Ebenezer's mysterious words suddenly awakened Deforrest's interest.
"Has something out of the ordinary occurred?" he queried.
"Yes," assured Eb, "but I've attended to it all right!"
Professor Young sighed.
"That's good! There, now, I'll sit by the grate and warm up while you tell me about it."
He dropped into a large chair, and extended his feet to the cheerful blaze. Waldstricker paused before making his explanation. At length:
"We put a member out of the church last Wednesday," said he, steadily.
Deforrest Young turned completely around and stared at his brother-in-law.
"Put a member out of the church!" he repeated, thunder-struck. "Why church a member?... That is out of the ordinary, I should say. What'd he do?"
"It wasn't a man, 'twas a woman."