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The youngest of Old Anse's sons, and the only one to get married, Buddy was born late enough to have served in World War I, where he was wounded in battle and decorated for valor. He's a patriotic veteran despite his disdain for the government's direct interference in the day-to-day activities of his farm, and he encourages his sons to sign up for the old Sixth Infantry where he served. He tells them, "The Government done right by me in my day, and it will do right by you" (53).

Rafe (short for Raphael) is another of Old Anse's sons, and Stuart's twin brother. He seems a study in contradiction when he gazes at Mr. Pearson with his "still" brown eyes, "courteous enough in the brown face" and his "hand offered hard enough, but the grasp quite limp, quite cold" (47).

Lee McCallum is barely mentioned in the text, but he is one of Old Anses's sons and he seems as honest and level-headed as his brothers.

At first sight Dr. Schofield "might have been any city doctor, in his neat city suit" (49). During his house call to see about Buddy McCallum's injured leg, Dr. Schofield proves himself a practical physician who is sensitive to the wants and needs of his patients. He trusts Buddy's judgment concerning the amputation of his leg and, in doing so, provides a contrast with Mr. Pearson's distrust and misjudgment of the family as a whole.