Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1918-03-22
CHAPTER I-contInusd.

I groaned. I had nearly forgotten
that there was 10 be no lunch. III
curious how much you depend on meal.
10 break up the day. All the morning
long you keep thinking, 4 must sci
80 much done before lunch" and then
Ia the afternoon you spur yourself ON
TO an extra effort with the thought
OF a better dinner than usual when you
get through. Take these meal land
marks out Of your day and what is
leftg Nothing but a dreary. dead level
desert Of time. day whose limits seem
intermlnable.
How many days is It until we eat
aeainY" 1 asked hopelessly.
six and half." Lucille computed.
Then we get some orange Juice and a
few kernels Of popcorn"
Then whatg"
That's all for the first day"
A few kernels OF popcornl Can you
Imagine a kernel OF popcorn floating
hltber and yOn ia an that sea of water
aud lnaily giving up with a despairing
shrek when II ENDS there Is no place
10 landg
"You mustn't think Of things to eat
You're not really hungry. IL Is your
Imagination Tighten your belt and
you won't know that you haven't
eaten"
followed her advice True enough.
the belt was quite loose. A terrible
thought struck mea few days OF fast
enl l had always prided myself on a
SELF supporting figure. as Il were. and
had jeered al the fence rail build which |
is obliged 10 hang al It's garments
from It's shoulders Already with one |
meal missing | wss up to the last
notch IN my belt.
Along toward noon l noticed dis
tlnct headache.
'rhat '-ill pass away" Luclle assured
me. 'Lipton S. Clair says so, and he
ought TO know"
why ought he 10 knowT" l snapped.
"Did he invent headaches. or is he just
generallxing frois reading about some
body eise's headache? This pain I've
got here has settled Ia my region OF
Upton $. Clair 20 drive Il out"
Don't he cross" Lucille soothed. 'Tet
nae dip my handkerchief in this spring
here and wet your forehead with It."
She did, and while IL didn't do any
good always like 10 have her fussing
around me.
The spring Is one that every one Wis
rs who comes TO the island. and there 4
5 a tin cup sitting on rock near by. G
started to get drink.
"Yon mustn't drink that water" Lu-
lie stopped me. "YOu must not drink &
Inything but distilled water while you d
ire fasting"
"Why notY d
Because when there Is nothing else
n Il the stomach is particularly sus- d
eptihie 20 disease" Il
That was more OF l.. $. Cialr's maya 5
inc stun. knew II. Probably he got
bout cents a word for Il too. 9
THAT water, pure as II ls, may have Il
Microbes ia t." she continued. Ct
what chance would microbe have n
rainsf my stcmachT' l returned Bit n
crly. hut l refralned from drinking u
he water. In those days that woman NJ
ad me under her thumb N
At nightfall we sat around that white I,
able once more. l think even Lucile's
nthusiusm was waverlng. IL seemed
ijtlnctiy more Of an effort 10 be cheer
1i than II had al breakfast Her moth n
: was frankly miserable aud eyed me
rlth & glance which warned me that
ARE NC cannihals the laws OF hos
itaiitT would hartiy protect ere OF n
" build.
-Ilavs some water. Mfr. Blainey. n
urlie said OF
u won't drunk another DROP tonight. @ Il
declared. unless I caa have some
avoring extract Ia IT, %.
After that We sat around thinking NJ
bout swNet potatoes and hash and
inaks bet talking about the latest
ooks and the moonlight through the "a
-ees Eut what Is moonlight on an
upty stomaehl Merely moonlight, ri
olhlns more. d
whats thatY' demanded Lucille. e.
training Der cam to catch .pne sound
NJ on the water. There WAS faint
Dut-put" out somewhere. W
tits Johneon's launch said Mrs. n
neen. Il can tell because Il misses III
sefy tenth explosion" ia
Upton :. Clair says that fasting Il
lakes al the senses extraordinarily bi
cute" Lucille explained
] know Mrs. Green said 49, Upton st
Ciairy' under her breath. but | did
OF hesr #. cl
81 wOndc' what Iohnson's boat can
D doing out here at this time of 10
Ight." Lucille speculs;ed. "a
lie must be bringing some one over
ere" satd her mother. "Ours Is the