"I'VE BEEN over to the McCarthys today," cried Mildred Merrill, greeting her mother, as she returned home the Sunday following the filing of the suit. "And, oh, mama, they are certainly excited over there!"
"Mm! Guess they'll understand that Jean Baptiste better now. Because he had wished to settle their difficulties—if there were any—like a man, they thought he was afraid of the Reverend."
"That was it—positively!"
"What was the conversation?"
"Of course it was Ethel who was making the most of the noise."
"Naturally."
"And she made some noise!"
"I'd wager."
"To begin with, they didn't know Jean had sued the Reverend until they read it in the paper."
"Is that so!"