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Borth Rorth was In chareo chuge charge ol or of securlp securl Major was deternllned deterndned to holdere hold holda rbe The : ere a p , confidence cosadence or of the people and to re redace Ibelr their bell stolen by the Nazis De Dee Deg Dea ce dace , , e a ( cider orden orders Issued by General Marvinptt Marvin Iarvln Marvinunite IarvlnI ptt I g ; unite rrln g , wts carts from t m the 0 " ' clty city cltyPP0 30ppolu Joppolo -PP0 PP0 - ! " re rc " rcplied "Iltd Iltd plied 'd d ' the Ibe orders to pern porn it food and andsltr andemir and-ter and ter to enter the city The Major plaeedI placedteeWnr placed plaeed placedctlllit emir , - sltr teeWnr CCUID ctlllit ' on au all Pflf prlees prices t0 to stop ' P a black blackIlkel blacksaket blackairttt I caused by the generosity of the the'rictin therictin Ilkel saket , : ' uican erlcans . Mayor Iayor Nasta who had heen been beenrpcid been- been beeni - rpcid i , cCd < I In " the Ibe prisoner of or war cage eage esiped e es esaptd . tilt but was 800D soon retaken 'etahe etahe ' " Gcrn Gem Gern an anroo"s anpeuers anlitters aptd ( , ped pedbut peuers roo"s roos " who believed him ttlll sUII sUU a powi powa powbad pow a . nil pd bad & tided &lded lded aided hi his . escapeCHAPTER escape escapeCHAPTER - CHAPTER.I CHAPTERIl CHAPTER ' \ . MX \.I\ .I \Il Il MXOn .IOn IlOa ' \ . On Oa Ihe the evenmg evening ol of their tl tI ird dJYJOIIle daysame day dJY daye ( them went to Tomasmo Tomasino Tomasmoand Tomasinoiud TomasmoiBi JOIIle same -e e - , , of o ( and iud AeneUo Agnello Agnelli sa d Tomasino don t ttJ 1BJ > tJ ] ci thmk think you o 0 ight fight to go to the thef theifcter him for forpakmg forsatang f ) } ! Wet ter Major and thtnk thInk thank pakmg k1ng it ft possible tor for us to go lishbg7 fishbfj fish lish fishTomasno bg7 bfj bg7Tomas bfjTomas Tomas Tomasno no was as happy as heavid het he henld t Uld avid nld ever be but that did notsesn not notyan that he smiled or that he heould heeouM hettuli Can sesn ! > eouM , ould answer happily I have beenthe beenthe been beenthe the Palazzo once to see him be beC2USe beause begose C2USe ause my " , wife lfe Rosa forced me to toever tocrer to\wi to wi \ ever crer again I hate that placeThe placeThe place placeHe He The young man named Sconzo,1 Sconzo1 SconzoI Sconzo Sconzotad I ) tad , i d Then don t you think wea.yild weI we weBald I . a.yild ayild . Bald Jld send Agnello ? We think that thatn thatse thatre n se owe our thanks to the M sterLajor ster sterLajor .ajor ajor Lajor ) . We were talking talkmg about It ItIb.le itchic ith.Ie ithIe Ib.le Ible chic Ib.leIC ! . . \IC IC ae \ e were out todayTomasino todayTomasmo today todayromasmo romasmo Tomasmo Tomasino v . was aas as not pleased with withto ' " withit Ith 6 : to . iiggestion cuggestJon Nggestion that Agnello should10 shouldg shouldgo should g J go < fa In h his place Is Agnello thead the thead thead ( ad of the fishermen fishf'rmen fishfrmen ' ? he said'No said 20 No 'No ' Sconzo said ' "but but 'hut hut " if of you dottl do dot ttl t ' ffish II'lsh IIlsh wish to go'I'he goThe go goThe The 'I'he Ihe ' best fish ng boat in this harlsnamed har harIs barnr lsnamed Is named Tina Tma Tomasino Tomasmo said saidd saiddthough saidad though dthough d he spoke gloomily there therens thereelk thereni ns elk t I a knd k nd of gaiety In his ideaTherefore Idea ideaHitretore 11.reore 11reore Therefore ' ! . ! the one for whom that thattest thattit test t Is named ought to be the one onei onebgo oneo i bgo go and thank the M ster MajorThe MaJor'lbe Major MajorHe ' He 'lbe lbe The other fi fishermen hermen thought that thattat thattatwas thattat tat tatwas was a fine idea but Agnello saidWe saId saId"fie saidft "fie fie We " would all like to be presentreo presenti115 present reo i115 ai you