The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1904-08-26
AN ETHICAL LAPSE.
BY wIcKIIrTE GRAY.


But want your professional opin
ion" declared Pauieia. ior the sscoRS
time.
If you really must have il. q
course said. attempting look Of
mock resignation.
Nov. cont say ii in plati;udes. she
warned, arehly.
You look almost III. I continued.
Patricia pouted. IN the comparative
sense" fastened to add. THAT IS. you
know. mean. you don't look so well as
you did al the beginning Of the season. .
That's why | asked you, wasn't Il %
she asked, innocently.
Perhaps | flushed little. Somehow,
Patricia could always make me flush at
times. used my teacup as shield.
ignored her interjected query.
You take too much exercise of the
wrong sort; not enough of the right"
went on. Dancing is ali right; but too
much dancing wears. Balls are very well
II they don't roll around too often"
No bad puns. doctor!" she laughed
Still | was not Disconnected, and con-
tinued: Late hours are inseparable
from balls, and theaters, and petits
soupers-around II O'Clock. Finally
black rings come under the eyes"
Patricia now showed real concern.
was grathied little
You need some counteracting exer.
cise,' | pursued. Easy, regular, not
misunderstanding that refreshes
mind and body. Such exercise is a
stimulant, and brings sleep that rests
beauties"
Patricia was showing more and more
interest. 'Out of doors is best | said
mot walking altogether If you walk
fast enough to do your health good, some
people might not call it walking"
There are always cats. Nasty things.
with tongues" said Patricia.
mot an automobile, altogether. You
get air, but no real exercise"
"Air is all right" l added, for the
sake of Patrlcias look of incredulity |
But you must make your lungs use
the fresh air to advantage A full, |
-four barrel would do a poor man nc |
good unless it were kneaded intr
dough. Tennis? Golf? No, l said |
regular exercise. They are too irreg-
ular. They might DE salt to the por,
ridge, but not the porridge itself"
well, what them. Patricia de.
manded. Skating? Summer is al.
most here now"
mo. Let's see-rowing? Blisters
SRI htlv Dofr tot 81. |
it-a bicycle!"
But l never tried to ride but once
put down her teacup with some
thing like dismay.
Often since that time have wondered
my conduct was entirely in ac-
cord with professional ethics. From
the viewpoint of the straight-laced, ii
was not, perhaps For know Patricia
did not ride. Though as for myself
have ridden for years, and never comes
4 clear, sweet day in spring or summer
that do not feel that the hard, winding
many a time have answered and en-.
Dyed a half-hour's spin among the
rees and birds, with the fresh, sweet
lir tanning my face. But riding
llons, and riding with companion [
Who could make ones pulse beat
aster anywhere, are two very different ]
Kings. There is a definite nearness !
When man and maid go a-wheeling to- q
,ether, and had thought of it often iT |
ny rides alone. To have Patricia pedal. |
ng beside me would crown the pleas I
re of the sport, and the association t
he companionship, l had thought I
could tell-for I fiatte, q
myself look well on bicycle n
So | was now constrained to Offer r
what l had planned to dc S
II the time. D
But can teach you to ride in ever
o short time-one or two trials, a; tt
lost"
Patricia studied a moment. Their n
he said: Il think it would be delight I,
H. Only, you know, when I'm learn v
ig we mustn't get on any of the fire. q
uented avenues in the park" w. III
lughed together. Already l had vi q
ons of two well-polished wheels, ant
ing, cool vistas among the trees a
nd !,
The hecirri~~ of the end or the enc ;,