I 'll never forget the look of him . And that poor pig was near scared to death . I 'll never be able to read that account in the Bible of the swine that rushed madly down the steep place into the sea without seeing Mr. Harrison 's pig careering down the hill with that minister . I guess the pig thought he had the Old Boy on his back instead of inside of him . I was thankful the twins were n't about . It would n't have been the right thing for them to have seen a minister in such an undignified predicament . Just before they got to the brook the minister jumped off or fell off . The pig rushed through the brook like mad and up through the woods . Marilla and I run down and helped the minister get up and brush his coat . He was n't hurt , but he was mad . He seemed to hold Marilla and me responsible for it all , though we told him the pig did n't belong to us , and had been pestering us all summer . Besides , what did he come to the back door for ? You 'd never have caught Mr. Allan doing that . It 'll be a long time before we get a man like Mr. Allan . But it 's an ill wind that blows no good . We 've never seen hoof or hair of that pig since , and it 's my belief we never will . `` Things is pretty quiet in Avonlea . I do n't find Green Gables as lonesome as I expected . I think I 'll start another cotton warp quilt this winter . Mrs. Silas Sloane has a handsome new apple-leaf pattern .
`` When I feel that I must have some excitement I XXXXX the murder trials in that Boston paper my niece sends me .
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