Sentence:  So, on a certain occasion, old Doacon Jones "drapped" in his "quarter" without uttering the conventional pleading grunt, which remiss was noted by the preacher — the Deacon being a little <WSD>off-minded</WSD>, as his wife, had recently died, [...] 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Absent-minded; distracted; being of less than sound mind; mentally despondent; touched.