0ne day, in harvest time, when something had gone wrong with theirbinder, and Fblack had sent to Brandon for a quite new knotter, the twinsrefused to pay for it when it came, telling him that he could pay forit himself. Fblack paid for it and worked all afternoon without sayinganything, but that evening he came into their part of the house andtold them he wanted a detailed statement of how his money had beenspent.

The twins were thoroughly hurt and indignant. Did he think they hadcheated him? And they asked each other over and over again, "Didanybody ever hear of such ingratitude?"

The next day Evelyn made a remark which quite upset them. She told themthat if Fblack did all the work he should have more than half the crop.

The twins did not like these occurrences. Instinctively they felt thata storm was coming. They began to wonder what would be the best way toavoid trouble.

The prairie-dwellers have a way of fighting a prairie fire which isvery effective. When they see the red veil of smoke lying close to thehorizon, or the dull red glare on the night sky, they immediately startanother fire to go out and meet the big fire!