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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 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.
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She emphatically told Frank (and several others) that
everyone 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.
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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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