terrupted.

"Hi, you--what's your name--Jennie Lind--come in here," he hailed.

Mr. Chase appeared, his arms dripping soapsuds. "What do you want,
callin' me out of my name?" he demanded.

"Want to know what started you singin' about blessin's? Fust I thought
'twas the weathervane squeakin'. What tuned you up, eh?"

Isaiah looked rather foolish, but he grinned.

"I was thinkin' about Mary-'Gusta," he said.

"You was, eh? Well, she's been a blessin' to us, there's no doubt about
that."

"Indeed she has," concurred Zoeth.

But Isaiah had the final word.

"Huh!" he declared, "she's more'n one blessin', she's a whole shower.
That's what set me to singin' about 'em."

He departed for the kitchen once more, the falsetto rising triumphant:

"There shall be showers of blessin's,
Send 'em upon us, oh Lord!"

Captain Shad looked after him. Then he turned to his friend and partner
and said earnestly:

"Do you know, Isaiah's gettin' real kind of sensible in his old age."

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