He presented a plan
that made Green Valley catch its breath.
Why--said the three good little men--could not Green Valley buy the
hotel for its own use? Why not remodel it, make a Community House of
it? Why not move Joshua Stillman's wonderful library out of the little
dark room into which it was packed and spread it out in a big sunny
place, with comfortable chairs and rockers and a couple of nice long
reading tables? Why not fix a place for the young people to dance in
and have their parties? Why not have a real assembly hall--a big
enough and proper place to hold political meetings and all indoor
celebrations? Why not have pool, billiards, a bowling alley? Why not
have a manual-training room for Hen Tomlins and his boys? Why not have
a sewing room and cooking for the girls?
Oh, it was a glorious plan and Green Valley listened as a child does to
a fairy tale. Of course it couldn't really be done, many people said,
but--oh, my--if it only could!
But the three good little men had no sooner explained their fairy dream
than things began to happen. Cynthia's son came forward with the first
payment on the property. Colonel Stratton, Joshua Stillman, Reverend
Campbell offered to take care of other payments.
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