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CHAPTER XXVIIIA FAST DAYTHE Good-Conduct Club had a special sessionthe next morning before school. After varioussuggestions, it was decided that a fast day would bean appropriate punishment."We won't eat a single thing for a whole day," saidJerry. "I'm kind of curious to see what fastingislike, anyhow. This will be a good chance to find out.""What day will we choose for it ?" asked Una, whothought it would be quite an easy punishment andrather wondered that Jerry and Faith had not devisedsomething harder."Let's pick Monday," said Faith."We mostly havea pretty filling dinner on Sundays, and Mondays' mealsnever amount to much anyhow.""But that's just the point," exclaimed Jerry.mustn't take the easiest day to fast, but the hardest"Weand that's Sunday, because, as you say, we mostly haveroast beef that day instead of cold ditto.It wouldn'tbe much punishment to fast from ditto. Let's takenext Sunday. It will be a good day,for father isgoing to exchange for the morning service with theUpper Lowbridge minister. Father will be away till287