I believe you 've told me the truth . Yesterday you wanted me to give you Caleb 's place and I refused . Well , I offer it to you now . If you 'll come , I 'll hire you , and give you as good wages as I gave him . '' Ches Maybin looked incredulous . `` Miss Calista , you ca n't mean it . '' `` I do mean it , every word . You say you have never had a chance . Well , I am going to give you one -- a chance to get on the right road and make a man of yourself . Nobody shall ever know about last night 's doings from me , and I 'll make it my business to forget them if you deserve it . What do you say ? '' Ches lifted his head and looked her squarely in the face . `` I 'll come , '' he said huskily . `` It ai n't no use to try and thank you , Miss Calista . But I 'll live my thanks . '' And he did . The good people of Cooperstown held up their hands in horror when they heard that Miss Calista had hired Ches Maybin , and prophesied that the deluded woman would live to repent her rash step . But not all prophecies come true . Miss Calista smiled serenely and kept on her own misguided way . And Ches Maybin proved so efficient and steady that the arrangement was continued , and in due time people outlived their old suspicions and came to regard him as a thoroughly smart and trustworthy young man .
`` Miss Calista has made a man of Ches XXXXX , '' said the oracles .
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