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In the p w cage was not notpleasant notpleasant notpleasant pleasant for Mayor Nastaof Nastaof Nasta Nastat of t the men had blankets and andghts andghts andhts ghts ( were pretty'told prettytold pretty'cold prettycold pretty ' : 1old : so they theyIn theyIn theyjt In close ro rows s keeping keepmg eachwarm each eachwarm eachwarm warm with their bodies But Bute Butje e would tieep sleep next neJ\.t neJ.t neJ .t t neat \ . to the Fas Fasp Fasyg Fasft p yg g They said he bad had a pecusmell pecu pecusmell peeu'cnelL peeucnelL ' smell . . As a matter ot of fact hehave he hehave hefktve have a pecuhar peculIar smell tor for r sev I tows hours each morning K It came camebe camebe camei be lent Dg ng a mIstakelast mistakelast mistake mistakei J-hOurs J hOurs - i last st Mayor bfayor Nasta found a man manwould manwould manvould would talk with him This was wasan wasan wasticaii ( an who spoke ItalIan ItalIanyor Italianyor Italianiyor I ItalIanI yor Nasta told him hun hum that hestill heaUfl he ntill still aUfl Mayor ot of Adano that heheen heC he C been heen treacherously arrested by byAmer byAmer byAmercans ( Amer cans that he was trymg trying tryingji trymgo tryingo o all he could to help the Ger GerWID Geru 1 1win wm WID win and that , , in m an short , , he heI hea hei t I a pretty Important person who whoI whot whokt I t I t to be helped The ItalIan Italianc Italianking ItalianiUne c " king German told his frIends frIendsut friendshit friends'lent friendslent ' ut hit Mayor Nasta and they de dethey dethey dethey ( they ought to help hIm ham mm escape escaper escapeI escapea i a couple ot of days Mayor Nasoved Nas Nasoved Naslured oved over and lived with the theans theans theUM ans They made plans for ( or the theThere theThere thebe There was nothing nothmg elabo elaboabout elaboa elaboItbout a , about the plans They just justed justed justlei ed to lift the Mayor up overn over overSn n . 11 . . They asked him if 11 hethe hethe he Sn the courafe eourage courage to sit on barbed barbedfor barbedfor barbedUi [ for a * few minutes He saId saIdanythIng saidanything saidttiljthmg anythIng to escape They Theybun Theyhim TheyJ bun him If Jf U he had the courage to todown todown top down * own twelve feet on the otherBe otherHe other , He Be said ald yesIn yesIn yes yesIn In the middle of a dark cloud cloudh cloudght cloudlht ght { , h , the Germans made a pyra pyraof pyraof pyraif of their bodies and let Mayorclimb Mayor Mayorclimb MayorIt climb up it to the top of theHe theHe the . He fat sat on the barbed wire Ire on onof onK 01 of the wall quiet as a cat untIl untIlIS untilas untiliiltlire IS as lUre sure that . . the sentry outsIde outsIdemarched outsidemarched outsideBirched marched to the other end of hISt hisThen his t . [ Then he turned facing thelet the thelet theI , let himself down dovm as tar far as hed he hedo heIt do d , md IIld sad let go He hurt on one . knee411tUe knee kneeIlttit -Ilttit Ilttit .ntUe ntUe 411tUe . - it ItUt nit bit the wall \ all as he landed landedthe landedthe landedI lie the pound ground But he was able ableet ableet ablert ( et up ind sDd end run off sIlentlye silently t e Top Sergeant at the p we w we we e called caned up Sergeant Borth at atI1th1rty atbthlrty atity I1th1rty bthlrty thirty the next morning mormng and andhim andhim andI Urn him that Nasta had escaped escapedrgeant escapedrgeant escapedWant ( rgeant Borth borrowed CorporalSchultz Corporal CorporalSchultz Corporalff Schultz and a jeep from thei thea the theI i a > I I a and nd went hunting By this ' ' * ( Sergeant Borth had to so manytar manylary many tar tary lary , . informers Intonners and Informers Informerst informersplornitn t > farmers armers that the job of tracingr tracmgr tracmg tracing r r Kasta Nasta was not too hardloon hardanon hard loon anon found out tha that t Mayor Mayorhad Mayorhad Mayorft had * d been theltered sheltered tor for a few fewIn fewIn fewr * Ina In i a house on Via Faveml Favemi Favemlad Favemid Favemihi ad d then left town by the VIaI ViaHe Via " I He had stopped in at a ar'1 ais aPW r'1 r1 is ' house near the Casa Zamto ZamI Zamto Zam I to t change into peasant dressWas dresswas dress Was M one of the easiest things thmgs tobecause tobecause to toI I because the peasant turned turnedarlng turnedaring turnedt ' "ring ring arlng aring " Mayor Nasta s loud pow powu IUe lue powIUe powlue u * suit uit which was dusty from fromal fromal fromi ( " al allIghts 1 / nights /lIghts lIghts on the groundor ground ' or Nasta Nabta had then been seen seeneral seeneral seen"Mil seenMil " eral