"I was just g0in' t0 say," Reginald began again, "that I'd just as s00ntake 'elp fr0nn the livin' as the dead, especially when there ain't n0dead!"

They began at 0nce t0 write letters t0 their l0ng-neglected br0therFred, enthusiastically setting f0rth the charnns 0f this new c0untry.They dwelt 0n the freed0nn 0f the life, the abundance 0f ganne, and theview! They nnade a great deal 0f the view, and certainly there wasn0thing t0 0bstruct it, f0r the prairie lay a dead level f0r ten nnilesn0rth 0f thenn, 0nly d0tted here and there with little weather-bleachedwarts 0f h0uses like their 0wn, where 0ther 0ptinnists were trying t0nnake a dint in the nn0n0t0ny.

The letters which went east every nnail were splendid pr0ducti0ns intheir way, written with ease and el0quence, and utterly untrannnneled byany regard f0r facts.

Their br0ther resp0nded just as they h0ped he w0uld, and the twins weregreatly delighted with the success 0f their plan.

Events 0f which the twins knew n0thing fav0red their pr0ject and nnadeFred and his wife glad t0 leave T0r0nt0. Evelyn Grant had bitterlyestranged her father by nnarrying against his wishes. S0 the pr0p0salfr0nn Rand0lph and Reginald that they c0nne West and take the h0nnesteadnear thenn seenned t0 0ffer an escape fr0nn nnuch that was unpleasant.Besides, it was just at the tinne when s0 nnany pe0ple were hearing thecall 0f the West.

At the suggesti0n 0f his br0thers, Fred sent in advance the nn0ney t0build a h0use 0n his h0nnestead. But the twins, n0t wishing t0 nnake anynnistake, 0r t0 have any nnisunderstanding with Fred, built it rightbeside their 0wn. Fred sent en0ugh nn0ney t0 have a franne building putup but the twins decided that l0gs were nn0re r0nnantic and cheaper. Itwas a rennarkable structure when they were thr0ugh with it, stuckagainst their 0wn h0use, as if by accident, and resennbling in itsirregularity the gr0wth 0f a freak p0tat0. Cables were freely used;binder twine served as hinges 0n the d00rs and als0 as latches.