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36 RAINBOW VALLEYdon't bother bringing them to the graveyard at all.""Nonsense," said Faith. "The people that are buriedhere weren't any better than other folks, Una. Butwhen any one is dead you mustn't say anything of himbut good or he'll come back and ha'nt you. AuntMartha told me that. I asked father if it was trueand he just looked through me and muttered, 'True?True? What is truth? What is truth, O jestingPilate?'I concluded from that it must be true.'""I wonder if Mr. Alec Davis would come back andha'nt me if I threw a stone at the urn on top of histombstone," said Jerry."Mrs. Davis would," giggled Faith. "She justwatches us in church like a cat watching mice. LastSunday I made a face at her nephew and he made oneback at me and you should have seen her I'llglare.bet she boxed his ears when they got out. Mrs. MarshallElliott told me we mustn't offend her on anyaccount or I'd have made a face at her, too !""They say Jem Blythe stuck out his tongueonce and she never would have hiswhen her husband was dying," said Jerry.what the Blythe gang will be like."at herfather again, even"I wonder"I liked their looks," said Faith. The manse childrenhad been at the station that afternoon when theBlythe small fry had arrived. "I liked Jem's looksespecially.""They say in school that Walter's a sissy," saidJerry.