Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1899-07-08
pnnI "a Victim.


From the frequency with which Paul
speaks Of them under different titles
conclude that he must have suffered
somewhat from them. His personal
presence was very defective, and that
made him. perhaps. the target OF their
rIdiculc. And, besides that, he was Il
bachelor. pcrsisting In his ccllDacy
down into the sixties. Indeed all the
way through. and. some having faileG
In their connubal designs upon MIN.
the little missionary IVES put under the
raking fire Of these whispcrers. He-was
no doubt r:lre mOrsel FOR their Scan-
dalization, and he cannot keep his
patience any longer and he lays hold OF
these nliScrcants of the tongue anu
gives them very hard setting down
in nv text among the scoundrelly ana
the murderous. Envy, murder, de-
bate. deceit. malignlty; whispererS."
The law Of libel makes quick ana
stout grip of open SANDER. If should
In q plain way. calling you by name
charge you with fraud or theft or MUIR
der or uncleanncss. tomorrow morn
ing might have pcrcmptory docu-
mcnts served on me. and would have
to nav in dollars and cents for the
damage I had done your character
But these creatures spoken of i'll my
text are so small that they escape the
fine tooth comb of the law. They 20
on. and they 90 on escaping the Judges
and the juries and the penitentiaries.
The district attorney cannot find then'
the sheriff cannot find them, the
grand jury cannot find them. SHUT
them off from one route Of pcrtidy ana
they start on another. You cannot by
the force of moral sentiment persuade
them to dcsist. You might as well
read the Ten Commandments to Il flock
of crows, expecting them 10 retreat un
der the force Of moral sentiment. They
are to be found everywhere, these
wlispercrs think their paradise is II
country village Of about 1000 or 20o0
people. where everybody KNOWS every
body. But they also are to he found in
large quantities in all our cities.
They have Il prying disposition. They
look into the basement windows at the
tables of their nciShbcrs and can tell
just what they have morning ana night
to cat. They can see as far through Il
| keyholc as other people can see with n
door wide open. They can hear con
versation on the opposite side of the
room. Indeed. the world to them is a
whispering gallery. They always put
the worst construction on everything.
A FIendish Spirit.
Some morning wife descends into
the street, her eyes damp with tears
and that Is Il stimulus to the tattler
and Is enough to set up q business for
three or four weeks. II guess that hus'
band and wife don't live happily to-
gcther. wonder If he hasn't been
abusing her? It's outrageous. lie
ought to he disciplined. He ought to
be brought up before the church. III
90 right over to my neighbors and III
let them know about this matter. She
rushes in all out Of breath to n neigh
boris house and says: oh Mrs. Allear
have you heard the dreadful news:
Why, our neighhor. poor thing. came
down Off the steps in food Of tears
That brute OF II husband has been
abusing her. Well. It's just rs eX'
pected. saw him the other afternoon
very smiling and very gracious to some
one who smiled back. and | thought
then would just go up to him and
tell him he had better go home ano
look after his wife and family, who
probably at that very time were VI
stairs crying their eyes out. Oh, Ms
AIlear, do have your husband go ovel
and put an end to this trouble. lt'f
simply outrageous that our neighbor
hood should be disturbed in this way
It's awful"
The fact is that one man or woman
set on fire of this hellish spirit vii
keep q whole neighborhood a-boil. l
does not require any very great BRAIN
The chief reQuisition is that the won
IN have a small family or no family a
all, because if she have large family
+bo,, che would hova to stay Mt hOmt