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`` Then , see that you do , '' went on Nat , and flung the other boy from him . Fred picked himself up in a hurry , and ran below . He vowed he would get square , but during Nat 's stay at the farm he could not muster up courage to do so . On the following day Nat arose at five o'clock , and put on an old suit of clothes . Slipping downstairs he hurried to the barn , where he fed the horses and then milked the cows . He was just finishing up when his uncle appeared . `` Well , I never ! ''