Show G- G It 1 t H beI CS N E A SERVICE INC If Virginia Swain V V V VV V q V V VV V A WHAT HAS flitS GO GONE ONE E nEl ORE BEl-ORE JUDITH L i new at ut fity It Is kissed by a II oung man mail at tho ho Iio out to b le ERIC VAT WAT-raiS WAT 1 the tho lie S of o MYUA MY- MY MYnA nA UA a 1 spoiled b beauty n living In hOtt house C Myra Ira lifts lias heard of the kiss hut toes docs not DOt know now that Jut Jut- Jud Judith ith WB wa rau the tho girl rl hc and Will n II senior have e thought JudIth 3 a 1 student Judith m ll the tho ot of Hn nn 1 DOIt n or Erie Kric nl al o her he n a student and unknowingly Iy Signs tip for her tier Its clas Tic nc climbs to Judiths Judith's win in window dow dOv one night to n k her to unlock the door toor for Mra 1 rn and andIs ts wen seen by ft a mm man ln tho house Will 1 n ks her to too tom 10 o to a n party aisen by br Eve 10 a n fascinating widow sho ho Erie Eric Is It hen henho ho walk Into Horae class chas for fo the tho first time to find her hr It ft NOW cow GOVON GO ov TirE THE STOUT sTOny CHAPTER VI IThe t I The class was WM watching curl curl- curiously curi curiously T Eric shot a per per- perplexed per look at nt Judith but her face faco waa M frent pent lent over her book In professorial concentration Outside the pigeons p geons chattered on the tho window ledge A telephone c call ll to ta the dress dress- dressmaker dressmaker maker In Randall City next neat day elicited the th Information that the evening dress had bern ben duly mailed and should hould reach Judith on the last lut parcel past lost ast delivery the party Following tho the dressmakers dressmaker's In- In Judith rushed down to the tho college collece drugstore utter after three class and camo came out with Ith a 0 mall package which fhe he thrust Into her 1 r pocket locket just lurt as Dr Dora Dom rounded tho the coner and c came me face race to ta face race with her If It lf you'll wait walt a moment while I buy some Borne pipe tobacco we w can walk back to the th campus to- to together ether to-I-ether gether Judith nodded nd i-nd went slowlY lowly until ho lit caught up with her again Dr Dorn Darn might ht have seen se-en een trou trou- trouble trouble trou- trou trouble ble ahead head It If he ho had lad looked at It was waa VC not loncIn long lone longin in fn coming Pipe tobacco she he said Bald ald In mock horror I supposed you OU were 0 a young young- man of ot no vices For a 0 second the tho man was talc talt- tak taken en aback Then The he le looked at hr br with cool coal smiling yes pye yea Au An where may I ask aik did you ou get that mistaken notion Then be- be before before be before fore she ho could rep reply he lie le went on onTo To bo be sure your yur friend etherel must have given me a good send send- ott md-ott oft yesterday at lunch I must mu confess that I heard m my name namo mentioned When you came out ot of the tho booth with him I could scarcely believe bellee my eu eye Why asked aked Judith somewhat sharply Because young young- does doce not upend spend much time lima laughing over luncheon table with Ith mem mem- members members members bers of ot the faculty he replied Judith looked angry tor br a n mo- mo moment mo moment ment meat then buret burst out laughing It It Is 19 i rather funny You see lICe he doesn't know mow I teach Horace Im I'm wondering how long I can cnn get by byas byas byas as a 0 student Dr Dorn looked at nt h her r search search- s carch bigly Perhaps he said after a 0 momentary pause your chief concern should bo be to get set by os as asa asa a teacher Please excuse me m for Miss Martin nut Hut you OU may not know that conditions for faculty members at nt Pendleton are arc very strict The dean Is especially watchful of the younger teachers until ho he Is 19 sure ure of ot them Judith laughed scornfully scorn full Sure of their toadying and imitating and cringing before him With this farewell shot hot she turned away from him ami walked briskly toward to home The he pile pile of ot the parcel post past at atthe atthe atthe the foot of or tho staircase had diminished to ta five laundry cases when Judith entered Three ot of them belonging to were white and no new but tut the theother other two bore boro tho the grime crime and rents of several years collegiate service Judith turned them over but there them was no dressmakers dressmaker's bai bo hIdden beneath Then h m tho sho he went Vent upstairs slowly and entered her room The closet door stood open