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club without any organization or by-laws or 

 fees; they come because they enjoy it and are 

 free to bring a friend. Here under this apple 

 tree canopy what visits and talks and yarns 

 and discussions and readings; what theories 

 propounded, what projects planned, what cas- 

 tles built, what rectifications of political and 

 social ills advanced; then questions of art and 

 science, theology and law and medicine, gov- 

 ernment and progress, books and authors, and 

 all the leading events of the day, and for them 

 all what wise discussions and wiser decisions! 

 It is an unwritten law in these gatherings that 

 nothing hurtful to any one's interest shall be 

 discussed, no gossip allowed, only the best 

 thoughts and the kindest criticisms and the 

 truest things. It is this kindly spirit and de- 

 lightful freedom that make our Monday club 

 a most profitable gathering and so homelike. 



Robert Louis Stevenson puts his thought vig- 

 orously: 



"There's so much bad in the best of us, 

 And so much good in the worst of us, 

 That it scarcely behooves any of us 

 To talk about the rest of us." 



What a restful spot this orchard; if there is 



