American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-07-17

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doors. but Lucille stopped me Don't
you think Il Will be lovely, Montmo-
rencyf"
I collapsed into a chair, which col
lapsed Immediately after / did. She
had called me by my hrst namel Yes;
~MOntmOrency ~ my first name. II
sounds like several names, but IL Is
only my first. That FIRST name thing
made Il very hard 10 refuse. As I sat
there OF the porch surrounded by legs.
rung aud other parts Of a chair a ter.
rife struggle went on IA my being be.
tween my heart and my stomach, and
the weaker party won. Possibly my
mind was stunned by my fall, although
| have no recollection Of hitting my
head, / felt that Lucille was putting
me 20 the test. From the look In her
eye knew that she wa asking me 10
choose between love and beefsteak.
SO rising phoenix like l answered
bravely, yes. I think fasting would
be delightful"
SO that was how we began.
As you can easily see. the cause OF
the trouble was that Lucille Is one OF
those persons who take tho magazine
health and hygienic writer's IN good
faith. II IL impossible to convince her
that those fellows have to make a liv-
ing By their pens the same as other
human authors and that every bizarre
Idea they can pounce on means just
SO much more copy at a regular rate
per word. No. Lucille must needs try
by experiment every new theory, using
herself or any convenient relative or
friend as a laboratory.
The absurdlty OF Lucile's attempt 10
Improve upon her health and looks Is
apparent TO any one who has ever been
blessed with a sight OF her. You cant
make a slim young body like hers by
simply rolling on the tioor for an hour
every day. nor ara soft brown eyes
with long. curly lashes the result OF
chewing any particular number OF
times upon a piece OF steak. Nature
must have been experimenting a good
many centuries before she got Just
that particular texture for hair and
that peculiar shade Of crcam velvet for
compilations.
AZ this particular time for nearly
twenty-five years she and nature had
been uninterrupted by matrimony In
their Job OF decorating. So that Il Is not
70 he wondered az that they had turned
u a well nigh perfect product. There
Is nothing unfinished about her.
One Of her early spasms was Fetch
erism; then she struck the nuts and
berries idea. | was a guest at her home
tho summer she tried both OF these
things out. II you are going 10 Fletch-
erize. a piece OF old boot tastes just as
good as a steak. and Il Is more cconom
ical The adherents OF the nuts All
berries diet claim that Il II a good food
schedule because grizzly bears live on
Il. A. FAR az | am concerned. being
like a grizzly bear II a doubtful adyan.
tage, and. besides. | don't believe Il Is
possible for a bear 10 shell enough pea
uuts to live on.
Lucille called a meeting TO discuss
ways aud means.
FIRST Of ALL" she said. when the
supply boat comes today wen make
them take back every edible thing they
have brought. together with what we
have on hand. so that We won't be
tempted. Isn't Il lucky a cottage Is
on an island an by itself 81 that Il
won't Do possible Tor ono of us TO cheat
by going 10 a hotel somewhere"
Don't you think Il would DE a great.
or victory Tor us n we conquered the
demon food with some supplies Within
easy reachT | suggested, with "a palm
MI recollection Of that supply boat
which came only twice a week. but car
rioi dvlicacies ~ which Lucullus never
dreamed.
"No. lts best TO take no chances"
There's tho motorboat anyway. We
could run over 10 the mainland"
~No. we couldn't" Lucille smiled.
Father Is the only one who can run
Il, and he won't be here until Sunday"
Thus another ray OK sunlight flicker
ei out. A man of my build does not
crank mp a marine engine located near
the door of "a boat. I might say he
could NOT. but it Is truer 10 say that
he does not II be Is the least biz wise
DO does not even try Il.
I'm giva the maid a week or" Lu-
cile continued gayly. AS we're not GO
Ing 10 eat anything we shall not really
need her. and sho has been wanting 70
80 homo FOR some time. IN let her
go back with the supply boat. Wen
begin "a fasting tomorrow by going
without breakfast"
She eouauffa1 fha ma~aufpn arafn
I'VE have TO drink plenty OF good, pure
water and think high thoughts all the
time and Wen hardly notice the alb
sence u food az all. Then next Mon
day Wen break our fast by drinking
the juice Of an orange aud eating a
handful OF popcorn. just one handful
80 as not TO shock our digestive ap-
paratus by Introducing anything solid
into is'
But why harrow the rendcr with ths