The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-11-12
WHAT HAS GONE BEFORE

WHAT HAS GONE BEFOKE
JUDITH MARTIN. teaching in
pendleton University. arOuses the
hostility Of DEAN TIMOTHY
BROWN, By choosing friends among
the students, such as ERIC WATERS,
radical scaior.
Another admircr is DIR. PETkR
dorm. astronomy professor.
MfRA ALDRlCH. student. Is In
love with Eric, and jealous VI Judith.
Judith befriends Dean Browns
wife, On learning her unhappy story.
Eric Is suspected Of selling poison
liquor, and Judith openly defends
.KITTY" SHEA. town bootlcgger,
tries to blackmail Mrs. Brown with
story Of her weekend trip to meet
her lover. Judith asks Eric TO silence
Shea, and ne promises to do 10.
Judith spends the Christmas Holt.
days at Myra's sorority house. and on
Christmas Eve, when she Is alone
in the house. Shea tries to- force
. an entrance. Judith shoots in the air,
! soaring him away.
Dean Brown summons Judith Few
days later and tells her she must help
| In his reform campaign by finding
out from Eric where kitty" Shea rs.
Judith enters her classroom, and
heats the students say that some.
one has heen found dead in car,
'ali smashed up"
NOW co ON WITH THE STORY
[ CHAPTER XXXlI
| Judith sat at her desk. hs: hands
blended in her lap. Til. whisne.i
1 r,~o,,e f.,:otar .o.l fsn.ll,. .fn,naI
| "Wh:.t is it," she asked at last.
Thus encouraged, babel broke
loose. They all talked ut once. and
Judith could understand nothing.
"Hush," said the specialized youth
grandly, to the others. "Ill tel
her. Miss Martin, a man has beer
found dead in Snake Greek. / hay.
some work in the journalism school
sou know, and the coroner called III
our editor first thing. "Tisn't know
around town yet"
| "a mani" gasped Judith. "Wht
is he?"
the boy, fiippantly. "Why. nobod!
much. just a fellow named Shea
Why. Miss Martin, are you goins t
faint"
Il The elder Miss Reasey ran to Ju
dith and pattcd her with irritatin;
!. little flutters about the head III,
shoulders. Judith shOok her Of
Nonsense, Of course I'm not :oin'
to faint"
l The specialized youth was anxiou
to 20 on with the story. "But per
haps you'd rather not hear any NOR
about it," he said to Judith.
i She summoned smile. "Yes, tel
me-"
swell" said the boy, "it seem
that DIR. HiIlycr examined the bod
and said he'd been dead for day
probably since Christmas.
"rhey haven't learned what kil'e
him, but his car was all smashed U
; on top ofshim.
!. thrown high and wide, all over tn
surro,lHdinv country. Hut thcr
| wasn't much whisky smell left, eve
II there had been some ut the tim
Of his death. They think the bottle
y and things were empty"
H. "probably takin' 'em to Middl'
> burg to be filled,' interpolated til
:. wise youth again.
III "Wasnt it just a motor accident
!, asked Judith.
~ The boy shook his head. Can
|. tell till. after the inquest, tomoro'
!. They think maybe he died before II
y car fell. Least, that's what d.
II said, though he hadn't much cham
= for a post mortem.'
!" Judith shuddcred slightly q,
picked up her textbook. "Plea
ls translate the first passage, Nj
Reasey,'' she said. She let h
5. thoughts wander for some time, /
,e ut last Miss Rcasey finished, and u
:. class looked Mt Judith cxpectantly.
8 She got through the rest Of !
Ii period in the same way. giving I
:, translation to students who could
:" depended upon to carry it throu
rs without aid. And she kept her cy
~ on the door.
!. AZ three o'clock she closed t
y book impatiently. Eric had 4
leone in.
" The Stedway dinner table buzz
m with the story Of the murder. !
"a Misses Reasey, having heard it. ff
- the journalist straight from the g
0t torial room Of the school newspap
~ keainpd an onviable pOsttion OF
portance among the curious.
~ "Who found him :" asked Carol
n. Nc Conigle,- her blue eyes very wi
s'Somebody working on the r.
noticed tuts that slid off into