Chester says he does n't mind much ... though he 'd rather be a blacksmith ... but he 's bound to have all the fun he can before he begins to be a minister , 'cause he does n't expect to have much afterwards . I ai n't going to be a minister . I 'm going to be a storekeeper , like Mr. Blair , and keep heaps of candy and bananas . But I 'd rather like going to your kind of a heaven if they 'd let me play a mouth organ instead of a harp . Do you s ` pose they would ? '' `` Yes , I think they would if you wanted it , '' was all Anne could trust herself to say . The A.V.I.S. met at Mr. Harmon Andrews ' that evening and a full attendance had been requested , since important business was to be discussed . The A.V.I.S. was in a flourishing condition , and had already accomplished wonders . Early in the spring Mr. Major Spencer had redeemed his promise and had stumped , graded , and seeded down all the road front of his farm . A dozen other men , some prompted by a determination not to let a Spencer get ahead of them , others goaded into action by Improvers in their own households , had followed his example . The result was that there were long strips of smooth velvet turf where once had been unsightly undergrowth or brush . The farm fronts that had not been done looked so badly by contrast that their owners were secretly shamed into resolving to see what they could do another spring . The triangle of ground at the cross roads had also been cleared and seeded down , and Anne 's bed of geraniums , unharmed by any marauding cow , was already set out in the center . Altogether , the Improvers thought that they were getting on beautifully , even if Mr. Levi Boulter , tactfully approached by a carefully selected committee in regard to the old house on his upper farm , did bluntly tell them that he was n't going to have it meddled with . At this especial meeting they intended to draw up a petition to the school trustees , humbly praying that a fence be put around the school grounds ; and a plan was also to be discussed for planting a few ornamental trees by the church , if the funds of the society would permit of it ... for , as Anne said , there was no use in starting another subscription as long as the hall remained blue . The members were assembled in the Andrews ' parlor and Jane was already on her feet to move the appointment of a committee which should find out and report on the price of said trees , when Gertie Pye swept in , pompadoured and frilled within an inch of her life . Gertie had a habit of being late ... `` to make her entrance more effective , '' spiteful people said . Gertie 's entrance in this instance was certainly effective , for she paused dramatically on the middle of the floor , threw up her hands , rolled her eyes , and exclaimed , `` I 've just heard something perfectly awful . What DO you think ? Mr. Judson Parker IS GOING TO RENT ALL THE ROAD FENCE OF HIS FARM TO A PATENT MEDICINE COMPANY TO PAINT ADVERTISEMENTS ON . ''
For once XXXXX her life Gertie Pye made all the sensation she desired .
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