d don't give Henry any
more trouble, and, Henry, when you two come back you take Emmeline
right home with you; don't you bring her here.' And old man Amos give
a big laugh and says he, 'Come back home if you want to, Emmeline. My
door's always open to my own children; but if you come, Henry's got to
come, too, so either way you fix it there won't be any partin'.'
Emmeline said she wouldn't let Henry help her in the buggy. She got in
on one side, and he got in on the other, and she set as far off from
him as she could, and they started off, old lady Amos callin' after
'em: 'You jest remember, Emmeline, as long as Henry's above the sod
you're Henry's wife. There's only one thing that can part you, and
that's death.'

"Well, Emmeline said Henry was as nice and polite as you please all
that day. He talked about the weather and the birds and the trees and
the flowers, and p'inted out things along the way, but she never
opened her mouth till dinner-time. They stopped by a spring to eat
their dinner, and Henry watered the horse and fixed the check-rein
so's he could graze, and then he set down some little distance away
from her, and she opened the basket. She said of course she couldn't
be mean enough to sit there and eat by herself, so she told him to
come and have some dinner. And he come over and set down beside her,
and she waited on him, and they drank out o' the same cup, and
Emmeline said you could hear the spring drippin' and the birds and
the squirrels chirpin' and chatterin' in the trees; and every now and
then a pretty leaf'd come flutterin' down and fall in the spring or on
her lap, and Henry talked so kind and pleasant that Emmeline said she
got to thinkin' how happy she'd be if it wasn't for that little silk
shirt, and she'd 'a' give anything she had if she'd jest kept out o'
Henry's trunk. And when they'd got through eatin', Henry took hold of
her hand and says he, 'Emmeline, can't you trust me a little bit?' And
she jerked away from him and begun getherin' up the provisions and
foldin' the napkins. And Henry says, 'Well, pretty soon we'll be at
mother's. Maybe she can set matters right.' And they got in the buggy
and started again, and Emmeline said the nearer they got to Henry's
home the worse she felt, and finally she broke down and begun to cry,
and she cried for three miles right straight along.

"It was about sunset, and Henry kept tellin' her to cheer up and look
at the pretty clouds and the light comin