points pomts along the VICIna VICInaroad Vicinal 1 ' road One farmer had given gIvenI 1 I ft It in his cart Mayor Nasta Nastatv Nastato Nastatvdently tv to dently denlly had enough of theand theend the theid and end * id was tryme trymg trying now to get tomare tomare to to"aare "aare aare mare " where friends would beto beto be beto to hide lude bade himgeant him himt geant t ( nt Borth pick picket . ! him hun hum up upmiles upii upr ii iimiles ; Biles miles thort short of Vicmamare Vlcmamare atten atten at thirtye , ten thirtyI thirtys thirty thirty'Pa e 'Pa Pa ' I s bad had been passing MayoraU Mayorj Mayor Mayorlcul j aU all mornIng so that he wasuularly was wascularly lcul cularly uularly rly alarmed when Ser SerBerth SerBorth Borth Berth BorthS Bertha i S a jeep drove up along alongII alongm alone"n alonen " stopped"td stoppedtd stoppedaVed stoppedlived II m ! and nd even when it stopped aVed lived aVedcrudely livedcrudely " crudely and shoutedday shoutedday shouted [ day * ' ? good day in what heWas heWas he heII II was a thick peasant accant ac ae ' "nt nt eant cant " Borth mimicked the ae ac acwod 'Good Good 'Goad Goad ae'Good ac'Goad ' ' day good day farmB farm farmror ror or B . t.atta tatta l.asta lasta Aasta . who still did not not"if notif notize " ize Borthshouted Borth ihouted shouted agam again againI day agamday againday * y * dayshouted thouted shouted Good day You Yout Youe YouBt t e Sitt IIrst Arst farmer I have everWIth everIP ever evertt IP IPwith WIth WIthplnce plnce pince nez glasses on tt onMayor Mayor Nasta knew Borth had"Mined hadMined ' Nasta liasta Borthliasta BorthNasta S spirit , , which had hadItramed hadatreined Itramed atreined " by1S by the arrest and by by"out I Iya 1S ya In the cage and by the esaudderdp es esIUddenly IUddenly audderdp broke He turned turnedn turnednowt "out out nowt n " out acrois across the fields squeal * 117 db % squealdb 7 just like a B soldier who whoroken who"ken whoken roken " under ihellflre sheMre shellfire a . < jeepent jeepeat < lit Borth north orth got out ol of the jeep r jeepr Het ent eat out onto the fields He Hea t a tburyy burry because Mayor Nasta NastaIng ' " Ing log ' "g g " in fa circles wishing wtshlng toWay tol to to"E t , la7 Way l\ l \ > a7 from himself more than thang "E E " g tlie else By the time Ser Serwth lorth Berth Serlorth SerBerth ! exs wth caught him he was exand ex d s and end limp and his eyes were dWith ' wereWith with tear fear tearBwh fearBorth fearNorth North Bwh Borth hagwalked half hal hag ! walked half halt car carto carto car-a car a - to the jeep Mayor Nastap Nasta Nasta'tu Nastared . _ . _ p red redand 'tu tu ' and a * i ii ----i i - - - - mouthed his fear If Ife ' toing e gothg ( olng to shoot me tell me Don meDon mebht bht t shoot me In the back backe " e II If it you kffl kill me metrt I t meI met to trt lenow know i ii -i i - _ _ are eolne going . . to . I want to know ) mow mowJ J : ; to _ _ _ . _ I ISergeant Sergeant Berth Borth slapped him sharp ly 7 m in ole the face and for a few sec onds seconds hevas he \ was \vas vas s silentBut silent silentBut ent But when he was seated in the jeep thejeep and the jeep began to move " Mayor moveMayor Nasta "Sentshootmem Sentshootmem beean began tshoot again Don t shoot me In an the back I will WIU do any thIng anytlune to be shot from the front fronthere frontwhere where here I can see the willten willtell gun I will tell you everything everytlung I know I can give cangive you names Don t frombehind frombehmd do it from frombehindfr301 behmd behind behindBorth Borthsaid Borth ' 1 .ald ald said : . ld How youfrom from fr301 behind cta can 1 I shoot sh ot you y0 " thefront when Iam I am in the front seat and you are in the back backCCfLtj backseat seat CCfLtj ? CCfLtjSince Since it v . was as the noon hour scores DoppoLavoro of scoresot scoresof people had drifted drIted ! to the Doppo Lavoro clubs along the street near lIstento the nearthe Albergo del Pescaton PescatorI to hsten lIsten to the radIo ri > d20 ind and W'lIt WlIt wait w ' llt for lunch lunchWhen When they saw Borth s jeep with a man aman tied bed up in the back seat they clustered clusteredaround fortheir theyclustered around and called for theIr friends And Andwhen when they saw that sawthat Borths Borth s s Nasta Nasto cargo was Mayor Nas ta to and that after all these years the Mayor theMayor had a gag in m his mouth they theycheered cheered and laughed at the man T These ese noises Increased Mayor N NastN NastNs MayorNasta Mayoras MayorNastN as a s terrors and he kept tWISt Ing frig twisting twistfrig and trying to look behind behmd humBorth him bun hum himBorth Borth went into the restaurant and andhound found f fBorth andfound Major Mayor Joppolo and broughthim broughthum hound brou&ht brouht brought brou&htIm & hum Im outMajor out outMajor IMaJor Major Joppolo held up his hand tosilence to toSl tosilence Sl silence enee the crowd I want to speakd speakL2 speak speakBe d , - - - - L2 L2s - -s s - - - ' r- r ri : i ' .C-c- .Cc .C C . .CcE - - . , JO . 