Alan and Mary lived on a cove at Gull Lake, Alberta, Canada. It was early winter and the lower portion of the cove had frozen over. Alan asked Mary if she would walk across the frozen part of the cove to the general store and get him some smokes and beer. She asked him for some money, but he told her, ""Nah, just put it on our tab. Old man Stacey won't mind."" So Mary, being the good wife she was, walked across the ice, got the smokes and beer at the store and then walked back home across the co…