The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-11-08
WHAT HAS GONE BEFORE

When JUDITH MARTIN, young
college teacher. chooses Eric
WATERS, rebel senior. and others
Of the more unconventional college
set for her friends. she makes an
enemy Of DEAN TIMOTHY BROWN.
DR. PETER DORM. astronomy
professor, IL = rival Of Eric's for
MYRA ALDRICH. In love with
Eric. and jealous Of Judith. has
turned .,I ed her az rntions to va"ping
Erie is suspected of dealing with
KITTY" SHEA. town bootlegger,
in selling poison liquor from which
two students have died. Judith
publicly defends him. ~.
She Is trying to blackmsilss the
deans wife, having discovesea q
love affair Of hers. of which ya.
ditk Also kaows. Judlth. btfrfkhds
Mrs. Brown. believing the dean I
Judith spends the Christmas
holidays in Myra's sorority house.
The servants 60 off on Christmas
Eve and leave her alone in the
house. She finds the hack door
unlocked, and shuts rherself in her
bedroom. .s
She hears shu4vaing footsteps ON
the porch under her windows.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER XVIII
The footsteps stopped for several
moments. Then came the violent
ringing of the doorbelI. Judith's body
relaxed somewhat. She pushed the
window halfway up.
"YOu1l have to come in through
the basement" she called. ~ cant
come down to let you in.'
But no soft negro voice replied.
There was another moment of heavy
silence. Then the shuffling steps
began again, and heavy form
Iurched into view.
Judith fell back. But she was not
quick enough. A medallion Of light
from an electric torch had danced
across her face. Loud laughter
greetcd her movement. 1t brought
her back to the window. in des-
perate attempt to see the face Of the
man below.
Obligingly, he stepped out from
the shadow of the pillar. so that the
street light shone on his dark jowl,
and cast CLINT on his little eyes.
He was laughing still. "Comc in
through the basement! Ha ha. Like
you to know Kitty Shea never uses
basement doors,-exccpt-and this
amt that kind of rondyvoo. Ha
ha hal"
Judith stirred, and called out loud
Is. II you don't 90 away at once,
I'll call the servants"
Shea laughed again. "Oh dear
now. call the servants! You won't
call EN-. cause they amt any. Ha
ha hal"
Judith could not speak. She
with LAUGHTER S'aprir" his thighs
and holding his fat sides.
Then he moved. across the porch
out Of her sight again. She heard
his fists on the wooden door.
Between spasms of knocking, there
was silence. Then Shea began to
curse. Judith put her. hands over
her ears to shut out the stream of
filth.
But the knocking was still audible.
When it stopped, she took her hands
away from her ears. Shea was talk
ing to the door knob. There. there,
iii knob. Come on now" Then a
furious rafting was followed by
more blows on the door.
Again glass crashed on the floor
Of, the porch. Judith threw herself
across the bed and reached for the
shot gun.
She thrust it's barrel out the win
dow and leaned far ovt herself.
'Shea," she screamed, "I'll shoot"
He drew his head back and looked
up at her. " 'Taint loaded" he
tainted. "Women's guns never
are"
Judith leveled the gun at the ton
Of the oak tree and pulled the trig-
ger. There was loud explosion.
For full moment. Shea neither
spoke nor moved. Az she watched.
he began to drag his body toward
the steps. At the edge of the ton
step. he fell forward, sprawling On
his face.
Then, with a mighty effort. he
pulled himself up again and went
iurching quickly down the walk, Jul
.dith still held the gun on the window
ledge. He went down the road out
Of sight. And in q moment. she
heard the chuRging Of motor.
II died away toward town.
Judith pulled the weapon. In and
eayrled It across the .r0om.., She set
Il up against the wall with gesture