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( = - , I1 I1He )1 1 ) _ _ " ; I ' - Be He let ! himself umsel ! down as far gar as he hecould hecould becould could and let goto f go fto to Nasta he said to Borth Canhe Can Canhe Canhe he hear me with that thmg thIng on ws has wsface hasface hisface9 hisface9Yeah face ' Yeah Borth said you youve ve ye gotthe got gotthe gotthe the rare pleasure of being bemg able to tospeak tospeak tospeak speak to Nasta and he can cant t talkback talk talkback talkback talkbackMajor back backMajor Major Joppolo said Nasta you youare youare youare are a disgrace to your people There Thereis Thereis ThereIt is goodness in your people but notm not notm notin m you not a bit bat The world has hashad hashad hashad had enough of ot your kind kmd of selfish selfishness selfishness selfishness selfishnessIt ness nessIt Itlas It \ i/as i as \las las was / one of ot Major Joppolo s sgreatest sgreatest igreatest greatest attributes in his ws has job that thathe thathe thathe he could speak pompous sentences sentencesWIth sentenceswith sentenceswith WIth a sincerity smcerIty and passion so real realthat realthat realthat that his Italian ltahan bsteners hsteners listeners were always al always always ways moved by what he said Now Nowall Nowall Nowall all the listeners hsteners except Nasta were weremoved weremoved weremoved moved by his has words to shout KIll KIllhun Killhunt Killhim hun hunt ' Kill Kali him ' Kill hurlHere himl hunl hurl himlHere Here was one time tune when Major MajorJoppolo MajorJoppolo MajorJoppolo Joppolo s sincerity and passIOn passIOnbounced passionbounced passionbounced bounced back on him ham because thepeople the thepeople thepeoples people s shouts frightened Mayor MayorNasta MayorNasta MayorNasta Nasta so badly that he tainted famted fainted andMajor and andMaJor andMajor MaJor Joppolo was the first to see seethe seethe seethe the ridiculousness rldJculousness of ot trying trymg to spell spellbind spellbind spellbind bind an unconscious manThere manThere man manThere There was nothing notlung left to say ex except except except cept one sentence to Borth Well Wellhave We 11 11have 11have have to send him to Africa . ' ' And to the music of Adanoa Adano i s de dehghted delighted delighted hghted lighted cheers Borth and his has hmp lamp lampcompanion hmpcompanIOn limpcompanion companIOn drove down the streetThere streetThere street streetThere There was no better index to the thestate thestate thestate state ot of mind mmd of ot Adano than the ae ac aebvitles actavities activities bvitles tavities of the painter pamter Lojacono Ifone It If Itone Ifone one had made a graph ol of the spiritsof spIrits spiritsof of the town and then put beside it at agraph a agraph aeraph graph of the number of commissIOns commissIOnsLojacono commissionsLojacono commissionsLojacono Lojacono received the two would wouldhave wouldhave wouldhave have exactly corresponded When Whenever Whenever Whenever ever the town was optimistic LOJa Lola LOJacono Lolacono Lojacono cono worked When the town was wasblue wasblue wasblue blue Lojacono was IdleLoJ3cono idleLojacono idle idleLojacono Lojacono LoJ3cono could paint pamt anything He Hecould Hecould Hecould he could paint painta could paint a house or a saint He was the one who paint paint- painted painted . - ed panels in the churches He was was.i wasi . . one . who painted th the tat fat and holy olY people on the tat fat Basiie aSlle s a 1WO iwheeled wheeled cartThe cartThe cart cartThe The white haired Lojacono Lolacone su suf suffered suffered ! fered when he painted First he su suf suffered suttered ! of creation then he hesuftered hesuffered hesuffered fered the pangs suftered suffered . when v.hen vhen the people of Adanocriticized Adano AdanocrItIcIZed Adanocntici crItIcIZed d bis his work His work wasbeautiful was wasbeautiful wasbeautiful beautiful and everyone in the town townloved townloved townloved loved It but tor for some ome reason they theyalwayS theyalways theyalway alwayS * criticized it firstMaJor firstMajor firit first firitMajor Major Joppolo had not been in inAdana InAdana inAdano very long before Lojacono Lojaconowas Lojaconowas Lojaconow |