He is the squarest boy in Glen St. Mary . But I guess we can settle our own affairs mostly . We want to keep this as much of a secret as we can . Do n't breathe a word to Mary Vance . She 'd want to join and do the bringing up . '' '' I think , '' said Faith , `` that there 's no use in spoiling every day by dragging punishments in . Let 's have a punishment day . '' `` We 'd better choose Saturday because there is no school to interfere , '' suggested Una . `` And spoil the one holiday in the week , '' cried Faith . `` Not much ! No , let 's take Friday . That 's fish day , anyhow , and we all hate fish . We may as well have all the disagreeable things in one day . Then other days we can go ahead and have a good time . '' `` Nonsense , '' said Jerry authoritatively . `` Such a scheme would n't work at all . We 'll just punish ourselves as we go along and keep a clear slate . Now , we all understand , do n't we ? This is a Good-Conduct Club , for the purpose of bringing ourselves up . We agree to punish ourselves for bad conduct , and always to stop before we do anything , no matter what , and ask ourselves if it is likely to hurt dad in any way , and any one who shirks is to be cast out of the club and never allowed to play with the rest of us in Rainbow Valley again .
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