46 BE TRUE.

rather, as they called it, want of tact,
she should commit egregious blun-
ders. This was not unfrequently
the case.

In our day of general information,
on such points, these mistakes would
have been no interruption to the
world’s friendship; but in the town
of F it was otherwise. People
began to look suspiciously upon the
new Mrs. Wingate and her two
daughters, and some old members
of the church questioned the pro-
priety of admitting liars and. back-
biters to its communion. Strange
proceedings, indeed, with people
who had, for some time, been very
worthy members of a city church!

With the ladies themselves, these
things were all placed to the account
of country ignorance; people knew