Do n't you notice it , Clemantiny ? '' `` Ca n't say that I do , '' replied that energetic person , who was flying about the kitchen with a speed that made Chester 's head dizzy trying to follow her with his eyes . `` All I can see is freckles and bones -- but if you 're satisfied , I am . For law 's sake , do n't fluster me , Salome . There 's a hundred and one things to be done out of hand . This frolic has clean dundered the whole forenoon 's work . '' After dinner Chester decided that it was time to make himself useful . `` Ca n't I go right to work now ? '' he asked . `` We do n't begin harvest till tomorrow , '' said Miss Salome . `` You 'd better rest this afternoon . '' `` Oh , I 'm all right now , '' insisted Chester . `` I feel fine . Please give me something to do . '' `` You can go out and cut me some wood for my afternoon 's baking , '' said Clemantiny . `` And see you cut it short enough . Any other boy that 's tried always gets it about two inches too long . '' When he had gone out , she said scornfully to Miss Salome , `` Well , what do you expect that size to accomplish in a harvest field , Salome Whitney ? '' `` Not very much , perhaps , '' said Miss Salome mildly . `` But what could I do ?
You would n't have me turn the child adrift on the world again , would you , XXXXX ? ''
Chester Clemantiny Salome Whitney afternoon forenoon head right wood work