gJ\ gJ gi\e gi e gJe gne \ \ e Instruct ons to your yourlaughter youriasghter yourMEhter laughter iasghter ! as to v . what shat ha t she is to say saybtheMlster sayothe theMJster btheMlster Mister Major He was afnud afraid afnudtat afraidt afraidtit tat t grim old Tomasino v . would ould tell teller tellkr tellla er kr ! to say something begrudg ngSo ng ngSo So 1 & all aU the fishermen went up to toismsmo toteusmo ismsmo Ilasmo ! s house and found Tma Tina TinaisiTomasino TmaI Tinalad I ! isiTomasino Tomasmo Tomasino said Tina Tma we have haveu u nand mand errand ( tor for you The fishermen fishermend fishermendAdano fishermeniiAdano d dAdano Adano II Bant cant ant you to go to see the theIfISt.r thelister theffister IfISt.r IfIStr lister . Major tor for them'lma themTina them themItoa ' Itoa 'lma lma Tina surprised everyone by blush blushtr blushtg blushk tr tg : ; ind and refusing refusmg to go'But goBut go go'But ' 'But But ' IIhy why hy not not7 ' Agnello asked asked'We askedWe asked"We askedWe 'We We 'We1ought ' " \ ! thought \1ought 1ought it would be nice if of a aWiM .wouillu1 wouillu1 . btaudul g rl took our message tothellbiter to toth.1 toftsBislir th.1 th1 thellbiter . h\er h er > ! \ Major instead mstead of a mansho man manho sho ho ifcda nis itsts ! ! of fishTOJJ3s1.no fishTomasko fish fishTonurino Tonurino TO/JJ3s1.no TOJJ3s1.no TO JJ3s1.no JJ3s1no Tomasko / . d d not like that re remrk renark reMri mrk nark and he said angrily Toma Tomarmo Tomalist Tomacno rmo list dots does not stmk stink of fish any \ norse worse norsea worseera \ orse orseUn Un Uncertam ( -a a - era certain certam other fishermen hebn hehaws he hean bnAgnello hawsAgnello bn haws an anAgnello anyj anyi Agnello said sad ! I did not ha have ve any anyprdcular any3 j i afjcular prdcular rM ' cular fisherman in mind mmd Do notI notget not I ' h't ht --get get i"get iget ! - " ' that It was suggested that Ij It I j t asifld d go I stink too"that too . " " Tiat "That That is true Tomas no saidla said saidI saIda I 111 la a puckered faceTina face | Tina a sad sa d I just do not wish toJI to toI toP toI " I I P fi JI JITomas Tomas lomasno no turned on her GIrlthe GirlI Girlthe Girl I . ? Hie the same reason ng which mademother mademother made madeTO TO Bother mother force me to go to theiii the the"i iii "i i " ! erMajor er e : Major against ag31nst my will I now now'to nowder nowdtr 'to to der dtr ' you to go to him also also'aa also\\ also alsotma alsoI \ \ I tma lira 'aa aa ' lowered her head and saidell said saidell saidr "eH eH " ell ellof if of you order me Ago Ag ' all thoughtthe o aidarterwards saidafterwards ! said aid afterwards arterwards that he thought thoughtr r the way wav she sa d this she reallyred really reallyed - " . -ed ed .ed red - to go all alongODlas alongraisins along "ias ias ODlas raisins < " no sa d I v/ant v ant want / 3 Y } ou to tellthat tellthat teU tell teUIdling that we are glad to be able to Idling ftshIDg tilling IdlingAnd ftshIDgAnd tillingAnd toftshIDg totilling And that we are thankful to him himmakmg himmaking himr making makmg U It possible ' ' AgnelloN Agnello AgnelloAnd N $ And gratefulthe that we are very grateful gratefule the e new rigging rlggmg Merendmo d . Merendmod d . Also Iso It If he has had anything anythmg to toIlIth toTOh - IlIth wth IlIthsendmg wthsending sending sendmg so many man many ' ' fish mto mtonets mtonets intor nets netse net \ we \\e e ere thank him Sconzoamasino Sconzo Sconzo"nadno thosets "nadno nadno omaslno amasino " said ' ' Tell 'Tell him hun thoses those ts s ! but don t make a tool fool of your daughterlIt .daughter daughter . your.daughter yourdaughter lIt vehemencea t e ta sa as d with W1th more vehemence , " a was wen necessary Don t worryfury worry "DOt DOt tonl worry"DOt worrytonl " . Tina fury TinaWent fffla Maat Mait