Said he didn't want to hear sermons that was inspired by HER cookin'.

Seems she cooked for the Mayos one week when Mrs.Mayo had gone to Boston, and Cap'n Zeb declares his dreams that week was somethin' awful.

'And I'm a man with no nerves and mighty little imagination,' he says.

'Land knows what effect a dose of Mehitable's biscuits might have on a MINISTER.' "And so," continued Keziah, "they decided Mehitable wouldn't do, and finally somebody thought of me.

I have a notion 'twas Zeb, although Cap'n Elkanah did his best to make me think 'twas himself.