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 , Clemantiny ? '' Clemantiny did not choose to answer this appeal . She rattled her dishes noisily into the dishpan . `` Well , where are you going to put him to sleep ? '' she demanded . `` The hands you 've got will fill the kitchen chamber . There 's only the spare room left . You 'll hardly put him there , I suppose ? Your philanthropy will hardly lead you as far as that . '' When Clemantiny employed big words and sarcasm at the same time , the effect was tremendous . But Miss Salome did n't wilt . `` What makes you so prejudiced against him ? '' she asked curiously .
`` I 'm not prejudiced XXXXX him .
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