His active feet were untiring and his wiry arms could pitch and stock with the best . When the day 's work was ended , he brought in wood and water for Clemantiny , helped milk the cows , gathered the eggs , and made on his own responsibility a round of barns and outhouses to make sure that everything was snug and tight for the night . `` Freckles-and-Bones has been well trained somewhere , '' said Clemantiny again . It was hardly fair to put the bones in now , for Chester was growing plump and hearty . He had never been so happy in his life . Upton drudgery and that dreadful week in Montrose seemed like a bad dream . Here , in the golden meadows of Mount Hope Farm , he worked with a right good will . The men liked him , and he soon became a favourite with them . Even Clemantiny relented somewhat . To be sure , she continued very grim , and still threw her words at him as if they were so many missiles warranted to strike home . But Chester soon learned that Clemantiny 's bark was worse than her bite . She was really very good to him and fed him lavishly . But she declared that this was only to put some flesh on him . `` It offends me to see bones sticking through anybody 's skin like that . We are n't used to such objects at Mount Hope Farm , thank goodness . Yes , you may smile , Salome . I like him well enough , and I 'll admit that he knows how to make himself useful , but I do n't trust him any more than ever I did . He 's mighty close about his past life . You ca n't get any more out of him than juice out of a post . I 've tried , and I know . ''
But it was Miss XXXXX who had won Chester 's whole heart .
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