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MY wife l wouldn't have her know wba,
I, vas going to sAy for the world Why, aunt
Llsay, she should know it
Well don't be be feared, squire, once for
All, Al take my oath that no living eri,t.r
sa.nt never, a. long As live, know lisp
ont 49,
,Wsll, then, IL you mus, know il, I .lsp,
S'b Que of the hkslisst Of your church
rnsnbers nearly half the way Gpr
Anht Lirsy drew in . long breath-shut
up her snuh'bo1, aud put IL in her pocket,
nuttered to herself
The hkelieat Of our church members
1 taought it was Susey u. lksl,esi this
comes OF being aattersd-s trollope Well
one taiog 1 know-the way Of the uaBs-
gIsssor Is hard ! but I hope you wall pe.
GO 'eA s95oay 'nt, sqa;fs, fSE sAr;ia a.
Tie world, If sish thing should Be known
our church would be scattersd abroad like
sheep without \ shepherd
In lew moments aunt LilEy took her
departure, giving the squire another eau.
hen, aud siy wink As she said good bye
let me alone for a secret
IL was not many days before Squire p.
received very polite note from Paf.on u
requesting him To attend meeting VI the
church, aud many Of the parish, a. tho
south Conference room, in order To settle
some difficulties with one OF the church
members, who, in order TO clear up her
character, requested Squire r, " b pres
cot
The Parson, who Was q Northy man. knew
the frsiity Of some Of the weak sisters a.
aunt Lazy called them, aud, as hs was
particular friend Of Squire = . requested
him 10 bis note 20 say nothing Of il IN his
wife. But the Squire took ihe hint. aud
telling his wife chat there was a Parish
meeting, requested her TO be ready by two
o'clock, and he would call for her
Accordingly. the hour Of meeting oama-
the whole village hocked to the room. which
could not boid half Of Ihen. All eve, were
sl'sTEsisiy Oh tho SyslFu aud susey Z
Mrs r. stared, aud Suscy looked a. tbouph
she had been crying fortnight, The Par
son, With sofIsned tone, anu in as deiicat,
a manner as possible stated the stary v abou,
Snsey B. wbioh he observed was an eye,y
botys mouth, aud which be did no, himself
believe aNord Of-Aud Squire L. being call
ed on TO stand Witness--alteE paipt,t,., ,p
lively coloTs tue evils Of slauder. with vGioh
their village bad been Infested. aud p.r,is
ularly The church, called on Aunt LisFy in
presence Of tho meeting, and before the
church, to come cat aud make scknOwIsdge-
ment for violating a Bible oath Aurt
LiEEy's apology was that she oHly told D.
sou Snipe's wife ont-aud Ihs took an oat
that she Souldnt never tell nobody el
ont Deacon Snipes wife had t appear
sEorn Roger TOOIbsksrs sister never L.
tell nobody ou't--End 80 il went through
the whole church, aud thence through the
village.
The Squire then eknoRledged before the
whole meeting that be Aaa, as be told Aunt
Lazy, slept with church member, AaIj the
way up 10 Boston, aud that he believed her
to be one Of the likeiIest Of their member.
10 a. m ach As she never would hear or retail
siaNd,T. All eyes we're bow alternately on
Susey B aud Squire P.'s wife-Aout Lilsy
euJolned = kind OF diAbolieal triumph, which
the worthy Squire no sooner perceived than
be hUIshed the sentence by declaring that the
church incta5sr, 80 whom be alluded, irds a.,
Oiea ialriuI irite
Aunt Lizzy drew 10 her head under a
huge bonnet, As tuftIs does under his
she'll, aud marched ava to one corner Of the
room, hGo dog shat las been killing sheen.
The Squire, as ususl, butstinto q it oflaugh.
ter from which his wife, Susey Is. and even
the ParsOn, could not refrain j0iuinR-And
Parsoo u. afterwards AekBow lodged that
Squire P. bad given death blow to sesnJ,l
IA the village, which all bis preaching eoull
not have done