Wayne in BC
New member
Mildred, the church gossip, and self-appointed monitor of the church's
>morals, kept sticking her nose into other people's business. Several
>members did not approve of her extra curricular activities, but feared her
>enough to maintain their silence.
>She made a mistake, however, when she accused Fred, a new member, of
>being an alcoholic after she saw his old pickup parked in front of the
>town's only bar one afternoon. She emphatically told Fred and several
>others that everyone seeing it there would know what he was doing.
>
>Fred, a man of few words, stared at her for a moment and just turned and
>walked away. He didn't explain, defend, or deny. He said nothing.
>Later that evening, Fred quietly parked his pickup in front of Mildred's
>house ... walked home .... and left it there all night long.
>morals, kept sticking her nose into other people's business. Several
>members did not approve of her extra curricular activities, but feared her
>enough to maintain their silence.
>She made a mistake, however, when she accused Fred, a new member, of
>being an alcoholic after she saw his old pickup parked in front of the
>town's only bar one afternoon. She emphatically told Fred and several
>others that everyone seeing it there would know what he was doing.
>
>Fred, a man of few words, stared at her for a moment and just turned and
>walked away. He didn't explain, defend, or deny. He said nothing.
>Later that evening, Fred quietly parked his pickup in front of Mildred's
>house ... walked home .... and left it there all night long.
