Goin' callin', be you ?" "No." "Hum! Queer weather for a walk, I call it.

Won't be many out to-night, except Come-Outers goin' to holler their lungs loose at prayer meetin'.
He, he! You ain't turned Come-Outer, have you, Mr.Ellery?
You've headed right for the chapel." Ellery's reply was hurried and a bit confused.

He said good night and went on.
"Laviny," whispered the shocked Kyan, "do you think that was a--er--polite thing to say to a parson?
That about his turnin' Come-Outer?
He didn't make much answer, seemed to me.

You don't think he was mad, do ye ?" "I don't care if he was," snorted Miss Pepper.

"He could tell a body where he was goin' then.