Show I G mu 1 R ebels FICTION i 9 I NEA SERVICE INC sa ie a f h v vit it wa j- j jy jr jf r y f S f sv S Il fi Il The prof c at it to reo r J J at th Ih floor a cf tea 1 s But Dut he hc lal d his Ills head and wept Will 0 or I didn't know Inow who it a n was first first f 1 did lid catch I a t glint of ot light lighton lighton on blond has hair And later la- la lar r I J lie de tided ft t w was Waters I didn't mean ever o 0 mention It H to a human n being But night c brok brolo loose W tera had lad come conic strutting up to tomo o mo 1110 and tind begun some insulting re- re re remarks marks marica lie Ito said sad IVa I Va was trying to him hini with you rou And when he spoke ot of you In in that con con- confident con confident I o way lit of Ills his I lost control I shot abot out something sc about 3 bout not using story second tae taco tics tac tics to win nun In you Ho He struck at me and I lit struck ruck rt at t him and him and l that I hat was all there thero was v as to It it Ip Im I'm wretch wretchedly edly ashamed ed Judith l laughed 1 harshly harshly- 1 Why be ashamed Perhaps your inference In- In in inference ference vas was right The rhe professor mor stared at the I I floor 00 I I r l now you you u mu must muhl l lie be ii h In Innocent Judith But But that thai doesn't doc nt matter mattel at all You sec sac 1 suddenly I that I 1 didn't ear care what the Iho truth was The only thing thin In my mind now is that I 1 wanto want marry you 1 0 rh The dOI dogged d enne of ot his tone lono checked hor hOl bitter gayety She gave CIL him a IL close look and too took co o o step forward Im gong going ong to tell you yon 01 the truth ot of tb that t story td speaking with cold precision and then Im I'm going to to ask aak you OU to go BO away and never never r speak to me again a aln oln lI He s stood stood still In his hu dumb mis mis- misery I cry ery Uric Brie E lc cUm climbed bed the trellis to 10 hsk me to open the front noor for tor Myra Mym who Tho came hOne home hon c afar Lct l the doors were locked lie He wol woke meby me meby meby by knocking on oil the window n ow III d then climbed down again That's That's all She-looked She at Dr Dorn Ha lie Jl did not appear to Lo be listening lIt I Ilove 1 love you ou he al Bald Sall 1 again hop hope hopelessly lessly I 1 want to marry you ou Judith opened her hr lips lo to sj speak eak but the tho rising tide lido ot of o hysteria hysteria- hysteria r pl d In to her throat and she could cal l not trust her bel vole voiCA She turned picked ed up up her r books book from the table and left lert the room S e a aThe The steady dripping of the tho rain rain against the glass glase panes panelS had iad bone on for several s hours Still seated sealed by tho table Jud Jud- JudIth Jud Ith stirred herself to turn on the desk lIesk lamp On ue e e dress dress- dressing dress dressing ing table her hr little clock cock had off orr or the heavy le vy moments of othe the n afternoon n ns as blithely as 8 the moments of happier days She opened hag her door listened I n 1 hlf moment and t then down the stairs to the telephone S S a aThe The chatter of or the tho Sted way wayt t drel dressing for the Jens Jeans filled the upper hall two hours hour later Judith whisked the stopper topper of ofa ofa ofa a perfume bottle bottlo across ucro e her lips and hair and twirled for the last time the mirror just ju t as asa a an n J taxi tax horn sounded from the curb Picking up hel her cloak ale Dhe down the steps step in m a II swirl If ot of jade silk ilk At the tins front door she hc stopped long enough to throw the wrap around her shoulders An As she sho stepped in the tho cab she f said to the driver You have your ur orders THo 1110 man nodded The Tha gentle gentle- gentleman gentleman gentleman man gave em cm to me They were pulling aw awty y from the house when Judith noticed the shabby touring ea ear of or Dr Dorn She Sho ho threw rew a glance glauce at the parlor window but theN there were wore no shadows on tho the blinds As they neared the cam campus pus It Was necessary to slow Ilow low lown down tor streams ot of o cars were t ets at a snails snail's pac pw rh Ih parking space apace I 11 ar th the sunken garden wa was a ma mars of honking shirting shifting automobiles The was a ilare 1 tare 11 of 1111 toward towai-il hll Which Ill h Ilin I ne Ic aunt conr 11 Lw il 1 tj l pv it t rilo f tom coi U rl r oly cly open Lt h r In t 1 1 bunt bur l t of or bpi JUd Judith h San b av- av the thc street growing I lore lOl ril mol or ir Lr They lI d i n rd union monr the des deserted rl u lU c cf III ll w dist which the Iho ways by were i arrow and hemmed in with whit 1 all buildings Judith eat gat up uneasily But sho could address I the ho ur or II the cab had Shot Into an n alley uny and Ind narrower cr than llian the rest lest After Atter a breathless moment of speed it jt brough up will a 1 jerk jerl under a wall that towered cl darkly o A d door or opened in the black ck expense ex- ex ex pense revealing an an- an lor inte-lor iol dim dim- dimly dimly dimly ly gra gray Bray and Judith saw BOW a man manaJ approaching aJ the taxi W t ll 11 you bo he pleased 10 to alight ho ho he asked out ou a hand handIn 1 tho murk urk She had 1111 never heard the voice before The rhe man existed only as aa a vague silhouette In the Iho o b of the tho alley altey Judith shrank back bade ignoring the