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122 RAINBOW VALLEYof what Miss Cornelia would have called "devilment"on Monday.This led her to dare Walter Blythe toride through Main Street on a pig, while she rodeanother one.The pigs in question were two tall, lank animals,supposed to belong to Bertie Shakespeare Drew'sfather, which had been haunting the roadside by themanse for a couple of weeks. Walter did not want toride a pig through Glen St. Mary, but whatever FaithMeredith dared him to do must be done. They toredown the hill and through the village, Faith bentdouble with laughter over her terrified courser, Waltercrimson with shame. They tore past the minister himself,just coming home from the station; he, being alittle less dreamy and abstracted than usual owingto having had a talk on the train with Miss Corneliawho always wakened him up temporarily noticedthem, and thought he really must speak to Faith aboutit and tell her that such conduct was not seemly. Buthe had forgotten the trifling incident by the time hereached home. They passed Mrs. Alec Davis, whoshrieked in horror, and they passed Miss RosemaryWest who laughed and sighed. Finally, just beforethe pigs swooped into Bertie Shakespeare Drew's backyard, never to emerge therefrom again, so great hadbeen the shock to their nerves Faith and Walterjumped off, as Dr. and Mrs. Blythe drove swiftly by."So that is how you bring up your boys," said Gilbertwith mock severity.