how-to-stop-church-gossip.txt

How To Stop Church Gossip

Mildred was the church gossip in a small one church town where everyone
knew everyone else. She was the self-appointed monitor of the church's
morals, and she kept sticking her nose into other people's business.

Many members did not approve of her activities, but feared her enough
to maintain their silence.

She made a mistake however, when she accused Frank, 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 Frank (and several others) that every one seeing it
there would know what he was doing! Frank, 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, Frank quietly parked his pickup in front of Mildred's house
    .... walked home .... and left it there all night.

(You gotta love Frank!)

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