Did n't matter a mite how much he suffered for it -- he 'd stick to it if it broke his heart . There was always some story or other going round about old Henry 's setness . The family were n't quite so bad -- only Tom . He was Dosia 's great-grandfather , and a regular chip of the old block . Since then it 's cropped out now and again all through the different branches of the family . I mistrust if Dosia has n't got a spice of it , and Wes Brooke too , but mebbe not . '' Old Jim was the only croaker . Wesley and Theodosia were married , in the golden prime of the Indian summer , and settled down on their snug little farm . Dosia was a beautiful bride , and Wesley 's pride in her was amusingly apparent . He thought nothing too good for her , the Heatherton people said . It was a sight to make an old heart young to see him march up the aisle of the church on Sunday in all the glossy splendour of his wedding suit , his curly black head held high and his round boyish face shining with happiness , stopping and turning proudly at his pew to show Theodosia in . They always sat alone together in the big pew , and Alma Spencer , who sat behind them , declared that they held each other 's hands all through the service . This lasted until spring ; then came a sensation and scandal , such as decorous Heatherton had not known since the time Isaac Allen got drunk at Centreville Fair and came home and kicked his wife . One evening in early April Wesley came home from the store at `` the Corner , '' where he had lingered to talk over politics and farming methods with his cronies . This evening he was later than usual , and Theodosia had his supper kept warm for him . She met him on the porch and kissed him . He kissed her in return , and held her to him for a minute , with her bright head on his shoulder . The frogs were singing down in the south meadow swamp , and there was a splendour of silvery moonrise over the wooded Heatherton hills . Theodosia always remembered that moment . When they went in , Wesley , full of excitement , began to talk of what he had heard at the store .
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