How did the Stevens family act toward the Worthens in "Lyddie"?

The Stevens
family is kind and supportive towards the Worthens.  Quaker Stevens, who lives on the farm five
miles down the road, is always willing to helpand her brother.  Lyddie, however, with a spirit
that tends to be proud and stubborn, is envious of the family, and resentful that she is in a
position where she needs their aid.  When Lyddie and Charles must sell off their livestock and
go away to work, it is Quaker Stevens who buys their calf for the handsome sum of twenty-five
dollars, even though as the owner of its sire, the calf is technically half his property
already.  He chides himself for not having "come to call on (his) neighbors" when he
learns that Lyddie and Charlie have been alone, invites them to share "a hearty noon dinner
with the family", and arranges for one of his boys to give them a ride to town on the
pretext that he needs something from the store there (Chapter 2).

When
Lyddie's uncle determines to sell their farm, Charlie, knowing that Quaker Stevens will look out
for their interests, asks him to take care of the sale.  Unable to convince the uncle to hold
the farm for the children, Quaker Stevens puts down the purchase price himself.  His son Luke,
who cares for Lyddie with a love that is pure and true, wants to earn the deed from his father
and asks Lyddie to return as his wife (Chapter 18).  Although she is not ready to accept his
proposal, Lyddie does finally recognize that his kindness is genuine, and foresees that one day,
she "would love...the gentle...man that he would...become" (Chapter
23).