A half hour later, Samantha came out proudly carrying her purchase. Look what I found. Its a brank. Sometimes it was called a gossips bridle.
Im sure that it wasnt one that was actually used in the old Puritan and Pilgrim days, but it was kind of neat. It looked like a heavy metal bird cage with an odd shaped device that was placed in the womans mouth. Well maybe Im being sexist. Men can gossip too, I guess. Anyway the cage had a wide rusty collar that could be locked around the victims neck. A few days of walking around in public wearing that heavy thing and being unable to speak would make anyone happy to be dressed up like a German shepherd.
Our adventure continued as we headed on into the Junction. While the girls were having lunch, I was entertained by a couple of young tee