wont Went to see the Mister Master Ma at it ateight iteight eight o 0 a clock the next morn morn1 mornWhen When Z to led her to Major 'Mio Mio POlo 'Miollni.LL ' Major'Mio Majorpolo . . _ . . a s desk llni.LL llniLL .1 1 l-i l i - v-a v a - , defiantly'n she said defiantly 3U 'n n ' ' businessyou laid aid that it If I had business businessor 7 7you /or or you / I ofI Ishould I should come to your of ofJIlr have ve ' JIlr . comeI comeP t'OI1ne tOI1ne come L t'OI1neL I P ' ! discretionir've discretionirve discretionsave por tiior : Jor Joppolo had the dIscretion dIscretionJ " save ' bethe ve Z to out of the room be the ' " * e said Bald Iam I am sorry I said said-- said J - . - , , l - I I 1 saidI saidl have been miserable about aboutI'll aboutIll ' , sincetta 'I I " ! ' lief er " sincethe since alnce tta a theHave said Have you you7 ' ThatJjlhe That " Jjlhe addedtiY , the he sa d softly then she added addednC , tiY 7 You ought to have been beenwere nC "ere ere were " 'Me Me ' very rude rudei * I " rudeMajor Major eald said I know I I was ; r wasr wasI wasreally really lly very \ ery sorry I I have beenOf been .1 1 . ? " & 1 to beento tlL&B tlLB find fnd & _ . - . . . _ 1 1S Of ! out the thing you wanti want fI > ' wantfI i know knowfi "IIOW IIOW "IIOWIII " Jt4 IVJt4 Jt4as III fi g lIIean mean Domean i a IV was as all softness now Do Do"W "W W "WlIIean " about my Giorgio Giorglo ? Have HaveI I und out ' Is he a prisoner ' " "I I " ' don dont dontuknow uknow ' on t S I know yetprisoner yet But ButI I'may Imay I'maytip I may mayir mayj j tip ir Iedon [ 'Eome Eome e60me ' JI JIIQn10me ' ' . .ll'cceni .llcceni llcceni . Ie IQn10me maera ' era ir in . word * - tor for you - on onall - all thebII the - bII ' \ ' ? a few days , li limay may ? Good word Mister Tinah ad adword word Tina Tinaak h ak t ' ! Mater youYou ster er MaJor Ma ] < " I thank youJ you youlin You 0 " a"d ad and " 1 I kiss your y0"1'hand y01hand y0"1'handvaguely " ' hand hand'I lin J 1 1t or t 'I I ' ( JOPPolo hardly had time to tovaguely tovagu0IY vaguely vagu0IY that he wouldn t mind 0 t mind8nnas mindt t . t'l'ina tlina ' fiat a s hand before she bad had , 1 i She one ran all the andL hornwhen when rnmiKi-- rnmiKi rnmiKiIsaid way horn home an d : Tomasino - " " - ' ' - She Shehllndd hllndd hllnddsaJd asked her hadsaid J1 if she e had a aher d I saJd said fie what th the e fi fishermen shermen bad had toldshe tot told d Isaid her she h he s said that yeseh yesehi . : : : she had a oh yes yesshe she had a -i i - and - - she - threw - : ha e ea ee eha her e arm s l armaround around her kissedI father s neck and kisse kissed d him on on both h 1 * - cheeks i " " " - - - " and . he hisarms JJ1Sarms - - * .ivt ivt tic Put RUl his JJ1S arms around he her and d pressed her dhttle II a IITma httle little alittle andsaid and said nmlypressed I Inmlypressed glumly littleTina httlTana kMy My lItUe lItUeTh httl e Tma Tana I thnk th n nk k you are crazy Gaetanowas Th Thn The crazyThe ethtrouble crazyethtrouble trouble wi wa h Errante Gaetano ndon was that at he couldn t t keep his has m nd on anything Or to put it the other mindat way otherway around whatever had his has mind at the whollythat moment seized It so wholly whollyth that a be he e couldn t think about th tha thing anything anymg mg else It made no d fference any v . that fferencewhat fferencev fferencethat hat his has mind ought to be on what what- v . whatever whatever hat- hat hatever - - ever It was it on was really on After onAfter General Marvin hisgood ordered his good mule shot shot , , , Errante got anoth another another another er This one was not as amiable as the asthe first and was inits more stubborn In andIt Its mind But it was a mule and It gave Errante both pleasure andwork and andwork andwork andworkOne work workOne One afternoon Errante driv v . was aas as Ing drivIng this new mule through the town townIt townft It ft was late In jn the afternoon the thehour hour ofthe " , when then hen most of the ch Idren ldren of the town got out on the Via Urn Um berto Umberto Urnberto the First and shouted for ( or caramels cara caramels caramels mels American military traffit traffic trafficseemed . , seemed to be particularly heavy at atthat atthat atthat that eveningAs hour each evening As he thought back on It laterand later laterand laterand ( and he had plenty of time tune to thmk think thmkIt thinkit thinkIt It over In jaIl jail ) ) it seemed to Erranter Errante ErranteMy r ? J \ - i/ i iA1t / ' A1t i iMy \ My 1\ly 1 ly little Tma Twa Tana I think you are arecrazy arecrazy arecrazy arecrazythat crazy crazythat that a great number of things thmgs happened hap happened happened pened very quickly ActuaUy Actually it at was wasJust waslust wasjust Just lust that qu te to a few things thmgs flashed flashedacross flashedacross flashedacross across his mind mmd in m fairly rapid sue suecessIOn suecession suecession cessIOn giving glvmg him ham an illusion 111uslOn allusion ofgreat of ofgreat ofgreat great activItyFIrst activityFirst activity activityFirst First t to re e looked ahead down the theVIa theVia theVia VIa Umberto the First and he sawthe saw sawthe sawthe the bridge over the Ro Rosso so River andhe and andhe andhe he shied like hke a sensitive horse see seeIng seeing seeing Ing a place where it has hurt 1tself itself itselfonce itselfonce once before Errante shuddered every ev every every ery time he saw that bridge be because because cause it IT rrade made ade him ham think thank of the rude rudeawakenmg rudeawakening rudeawakening awakenmg awakening he had had there andof and andof andof of the shooting shootmg of his has muleNext muleNext mule muleNext Next he saw a row of amphib amphlb ous oustrucks oustrucks oustrucks trucks come toward him ham across the thebndge thebridge thebridge bndge bridge These amphibious trucksfascinated trucks trucksfascmated trucksfascinated fascmated fascinated Errante He had recent recent1y recently recently 1y ly spent one entire day sitting sittmg on a aknoll aknoll aknoll knoll near the beach about five flve miles mileswest mileswest mileswest west of Adano watching watchmg these fatcreatures fat fatcreatures fatcreatures creatures waddle out across thesand the thesand thesand sand let themselves gingerly gmgerly downinto down downInto into the water and then churn chum off offto offto offto to the cargo shps sh ps b bmg lying mg offshore offshoreand offshoreand offshoreand and then churn back again agam andclimb and andclimb andclimb climb up out of the sea like anyamph any anyamph anyamph amph b ous animal arumal looking lookmg heavier heavierand heavierand and clumsier on land than in m the wa water water water ter Errante loved them and called calledthem calledthem calledthem them Swimming SWlmmmg War Here comesS comes comesS S vimming vlmmmg vimmang War he thought to hIm ham hImself hamself himself self when he saw the amphibious amphibioustrucks amphibioustrucks amphibioustrucks trucks cross ng the bridgeAfter bridgeAfter bridge bridgeAfter After the trucks his mind mmd focusedfor focused focusedfor focusedtor for a few moments on the figure of ofGargano ofGargano ofGargano Gargano Chief of the Carabmlerl Carabinierl Carabinierlwho Carabmlerlwho Carabinieriwho who was directing dITectmg traffic about halfway half halfway halfway way down the Via Umberto the theFirst theFirst theFirst First Errante said to himselfEven himselfEven himself himselfEven Even if Gargano can talk three threetimes threetimes threetimes times as fast as anyone else-once else once elseonceW1th elseoncewith else - - oncewith W1th with his mouth once with his left lefthand lefthand leftLhand hand and |