The Nevada County picayune., 1918-04-04
CHAPTER I-Continued.

...,ons how much you depend on meals 70 break up the day. All the morning ,o,s vou keep thinking, "1 must set o mnch done before lunch" and then 'S tho afternoon you spur yourself on .a on extra effort with the thought ss Q hotter dinner than usual when you oo+ through. Take these meal land marks out of your day and what is ,oft9 Nothing but a dreary. dead level desert of time, day whose limits seem interminable.
 How many days is it until we eat sgainY I asked hopelessly.
 asix and a half," Lucille computed. aThen we get some orange juice and few kernels of popcorn
 Then what%
 "Thats all for the first day"
 few kernels of popcorn! Can you imagine q kernel of popcorn floating hither and yon in all that sea of water and finally giving up with a despairing sbriek when 1t finds there Is no place to land!
 "You mustn't think of things to eat. You're not rtally hungry. It 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 me-a few days Of fast ing and would have to wear suspend ers had always prided myself on self supporting figure. as it were, and had ieered at the fence rail build which is obliged to hang all its garments from it's shoulders. Already with one meal missing l was up to the last notch in my belt.
 Along toward noon l noticed a dis tinct headache
 That will pass away" Lucille assured me. "Lipton s. Clair says so, and he ought to know
 "Why ought he to know?" I snapped. Did he invent headaches, or is he just generaizine from reading about some body else's headache? This pain I've got here has settled in my region of thought for long run, and l defy any Lpton S Clair to drive 1t out"
 Don't be cross" Lucille soothed. Let me dip my handkerchief in this spring here and wet your forehead with it.
 She did, and while it didn't do any good 1 always like to have her fussing around me
 The spring is one that every cpe vis- Its who comes to the island, and there Is tin cup sitting on a rock near by. started tu get drink.
 You mustn't drink that water" Lu- eile stopped me You must not drink anything but distilled water while you are fasting"
 Why not?"
 Because when there is nothlng else ln 1t the stomach is particularly sus- eeptible to lisease." That was more of l.. s. Clair's maga- zlhe stuff l knew it. Probably he got aDout cents a word for it too.
 That water, pure as it is, may have microbes in it." she continued.
 What chance would microbe have against my stomachf" l returned bit lerlN hut l refrained from drinking the Wa In those days that woman Aad me under her thumb.
 Al nghtfaIi we sat around that white 9Ole once more l think even Lucile's euthuslaSm was wavering. It seemed u5thetly more of an effort to be cheer 'ul than it had at breakfast. Her moth 1 was frankly miserable and eyed me "'th glance which warned me that NeFe We cannibals the laws of hos rallty would hardly protect one of iny build.
 Lucille said ! won drink another drop tonight, ' 0eelared. unless I can have some "s,.Flns extract in it." Mter that We sat around thinking soout sweet potatoes and hash and s,saAS but talking about the latest ss9NS and the moonlight through the "eeS But what is moonlight on an uptf stomach? Merely moonlight, lolhine more.
 mats that?" demanded Lucille. n. ~~lniAS her ears to catch .ome sound s, a, oh The water. There was a faint ru''p0t out somewhere. JohuNon'S launch," said Mrs. eeu Il can tell because it misses 9tlF tenth explosion." n.l r'p'on \, Clair says that fasting gc,a 's all the senses extraordinarily r,e I Lucille explained. a, nuoE Mrs. Green said " = Llpton l9t hear it 9.o4 '' D'' & ho wonder what Johnson's boat can nIgbt bcV,ug out here Ut this time of snl sn Lueile speculated. ho,a,s nei he bringing some one over sad her mother. "Oars is tue