`` 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 . Jem Blythe to be umpire in case of disputes . No more taking bugs to Sunday School , Carl , and no more chewing gum in public , if you please , Miss Faith . '' `` No more making fun of elders praying or going to the Methodist prayer meeting , '' retorted Faith . `` Why , it is n't any harm to go to the Methodist prayer meeting , '' protested Jerry in amazement . `` Mrs. Elliott says it is , She says manse children have no business to go anywhere but to Presbyterian things . '' `` Darn it , I wo n't give up going to the Methodist prayer meeting , '' cried Jerry . `` It 's ten times more fun than ours is . '' `` You said a naughty word , '' cried Faith . `` NOW , you 've got to punish yourself . ''
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