes for first lieutenant, though, in his chagrin, he declared that he would not accept the position.

Fortunately for him, he was not called upon to do so; for Charles Gordon was elected by a very large majority.

As the election proceeded, it became evident that there was no office for Shuffles.