ORIGIN OF SCANDAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 98, 27 December 1913, Page 7

ORIGIN OF SCANDAL.

Said Sirs A. To Mrs J.) 11- quite a confidential way, «*» t ' “it seems to me 1 f That Mrs B. akes too much—something—in her tea.” And Mrs J. >■ ”U -tp Mrs K. . hat night was overheai'd to say— She grieved to touch To touch upon it much, mt “Mrs 13. took—such and such!'’ Then Mrs K. Went straight away r tnd told a friend, the selfsame day, “ ’Tis sad to think”— Here came a wink— That Mrs 13. was fond of drink.” The friend’s disgust Was. such,- she must aforni a > lady, “which she nursed, That Mrs B. At half-past three v r as “that far gone, she couldn’t see!’ This lady we Hiiye mentioned, she ,ave needlework to Mrs 8., And at such news Could scarcely choose ,ut further needlework refuse. Then Mrs B. As you’ll agree, uite properly—She said, said she, That she would track . | The scandal back o those who made her look, so black. Through Mrs K. And Mrs J. he got at last.to Mrs A., , And asked why, , With cruel lie, he painted her so deep a dye. Said Mrs A., r , r In sore dismay, , ' [ no such, thing could ever say: I said that you Had stouter grew n too much sugar—which you do.”