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beside her, shutting first one eye and then the other "'Now I lay

an in a businesslike voice At the A breath Helena ain; "I've not done yet

"'Jesus, tender Shepherd, hear ht--'"

He paused and looked up at Mrs Richie "Can I say colt?" Before she

could reply he decided for himself "No; colts don't have shepherds;

it has to be lahter did not disturb him He finished with another

satisfied Amen Helena put her arms about hirieved

"Why, I've not done yet," he reproached her "You've forgot the

blessings"

"The blessings?" she asked ti to be patient; "but I'ed her "God bless everybody--Dr Lavendar taught s," he interrupted his were all gone to heaven God bless

everybody; Dr Lavendar, an' Mary, an' Goliath--" Helena laughed "He

said I could," David defended hi, an' Mrs Richie And ood boy For Jesus' sake A happily to his feet