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THE GOOD-CONDUCT CLUB 239"/ can tellyou what will happen if you don't learnto behave yourselves. The session will ask your fatherto resign. There now, Master Jerry-know-it-all. Mrs.Alec Davis said so to Mrs. Elliott. I heard her. Ialways have my ears pricked up when Mrs. Alec Daviscomes to tea. She said you were allgoing from badto worse and that though it was only what was to beexpected when you had nobody to bring you up, stillthe congregation couldn't be expected to put up withit much longer, and something would have to be done.The Methodists just laugh and laugh at you, and thathurts the Presbyterian feelings. She says youall needa good dose of birch tonic. Lor', if that would makefolks good / oughter be a young saint. I'm not tellingyou this because I want to hurt your feelings. I'msorry for you"art of condescension.Mary was past mistress in the gentle"/ understand that you haven'tmuch chance, the way things are. But other peopledon't make as much allowance as 7 do. Miss Drewsays Carl had a frog in his pocket in Sunday Schoollast Sunday and it hopped out while she was hearingthe lesson. She says she's going to give up the class.Why don't you keep your insecks home?""I popped it right back in again," cried Carl. "Itdidn't hurt anybody a poor little frog! And I wishold Jane Drew would give up our class. I hate her.Her own nephew had a dirty plug of tobacco in hispocket and offered us fellows a chew when Elder Clowwas praying. I guess that's worse than a frog."