Jean DAndrea   Retired
 
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 Ray, 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 Ray (and several others) that everyone
seeing it there would know what he was doing.

Ray, 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, Ray quietly parked his pickup in front of Mildred's house... walked
home... and left it there all night.

Ya gotta love ole Ray.
Jul 9th 2008 20:18