revealing only anly plainly tailored dresses most mast of ot them designed for classroom wear She sat at down on the tho bed and stared at them them woefully VI J V i J Sue She was waa still sUU sitting there ther when Myra burst In throwing her bookson books bookson bookson on the taMe table and spinning around on one ane on to too toe Oue Guess Gues where Im I'm going tonight Eric asked aske me Probably to the Gerhart party a answered Judith calmly Myra stared Why how did you know knew about It Judith was wall sva looking out aut o of the window Because I am ani going too toa she said absently She Sh hoard Myras Myra's quick Intake of breath but the gill evidently remembered her manners and suppressed d her surprise How Hov nice she sail said conven conven- conventionally conventionally It that bae ay professor man taking you Judith walked casually toward the closet Xo No No Will VIII etherel asked me She Sh humm hummed d a 0 a lit lit- littie lit little tle tie little tune tunc Myra lyra sat down heavily on an the bed WILL WILt Why hes heli a II nothing nothing more moro or ar orless lees WILL Then seeing Judiths Judith's face tace cho hastened to explain I dont don't mean menn any any- thing anything any uncomplimentary of ot Course Its It's easy eay to ta see why uny any man would want to take a stunning head red head like you ou to a 0 party nut Cut w well well lI It IS rather a tr qu tr com corn combination Will with a school teacher There was a rather cold silence as a Judith pushed the clothes clothe hang hang- hangers hangers hanc ers along alone the closet pole pol and sur- sur sur surveyed each ench dress as It passed What are you OU going solas to ta wear Myra asked at last Judith sighed tithed just the question My new evening dress didn't arrive today as per sched sched- schedule schedule schedule ule and I haven't another thing festive enough to ta RO go o with Vl rl tuxedo lie He admits hosa hos ho's a out knock-out In evening dress Mus At the te last words wards Myra lyra had dashed out of ot th room and In Ina ina Ina a moment was back again She Sho threw four dresses on the th bed Thee the she ho cried Talc Take Tak your choice Sho began bean to pulla pull pun V a town gown ot of cloth over Judiths Judith's protest protest- ing protesting head and stepped back to look at her Judith glanced at herself in Iii the glase gla The Th Silver made a 0 foil toll for Or the brilliancy of her hair and tho the suave lines of the tho dress dres cavo her figure a new grace V I cant can't resist it Myra Its It's too flattering Myra lyrL kissed her Its mar mar- mar Nobody d ever suspect you ou were II a a teacher Wo We we wont won't tell Erla Erio or Or r Will JIt that you teach Walt Wait till I get ret my jade fan for or youSh you ou She ran away aay again leaving Jud Judith Jud- Jud JudIth ith with k II smile smila on her face tace S Eve r Gerhart's English cottage was the th last latt house on Granville Road nond be before faro It out Into open country Its triangular lawn outlined by hawthorn hedges s h and dotted with clumps of shrubbery foreign to that part of ot the th coun coun- country coun- coun country country try marked It as the dwelling pLace of a 1 personality alien alln to tIme the brick red brick orthodoxy of f Pendleton From Front their taxi tad and Judith could see ceo the tho th rosy win win- windows windows win windows dows of ot the th house homo for some dis- dis distance dis distance tance down the th road Great out blow-out said Mid Will III lounging a against the tir cushions with witha Q a In his hand harvest horn home Is tho the on one real rod so social so- so social a- a cial event of ot the fall fail not In th the sense n of ot lavish entertain entertain- entertainment entertainment entertainment ment ment but as a a chance chanc for civi civilized fixed human contact o open contact contact n dl die die- dis discussion uhlon Informality and ill all that Eve Eo always send end Invitations to a afew afew afew few select members of ot the tho faculty notably notably the ones who wouldn't darken her doors to save sass their II She Sh has haB a II droll trine sense of humor Eve Ec has haL What i Is It they object to ta In her asked Judith Pent Plenty First of ot all nil f she he has been seen at nt church Second she Second she wears Italian silk underwear Tho lingerIe saleswoman nt lit ear Koar- nuys nuy's nuys nuy's store stare has haa spread that In- In information In Information