The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-01-28
MISCHIEF MAKERS
Indifferent to Their Tales and You Will
Soon BE Rid of Them.

and conditions OF society. Their cher
business in life seems to be the creation
of discord among people or members Of
a family who, but for their interference,
would be in harmony. 1t doesn't take
much to start them in business.
A thoughtless word, inadvertently
dropped, is all they require to put at
variance a whole neighborhood. They
never repeat thing exactly as they
hear it; they are always sure to add
something to it, if not in words in iu-
Election, so there will be no mistake
made in understanding just what they
mean you should. For fear you might
be in doubt they are always eager to eX-
plain just what they are positive the
person meant who uttered it. To be
sure they do not intend to make trou-
bic. They wouldn't make trouble for
the world. They really don't like to
repeat such things, and they do hope
you won't feel hurt, but they think it is
only right that you should know just
what people say, so as to be on your
guard. Only they are your friends, they
say they wouldn't think of telling you.
These people have a very vague idea
of what constitutes friend. Friends
never wilfully hurt the object of their
friendship by carrying mlschievous
stories. Only on rare occasions will
they repeat any remark heard, in refer
ence to their friends. to the person upon
whom it was passed. and when they do
SO there are always good reasons that
they should. They never repeat re-
mark simply for the sake Of showing
you that other people don't think as
much of you as you seem to think they
do, which is the usual motive of the
trouble makers. Friends usually work
under the good old adage, "What you
don't hear will never hurt you," and
this is. certainly, one of the most sensi-
BILE rules known for any one to live up
to.
Some one makes thoughtiess re-
mark about ONE one not present, very
often in joke, and were the person
there at the time the remark would,
very probably, have been made just the
same. and passed over as a joke by all
present, the object of it enjoying it rs
much as any one. But when the per-
son referred to is not present then
comes the opportunity for the trouble
maker. She soon finds time to run to
Mrs. C--'s, to tell her what was said
about her at Mrs. BIS the last time
she was there. usually adding some
thing to the remark passed on her
own account. Mrs. c., indignant
and hurt, very often, in the
heat of the moment, says some
thing that ten minutes later she
would give any thing if she had not ut
tered. This is the trouble-maker' )
chance, and she does not hesitate long
in improving it. Hurrying to Mrs.
B, she repeats what Mrs. C
said, at the same time Withholding
from her the provocation that brought
out the angry words, and adding to
this something of her own coming to
make it apply closer. 1t does not
take many Of these visits to
make these two women the bittercst
of enemies. They meet on the street
and pass each other with scarcely Il look
of recognition. Neither of them has
openly said to the other any thing that
would cause things to be in this state.
Each one feels as though she, alone,
were the injured party, and the other
had willfully wronged her. Both were
excellent friends until the trouble
her stories and insinuations, gave each
the impression that the other was her
greatest enemy. When this result is
reached the trouble-maker is satisfied
to let them get along as best they can,
and turns her attention to the severance
of some other friends.
The above woman is bad enough in
her way, and creates a great deal more
trouble than is ever remedied, but when
she is once known, people who have
had any dealings with her are careful
not to give her chance to again work
mischief among their friends. There
is another kind of woman who is really
more dangerous than the above, and
creates more mischief, though perfectly
oblivious, at the time, of doing so. She
is the thoughtlcSs woman who repeats
every thing she hears, simply for the
sake of talking. She is perfectly honest
and open, and never intends hurting
anybody. She wants to be on the best
terms with everybody, and she usually
is. She always feels grieved when any
words of hers have caused trouble, and
always winds up her regret with: "a
declare, shan't repeat another thing,
for my tongue always runs away with
me. just feel like biting it out" This
resolution doesn't last long. and in a
little while she has done more mischief
with her thoughtless remarks, and Sc
she continues and will continue. for it
is rs natural for her to talk us it is for
| her to eat. A woman of this kind il
hard to match. She is so perfectly free
from any intention of creating trouble,
that II person is apt to be careless in
what they say before her, even though
she may have unintentionally made
| trouble many time.