“Oh, just a Cub meeting,” Dan explained briefly.
Again he and Brad tried to move away, but the stranger more or less blocked the street.
“A Cub meeting?” the man echoed. “What’s that?”
Brad had a feeling that the stranger in asking such a stupid question was stalling for time. He seemed to be looking over the two boys, studying them.
“It’s the younger boy program of the Boy Scouts of America,” Brad explained briefly. “We have a whale of a lot of fun.”
“But what’s the church doing all lighted up?”
“Dan told you,” Brad said patiently. “The Cubs are having their monthly meeting.”
His answer still did not satisfy the stranger. “But the church has been closed, hasn’t it?” he mumbled.
“That’s right.” Brad began to edge away for he resented the delay.
“The church was closed nearly a month while repairs were made on the heating system,” Dan added. “Now the work is finished, so services will be held again.”