"Ah-huh! Not so I'd notice it.… Lenore, have you seen the big clouds of smoke driftin' over 'Many Waters' these last few days?"
"Yes. And I've smelled smoke, too.… From forest fire, is it not?"
"There's fire in some of the timber, but the wind's wrong for us to get smoke from the foot-hills."
"Then where does the smoke come from?" queried Lenore, quickly.
"Some of the Bend wheat country's been burned over."
"Burned! You mean the wheat?"
"Sure."
"Oh! What part of the Bend?"
"I reckon it's what you called young Dorn's desert of wheat."
"Oh, what a pity!… Have you had word?"