Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1918-03-15
FRIDAYS
CHAPTER I.

-" Gle definitely while we were
" having tea on the iron
porch.
"Wc certainly do" | assented idly.
Why not give our digestive appa
rntus restf" she propounded.
Why notT l rushed 60 my doom. ]
was having my two weeks vacation
aud was too happy nc being able 10
spend II on the island 30 care any.
thing about an argument.
Il suggest that we fast for week"
A suggestion like that put me In a
nice tx. 1 don't mind stating that at
that time | was about 2lO pounds OF
eligible bachelor, aged thirty i've. COM
fortably In love with Lucille. but too
old and set In the compliment selfish.
ness OF single blessedness ever TO pre-
tend 10 be Romeo. The idea OF fast
ing gave me sinking sensation right
whore there was the most room to
sink
"WhatT" | calculated. forgetting for
the moment that had reputation for
ready repartee.
II said, Why not fast for a weekY
read an article by Upton \. Clair
about It Just this morning. He claims
that fasting thoroughly rebuilds the
system, gets rid OF all toxins and In
creases the mental efficiency 80 per
cent"
She picked up a magazine which was
propped open face downward on tho
lower shelf OF the porch table.
Listen TO this" she continued. Eat
Ing three meals day Is simply a hab-
n. We have made tyrants OF our stom-
achs They demand to be fed every
few hours. and II we answer that de-
mand we are slaves There. that
sounds like the reasoning of a thinker,
doesn't ~"
1T sounds more like the reasoning OF |
q thinker than OF au eater"
Lucille feproyed my iiippancy. II think |
Il would do us all good"
But | feel all right now ! called
her attention TO an obvious fact.
She dismissed my objection. "You
can't be healthy unless you fast for
week at least once year Upton s.
Clair says so. Mother. youn try IT,
won't your"
TRY whatf'
"Fasting for week.
"why, yes. II you want to-" Her
mother picked up a hook as II sha had
decided nothing more momentous than
a question as 20 whether she preferred
cream or lemon In her tea. She had
been used as an experiment station for
so many years that nothing surprised
her.
l got up casually and tried to slip In
doors. but Lucille stopped me. Don't
you think IL win be lovely Montno-
rencyy p
collapsed Into chair. which col !.
apsed immediately after I did. She
had called mo by my ilrSt namel Yes;
Is my FIRST name. IL
sounds like several names, but II Is
,nly my first. That trst name thing
made il very hard to refuse AS sat 8
hero on the porch surrounded by legs.
'ung aud other parts OF a chair a ter.
lie struggle went on in my being be :
ween my heart aud my stomach. aud !
he weaker party won. Possibly my .
Mad was stunned by my fan. although '
have no recollection OF hitting my
read. I felt that Lucille was putting
no 70 the test. From the look In her v
,yc know that she was asking me to q
hOose between love and beefsteaS. $
20 rising phoenix Ike ! answered d
,ravsiy. Eyes. l think fasting would 9
'e delightful" \
So that WAS how we began. $
As you can easily see. the CAUSE OF y
be trouble was that Lucille Is one Of Il
hose persons who take the magazine
leaith and hygienic writers In good r
aith II Is impossible 20 convince her q
hat those fellows have 20 make n iiv- q
ng by their pens the same as other a
human authors ana that every bizarre
dca they can ponnce on means Just n
% much mofe copy ct regular rate c.
'er word No. Lucille must needs try o
~ experiment every new theory. using q
herself or any convenient relative or q
riend rs a laboratory. v
The ahsurdlty OF Luciles attempt TO q
improve upon her health and looks Is p
apparent 20 any one who has ever been IA
blessed with a sighs OF her. You can't q
make n slim young body Ike hers by y
simply rolling ON the door Tor an hour $
svery day. nor are soft brown eyes
With long. curly lashes the result of q
;hewing any particular number OF 4
lines upon piece OF stea''. Nature e
must have been experimenting good a
many centuries before she got just
lhaf r,.,-ffatla- fawtura far hair and 4.