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If N arderl orders Issued Inoed by General Manin Maning Man In Inf Injut f g carts trom from ( rom the Ibe cl cltl cit ! ) } Joppolo re red rea d , * IhB tho the order to permit food and wa wato w , " 10 to enttt enter ( njer the Ibe 1110 city Lord Rnncin Runcln hlgb high highb hieta ' the Ibe Amiot Amgot called upot upon upont , b * official oDclal effclal ! on oa t joppolo and alter after receiving tothe re to rer r os 011 tt tile the wotk work done llt at Alll Adano ! exull ex exed ed , . , himself blD1solf M f as " well wefl ' " " taOsHcd satisRed atIsfled with wllb tht.ti thtti tbe the tberUllllade therest rUllllade rest . . Dde made * The Tbe Major laJor w was nitTirillji naturally . . ( lord Rnncin Roncln Runcln told the MajoiU Major MajorN N , mlf&t mlft JDIht might , & ret get et a beD bell bellCHAPTER be " [ CHAPTER XvIfelmd XVI XVI'found 'found found ' found felmd that your barbarians had hadshed hadshed had.shed hadshed terra cotta head it itdone itdone itt . shed my ii done by the Florentine Camil Camll Camil1 CamllIn Camilfn -1 1 - in fn the sixteenth century What- What What"t Whathe What whatmy "t t " - , he e can you place on 011 that Gaorgione ? They TheylilY . < tiny my myVe lilY Venus Veus Ve Ven n us uspit pit pitwas it was by y G orgloneat orgione orglone ' nt at Is tha ths the price of that ? They Theyshed Theyshed Theyushed shed the glasses in which my myther myCher mylher , ther Cher drank her bridal toasts In Ince ince injce ce How many lira do you youthey youthey youit they were worth to me men menattrocchi me7Bittrocchi ' Jltrocchi attrocchi began to cry and be-me be me be- be beme beme - - me incoherent incoherentrfllaior incoherentMajor rfllaior Major aor ] Joppolo was furious Hebilled He Heup Heled led up Captain Captam Purvis and saidpurrfs said saids s I\hat I hat shat \ Bhats II s the matter with withor withfir with'ft withft ' or fir rren Iren n-en7 n en7 - ' ' ' Did you know they d dn dt dn dtnbeha\mg dtnbeha mg n beha\ beha behamg behatmg \ mg like ltke a bunch ot of wild wildIn wildin wildB t ( In their billet7 billet ' This fellow fellowll fellows s . good gooo enough to let them use his hise hisuse e and end some of o ( the stuff in It ity ithj y ) ' the bell hell did they ha\ ha has hae \ e a to abuse abuseI ; I want you to find rind out who bust bustup bustup [ up the stuff down at your billetid billet billethae billethale haic ha\e ha e hale \ them in your office in ineen ineea inteen een eea minutes D1mutes And he hung up upthout upthout upithout thout wait walt ng for ( or the astomshed astonished astomshedptam astonishedplans astonishediptsin ptam plans to take a deep breath breathMajor breathMajor breathlKaor Major ] Joppolo walked around to toother toother toe other s de of his desk and pat- pat patthe pat-1 pat 1 - . - the sobbing Quattrocchi on theBiilder the theuIder theolder uIder older He sa d Come Quatocchi Quat Quatchi Quatchi chi let lets s go down to your houseri house houselee housesee iee lee see exactly what they didBo did didSo didSo So the two men walked down the thet thereel t to the beautiful house Quat- Quat Quathi Quathi Quat-rocthi Quat rocthi - - hi led the Major through thems thems the theas as ms on the second floor and andwed andwed andKWtd wed him Inm the broken thmgs things thmgsMajor thingsMajor thingsMajor Major Joppolo was terribly deessed de dessed desled ssed sled by what he saw There isD Is Isexcuse isexcuse excuse tor for It he said soltly softly tonaltrocchi to toaltrocchl toattrocchi altrocchl attrocchi who was beyond furyMajor fury furyMajor furyMajor Major J Joppolo oppolo took Quattrocchii Quattrocchito Qua Quattrocchi