formation around Third the town gossips cant can't find out where her money comes from or who wha Mr Gerhart was waa or whether ho he was And nd fourth too many of ot the tho campus lion Ilon lions lire are fond of her ler No doubt Eric Waters will be the favorite at court I believe bellec IVa I Va wac the last His Ills voles voice was com corn complacent complacent Mm m said Judith I see secand and Is sh she fond fOl of ot tha tue campus lions In her turn V shrugged Not much vo would giVe elvo me her last ast dol dollar dot dot- dollar lar or the tho vase aso from her mantel It if I wanted It But Buthe Buthe he wouldn't give gl me a kiss to save my soul from damnation So SoI SOI SoI I guess cress sItes sIte's the cold cald enough I suppose that conclusion does docs follow said Judith airily looking at him 1101 In tho the darkness l a s I Oh 01 I say now the tIle boy toy be- be Cn be gnu But the tho taxi was careening cl Into the Gerhart rt drive driva and nar- nar narrowly narrowly rawly missed a roadster standing by the side do door doer r It That Eries Erie's car said erel Ho Ilo and Myra must havo hao cOmo come early A white-capped white maid opened the door doar for them and Judith caught a glimpse of ot a long lone low low- low room roam full of at moving fig fig- figures figures ures ures and soft laughter Th The only she she she faco that recognized was that ot of Myra standing In the center ofa ot of ota ofa Judith a group croup noar the th fireplace Jud- Jud Jud ith saw that Myra was wai wearing brilliant red and amid that she slie WAS flushed and merr merry The maid took Judith upstairs where sho removed her wraps and added a touch lauch of ot rouge Jauge to ta her already bt beginning to glow with excitement At tho the top tOil ot of the stairs she ho stopped IL a a moment anti tool took a a long lone breath Then she glanCed danced down at the lonG gleaming lines of ot her ber miraculous dreM and anI laughed a little laugh ot of sheer happiness When she sh came down the tho steps Eric Will Wilt and Myra lIIna were stand stand- Ing standIng stand near the tho newel They raised their heads simultaneously and Judith looked straight into Inta Erlos Erlo's eyes voIce broke brok the elI sll enco ence Well Veil for tor out lOUd somebody tip me mo ort off Thought I was bringing an ordin ordin- ordinary ordinary ary mortal to tIme tir party and sill she turns out to ta be b the tha Queen ot of Sheba For cry In out loud A little ripple ot of o laughter ran around the room Judith reddened and turned away from Erics Eric's gaze r eThen Then she saw that Myra was WM star star- starIn star Ins In tog at Eric with a strange look ot of fear tear In her ler eyes V seized Judiths Judith's arm armand armand armand and led ltd her down the tho long lone room roam She was conscious ot of admiring glances from fram the ther groups of ot men and girls that they passed They found their hostess lying Mag against c the tho velvet cushions of ot a x deep di- di divan divan di divan van She he was talking to a 0 man seated beside her whoso whose face fac Jud- Jud Jud Judith ith could not see lice Evo Eve lifted a 0 welcoming hand lazily to Judith but did not rise from fram her cushions The Tho man be beside be- be side aide her turned around This is Mr Ir Dorn my old time friend said Mrs Gerhart He seldom comes camos to my parties but tonight he has hoi seen lIeen tit fit to fo honor us Her serious enough but bt there thero was a mocking twinkle In her eyes ees Judith smiled at tit Dr Darn Born and Eve watched her closely for a 0 moment but turned away awny as a Eric Erlo and Myra lyra Joined the Group croup This seems to ta bo be a a gathering athe 0 of your t admirers Miss 1188 Martin mid said Eve I heard your our praises first from fram Will Wilt second from Eric Erie and now w from Dr Pet Peter er Dorn who thinks you OU n a 1 rather remarkable specimen ot of the tue th genus Latin teacher From Eric repeated Myra Eric never n ver met her Latin IAUn teacher ted repel Will Wiil turning a bewildered ta face face e toward Judith Eric tugs tugged at nt her Ier sleeve come Into Inta the sun un room Ive I've simply pot got to talk to t you ou Judith found herself walkine away with him Dr Dorn sal nothing at aiL all Eves Eve's milo mocked him To 10 11 Pi TM nud S SMyra Myrn Myra Irra larn lc m hoit l the kiss be- be bc Veen Kric Etie pud ht li ii limo net chapter and Judith th learnt Om somo thin timing of ot tho fury of a girt |