York was true to his word as to telling Jerry, when the three were on the porch that evening, what was in the air and on the lips of the "town tattlers," as he called them.
"The Reclaimers"
Margaret Hill McCarter
The true secret was that she feared the crowd of village idlers, quidnuncs, tattlers and newsmongers who all day gazed from Lousey Hard at the wonder-yacht.
"The Lion's Share"
E. Arnold Bennett
"Well, I was going to observe," replied Oliver, with a laugh, "that my uncle is rather a wild man for his years-addicted to smuggling, I am told, and somewhat given to the bottle; but it is well known that tattlers give false reports, and I am delighted to hear that the old boy is not such a bad fellow after all."
"Deep Down, a Tale of the Cornish Mines"
R.M. Ballantyne