ttrocchl ttrocchlto to the M P headquarters Cap CapPurvis CapPurvls Capm Purvis Purvls had Chuck Bill and Po Poct Pock PoA ct ck there As soon as the Major Majorme Majorme me In , in , the three boys stood at atenlloD atentlon attentlon enlloD entlon . . , At M ease Major Joppolo saidtA said saidS'tut S'tut Stut ) "ou\ "ou ou ' " \ "oulsten ' listen lsten listenHt listenTie ! Ht 1\8 1 8 Tie \ three boys stood . at ease"You easeYou ease ease"You "You You ' " 'You You ' fellows lellows ought to be sent sentme sentme sentnine me la to the States he said What Whatd Whatnd d ofJI of oafl ( an ! example do you tMnk think you youen youen youea en are ere for ( or the people here here7 ' + How How7au Howyou Howi you 7au think we 11 ll ever persuade persuadethat persuadethat persuadetin that we re decent people If Ifbehave ifbehave ifm behave like hke we all live in theMdi the theI thea I a and have shaggy fur ' fur7FPolack Polack said We didn dldn t mean nottt no noMal noMajor , Maor Major Mal Majorthe ) Dr . IHMaor ne the ( Major ) said lour Intentions intentionsit IntentionsI intentionst I t lIIake make m he the slightest bit of dlf dif dlfce difce difrace ce It Its s the result that matL mats mat L s . " wlack Polack : said We was dola doln Join it torMajor forMajor for tor Major'Whal , Major'What Major , 'What What 'Whal Whal ' ' do you mean doing It tort fore for e ' How could you think I would'you wouldyou would wouldI wouldl " I l ' YOU to do anything like llke thatMack that ? Polack : said We was lookin forpresent forpresent tor for I . [ PKient present tor for you , , , sir Polackght Polack "Eht Eht " ght that it If the Major stackedto stacked ? 10aU to 10 all aU the boasting boastmg Chuck Schultz Schultz'3 Schultz3 Schultza Schultzd ' a d done about him tum the night bee be " e he ought to be able to talk talkr talk"way talkway " r wa7 way out o of ( this fix fixe e Major said Why would youM you yout t to get me a present ? I ve ye veer yeVet W Vet er teen seen you before beforePolack beforePolack beforeMack Polack said saidWe - ' ' -We We 'We re just enllsted enlisted enllstedWe enlistedWe enlistedn- enlistedn enlistednWe ( - We teen seen you before beforeajor beforeP " ajor , jor beforejor ] " Joppolo said I still want wanttoow wantknow know how you thought you were wereWB werelog wereing youtte log ing me a present lnd flood ( hd why you youe youolack youolack youtteP e P lack olack olacksaid said It was goin goln to be befw beom beDin fw om Din omaway away present presente " goinga7 goingayr 't t ' e Major 1bjor said Who s a going goingMack a7 ayr ' Polacksaid ayrPolack Mack Polack Corporalultz said Well Corporal ultz here sald- sald said- said - saldctt saldChuck saidChuck Chuck ctt " * Schultz said You let methis me die medie this Polackjot Polack ' "ior ior ajor " Corporalullz Corporalultz jot Joppolo turned on Corporal ' "lit lit " ullz ultz ! Say nhat v.hat vhat shat . is this all about abouta7 aboutay n71 aboutn71 n71"luck "luck luck Cluck Chuck " " " a7 ay ? Schultz saw that there waswyout was wasflay waswa7 flay wa7 wasntMouse out He said There 'There ' ' wasn t texcuse texcuse Majore excuse for ( or what we done Major e was M very drunk I think Polacke PolackP Polack " e . sllUa EHII sllU a little drunkfist drunk ' lacki lackia P ' Olack " 'ack ack ' tdrunk a andd raised rused sed a t threatening fist and ' .Why Why . d Why you ' " 'TO TO ' jor youjor What ; Joppolo sa d What Wht s 8 all aU allabout " . about bout a Drescnt7 present ' somea somed "ttald ttald " said Sir we v . e just got some a d of ofa a drunk Idea that you was wasthe 1 " the wasthe best officer we ever seen1I'e seenwe seen givea 1I'e 1Ie we * ' < figuredV figured wfs \\V V wle \ ! wanted to give ? maybecould a * present P scnt We thought maybe maybe-d maybe d could ' ' " - find d a present tor for you in house inhouse UOUS We Txr- Txr Txrl Txri - l - _ _ . - - - ? _ _ * -i i - ii1"6 knew you was Ital ItallJore Italmore ' lJore more ! " " thoughtd or less end and we thought i1"6 i16 d frome "ke ke I1ke like " something Italian Itahan from ( romIl e house h0175e u8e That s a all there was to toyalor toMajor yalor .Iajor Iajor Major ! . voIceal voiceat Joppolo said and his voice al at ItalianYI ItalianY lJucb much lJucbso muchsofter ! so softer Iter I m not Italian YI Y I IIII Im ' - III m " American and some some'to someto , someel el 1 I de Ion tn on not as pro"cl procl proud " of f it as I I d den ' e to be b 1 'I'hen Ihen Then ' en Quatchi the Major turned to Quat QuatM chi chiand " ' and "d d " Irdt Itdly , he said in Italian I rdt tdly , know what to tell you know " that no apologies and no 1II1eni 7ment no1II1eni no7ment va re youva youre can ever return what you 108t lost I IWIsh WIsh to tell you that . - . . . these crimeare men who Committed com li d the crime crim crimat are arem sorry " for tolwh what they d d no now that at th they reallT2e realize how "uel uel cruel " they thewere were tny to you I wIsh h to tell vou Quattrocchi vouQuattrocchi youQuattrocchi that Jou you proudof I feel less proud of being an AmerIcan than I dId yesterday dIdyesterday These . men v.1ll v1ll sill be Ished fished punIshed punfished ed pun justly and andseverely severely for , or what w they wthey have done I want want yOU v . , , to < ? me file , a aclaim claim for payment for what was de stroed stroSed destroed destroSed ) and I wouldn wouldx t blame you tor for doubling doublml ( the prices That s all ] aI I Ican can say Quattrocchi QuattrocchiQuattrocchi knoabout knowabout Quattrocchi said i dont don t know ' about most Americans but I kno knoMister know I can always get justtce justice "ce ce " from Irom you y < " youMister Mister MajorThe MajorThe Major The " Major 1 101'sald ' 01'sald 01sald said ' QuattrocchI Quattroechi , Good day y Quat o " t tulT trocchI troechi i1 ulT ? From 01 " "ow ow now " OD on your house hou"you houyou " housesill , . , sill \ III be kept i nlcely nicely I y can pronllEe promIse pronllEeQuattrocchi you promiseyou that thatQuattrocchi thatQuattrocchi Quattrocchi left The Major Majorturned turned to the three boys He said saidI I dont don t know whether hether \ you reahze realize realizeyet reahzeyet yet what you ve ye done to th s Ital an It anIt s as 1 It U ! you had cut his arm oft off oftHe offHe He loved those things you busted bustedup bustedup bustedup up Now I just told ( old him that you youthree three would be punished severelyas severely- severely severely - as severely as have himThe you hurt him littIe The three boys stiffened up a lit litThe tIe tIeThe The Major said Im I m going golOg tomake to tomake tomake havethis make this tius your punishment punishmdnt pumshrn nt to have this man s unhapplness unhappiness on your con consCience conscience conscience sCience and from now on to keep keephis keeptus tus his everythingin everythingm house as clean as if everything motherThats motherThat In m it belonged to your own mother That s all You re dismissedChuck dismissedChuck dismissed dismissedChuck Chuck said Yes sir thank you yousir yousir yousir yousirPolack sir sirPolack Polack Polacksaid said Thank you sirBill str sir strBill sirBill Bill sad sa d Thank you ; ) ou sir Well Welltake We Welltake II IItake take care of ot the housePolack house housePolack housePolack Polack said Yes s r we surewill surewill sure surewill will willAs As soon as they were outsideI outside I I I ' J