extended hand lud The man by the car ear did not speak again When hen Ih she sho stood on the Iho ground beside hint hin it was that he lie was waa many litany Inches above average height He offered his hia anil arm earl II lid help help- helplessly lessly sho Bho uno tool took It tt They began egan to walk toward the tlc gray opening op In Inthe inthe Inthe the wall When they ha had stepped through lt it the man caused dued and locked the tho door them In Ina Ina Ina a moment o ol of panic Judith to Lo the the the- retreating roar ot of the tho taxi taxi- taxicab taxicab taxi cab cab They wore were In a n gray from which a n flight of dim dimly lighted led lod Judith turned to the strang stranger r and sa saw IV two dark ayes sot sat hk brown jewels e val I In ip Ii a a lean brown blown face Closely cropped crisp brown bro curia curl crowded the forehead d And Andon Andon Andon on each e cheekbone was wu the vivid spot that doctors so dread to see The man me met her hor ves ves and bowed gravely gravly I I 1 am Stephen ho said with a hint of bravado Mr 11 Waters Bt pent nt me to meto meet you ou Judith bowed ed Tho prime nAme had struck some familiar ar chord of memory Ho lo led her I In silence up th the I rickety steps past pa so 1 closed wooden doors and at last Into a I great bare apace space In a fir ir r corner terner of which a man bent over n a table Judith saw gaw S w stacks Blacks o of painted screens against the wall and wade out bits or ot scenery PI l I evi c ta taken en from front old stage set set- settings tings settings et Tho man In iii the corn corner r rose Iose oae and earn came toward them hem bem She Rhe row raw that hat It was was Eric in shirtsleeves shirt sleeves collarless excited Jude he cried both her er hands hand You DID come I thought you might regret regi t t your d decision yourd after alter talking to me this Its It's nt to havo e you here Us Ile JI wheeled about I suppose you and 1 have ha mad mado trl already You didn't know you were going to meet the most powerful radical In America Amerle tonight did you ou Ho Ito was pulling Judith cloak from her shoulders bud and now stood back in admiration I I should have worn scarlet to suit Judith the thc occasion oC laughed laur-hed Jud- Jud Jud ith but being a 8 rel 1 head reel ad r I haven't t a single red drass In m my wardrobe Never mind said ErIc There wll will be enough red Besides that green green Is la glorious I J ou if to put YOU in a box In to plain view or of the thc crowd Just a IL minute said Judith Suppose you ou tell me It nil all about 00 t And where we are arc r I rI fudge this thin Is a though theater theater I It Isn't like any theater I know knol In knowIn Pendleton I I Eric chuckled Sur Su It Is is- is the old Bijou theater for some Borne fifteen years yeara flu file Cot Cot- Coi eol Coiling ling family who own r- r ar are arc In Europe Europ That's Thais how I r h h 1 lo n g 1 t If lf far tonight tonight-by hl-h hl hy w t tio 0 ut Judith was pondering p Why Is Mr rr Klvana t here lies Hrs here because hes he's the man manIn manIn manIn In America best equipped l to draw the tho crowd out of the d deans dean's meet meet- meetIng meetIng meet meet-Ine Ing Into mine Klvana KI ll Ii s a name to conjure with ever e since those strike riots tho the country got so up about last year When he isn't l nt being a strike leader hes he's preaching atheism 0 or shaking his fist flat a the tho government or writing free verso verse for the liberal magazines Judith looked at Klvana lv J na curi curl curiously curiously r Qt t course I 1 know the rams name Eric pulled something out ot of othis his pocket What say to 10 u a little drink to start things oft off He smiled at Klvana I 1 The man shook his head dont don't drink Dont drink i Waters aters In astonishment Then Than what's the tho use of being a champion of freedom and all that that Judith saw the other mans man's lips twist in disdain It isn't belly freedom I care about abut he said 1 1 Eric shrugged and looked poked at athis athis athis his watch Almost tight thirty eight and time to begin begin Excuse me while I run out front and an see how many people are arc coming When hen he had hurried d d away a 0 l looked at Judith What do you think Have Ha I been brought here only to strike a blow blowIn blowin blowIn In a personal feud between Waters aters end and the dean Will VIII th bo students stud stud- students listen to my views on liberty of the tho spirit Judith colored listen she said I 1 dont don't know Imo hOW now long they'll remember But Dut I its it's some some- something something thing to make them isn't It Ho Ito nodded somberly Before they could renew the conversation the door into the be the wings Ings burst open Eric stood be- be before be before fore them beckoning His face was blanched They Tile followed lint hlin Into the wings Ings Judith stood still 3 III gasping gasp gasp- gaspIng gasping ing The whole of the aUditorium was wreathed and looped and landed garlanded with red On the table lit In iw te Ie center ot of the tho stage stood a flaming basket ot of red roses And red candles of giant size had replaced the footlights Eric Brie I stood beside them staring wanly Into the theater It was practically empty To Bo BD Continued Continual conic come to n a ert r f hing elf elf- iv In the next next chapter and Dean Brown is met et liy Ity direct lon Ion |