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248 RAINBOW VALLEY"But what if we can't agree on what's right, or whatthe punishment ought to be ?S'poseone thing and two another.two of us thoughtThere ought to be five ina club like this.""We can ask Jem Blythe to be umpire. He is thesquarest boy in Glen St. Mary. But I guess we cansettle our own affairs mostly. We want to keep thisas much of a secret as we can.to Mary Vance.Don't breathe a wordShe'd want to join and do the bringingup."/ think," said Faith, "that there's no use in spoilingevery day by dragging punishments in. Let's havea punishment day.""We'd better choose Saturday because there is noschool 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,mayanyhow, and we all hate We fish.as well have allthe disagreeable things in one day. Then other dayswe can go ahead and have a good time.""Nonsense," said Jerry authoritatively. "Such ascheme wouldn't work at all. We'll just punish ourselvesas we go along and keep a clear slate. Now, weall understand, don't we? This is a Good-ConductClub, for the purpose of bringing ourselves up.Weagree to punish- ourselves for bad conduct, and alwaysto stop before we do anything, no matter what, andask ourselves if it is likely to hurt dad in any way,and anyone who shirks isto be cast out of the club