I I 1 I ! I l I Ia'h II I I Ill I I I I I a'h ah a'hr a'hi a'hy ' r i I y ; , I1 I1I I1L I ) L a (4 4 ( ' - Major l\IaJor l IaJor \ Jopollo was terribly de- de depressed depressed de depressed - - pressed by what he be saw sawChuck sawChuck i Chuck said Whatd What d I tell youabout you youabout youabout about that guy guy7 guy7Polack ' Polack said That s the best guy guyI guyI I IPolack I ever seen in this ArmyBIll ArmyBill Army ArmyBill Bill said The thing thmg that got me medov.n medosn medown dov.n dovn dosn . was what he said about my mymother mymother mymother mother Mom was always so proud proudi proudof proudof proudof i of her het ' glass Cut glass it was I II Ifeel Ieel I feel ( like hke I busted it last night nightHaving nightHavmg nightHaving Having Havmg weathered eighty two winters win winI winters winters ters Cacopardo was not the leastcooled least leastI leastcooled leastcooled I cooled in his lus desire to help the theAmericans theAmericans theAmericans I Americans by General Marvin Marvm s be behavlOr behavior behavior behaviorEvery havlOr havior havlOrEvery haviorEvery Every two or three davs days he would wouldserd wouldserd wouldserd serd a note to Major Joppolo Many ManyViere ManyWere Manywere Viere Were silly suggestions suggestlons Many were wereahout wereabout wereabout ahout about things thlOgs Major Joppolo had already a1 al a1ready already ready done But one day he sent anote a anote anote note which caught Major Joppolo s a sinterest smterest ainterest interest mterest interestThe mterestThe The thing which Interested Major MajorJoppolo MajorJoppolo Majorjoppolo Joppolo In this note was the tact fact tactthat factthat ( actthat that old Cacopardo blamed the black blackmarket blackmarket blackmarket market on Fascist graft Now Ma Major Major Major jor Joppolo was acutely aware ot of otthe ofthe othe ( the black market He had Intended Intendedfor intendedfor intendedor it Nowhe Now Nowhe Nowhe for ( some time hme to investigate he did and what he be found was dis dls disturbine dlsturblng disturbing turbine turblng turbing turbineThe turblngThe turbingThe The black market was not thefault the thefault thefault fault of o1 o ( corrupt Fascists It was wasnot wasnot wasnot not even the fault ( ault of the merchants merchantswho merchantswho merchantswho who jacked their prices out ot of alJ ab alJbounds abbounds albounds ) bounds It was the fault of o ( the In Invaders invaders invaders vaders Demonstrably it was the thefault thefault fault of o ( the Americans There were two reasons v.ay vay v . . Americans gave Adano its blackmarket black blackmarket blackmarket market and the inflation mflatlon which inevitably In Inevitably inevitably evitably went with it One reasonwas reason reasonwas reasonwas was American generosity Appar Apparently Apparently Apparently ently the Italians thought the Amer Americans Americans Amerleans icans were coming commg to their soll soil sollarmed soilarmed soilarmed armed mainly mamly with cigarettes and andcandles andcandies andcandies candles candies for tor every grown person personasked personasked personasked asked for cigarettes and every ch Id Idshouted Idshouted Idshouted shouted In the streets tor for candiesAnd candles candies candlesAnd candiesAnd And the Anericans Anerlcans Americans gave what wasbeesed was wasbegged wasbegged begged They also gave C Cd CdRations Rationsboth Rations Rationsboth Rationsboth both cans which they had opened openedand openedand openedand and had been una unable ble to finish and andunopened andunopened andunopened unopened cans When VVhen they bought boughtanything boughtanything boughtanything anything they figured the price by bytheIr bytheir bytheir |