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Show AdauoJ or Adauo J m John Hersey , . - T TAUS US FAR The Amerl Amenl Amenlapps S STrfSSW i ; STORY Sarrived arrived In Adano with Ma Majappota Ia IapolO , lrO apps J S > the Amgot officer TrfSSW- TrfSSW TrfSSWiRTr In Inchuge chuge charge chargeai - iRTr 10.1 101 jappota : . polO north Borth was In charge ot of secnrl tecurl secnrlh tecurlyte kecnrl-Major kecnrl Major , ai ( " ' - Major aJo . was . .determined determined . to hold holdeon holdroaedeace holdWCMS h ! yte ot of the people and to re reIbolr refi recir dcnce roaedeace eon the Nazis Nashs Dea De Ibolr i5elr Icll bell . stolen .tolen tolen ty by fi fie a e orde orders . 'ssued ssued Issued ' by General Mnrvln Marvin , , from the city Joppolo re rc rctid reof is rl rlcarts dog of oflbe carts to permit food and andth orders e6y tide6y e6ye tid th thpr lbe e enUr enter tho rho clly city The peoplo people 01 of ofdry 10 a pr hid hd bud , arranged arrafCed "ra ra " a party or of nppre appre nppredel , dry { jff t1 The . ben bell arrIved arrivedri 0 the Major laJor j.ui jui nf4 nf4rs del ( rs a for IarvlnrlDf 415 ri .Iso Iso also . lso orders Irom from Generil Genen General ) Marvinji MarvinV Iarvln Marvin Major Ialor of command Unre Un Unof the V rlDf e ( the orders the Major MnJor continuedarrangements continued conUnued continued"ft 01 of " , "ft ft " :0 0 : re k a He fl e madenight made arraneement arrangemenu arrangements * to atb at al b si . . tint th.t tht . night toy toyI party 4 , til U I p U I p4 p4CHAPTER L CHAPTER CHAPTERXXII XYU XYUti n nUs Us ti - tit , excited He Her L t jfjor ) ! aJor Joppolo as was > , r ' " LIeutenant LIvingston and andf andi ed up f . [ i & asked ed hIm for hIs part Ul m getting gettingt'tj gettingc gettingi gettingfe c t'tj ttj ' t'tjbell i bell 'Why Why ' ' hell he saId it iti itt fe to be up th s aftrnoon aftlrnoon ! May MayJt i t Jt ! JtIe rmg ring It for the party to toijlO toih se , e tnn can Iee Ie ) ; ijlO- ijlO ijlOl iht ih - l t You re commg coming aren area t you ? III k IIIVouldn \Vouldn Vouldn ' \ Wouldnt t miss it Major MajorVen kits Majorkits " ' there Captain Captainljaaka CaptainpSsjjSiiila kitsIeil 4 'ffell ffell \Ven Ven Ieil ' \ ' ( . , tee see you ljaaka a bell of a lot lot lotnHi . . - t mention it it . . Say , . there s sone spne Iloat mciii | nHi nHiTKID id [ -TKID TKID on ' ! ) I Ltetone - . ( it one pne thing MaJor'What Major Majorp MajorWhat p itWhat ' -What What 'What - a s that that7 that that7I ? ' I B ' . , Lieutenant . . It takes agtime a aI J I ' Tin 'TPl TPl 'fm fm I R R'TPl R'fm wS . , ) gtime time me to set get to be a Captain in inBil.jttNavy Bil.jttNavy BiljttNavy Bil.jttNavyL31 " ' ij . ttNevy NaVY t . L31- L31 L31.l.t - ttNevyIs 'IS IS ' - that .l.t l.t lt . . . a . tact fact l l ? ' the tl- tl tlTIT , - Major TIT- TIT TIT.J - . said .J J .JE .Jloa . ' "We We " ! , yOU ought to t be a Captainlid Captain CaptainIQCII E loa IQCII lid , , , and sad he be hung up upP'l upPl i t ' iZlto tfile Zlto file Zitomoied mOHd moved near to the desk whilete whileto while whileJ J te to ( ( Major gajor read and when he wasAuJlied wasgated was wasatLihed atLihed AuJlied gated the usher said We havelies haveuew have havelltfflbell lltfflbell uew lies beU bell Mister Major ? ? "We We 'We ' " bave have a new bell Zito Zit . ' "Is Is 'h h " " ' the tone good enough ? ' 'y y ' I 1 9 " hope bope so Zito Zlto I think thmlt thank soy so ' . | * | " "Ii Ii 11 " y there tome some history to it It itc ? ? | "its its "Yes Yes "Yts Yts " " " Zito Zit I 111 Ill II tell you about ita itrhea itrbeD It a 1 rbeD rhea hai the bell ben is up Do you think thmlt IIIIhI Iht I IIIhI ! ht to make a l1ttle little speech exjhWcg ex / Airing aIDIng jhWcg , : the bell ben to the people here ? | " "Oh Oh " 1e1 yes ' ye you should Mister Ma May Mafib MaL as ' - as"Oh " * lit fib ) The people of Adano will be bew betaious beI 11 y . cariolU curious taious about the bell bellL . : w % " Bto "lito lito "Tito Tito " " do you think thmk they will Mil well un unnil und unn4 nil d testMi iclland dcitand all that the bell means ? I Iem Ia'aa Ipan em a'aa aaa : ' that It stands for the thmgs things thmgstat thingstat thingst tat t I I believe beheve in ? ' Do you think thmlt I KaM ccuJd irild . explain v.plam vplam eplam that to them themktl ? II II"I 1 "I I 'l l " ' think thuds so Mister Major I un(1.s un . | Ie (1.s 1.s 1s ( hsand . ! . and what " , hat bat you mean and Zitob Zito ZltO ZitotBOtiery b tBOtiery notery not \ery ery very \ clever cleverpo po " - , A lew few minutes mmutes before elevenetlock eleven eleveni I < i oclock etlock do & the funeral procession of the"II theI the "II II " I Ititt line tree fishermen who had been kIlled killedsi kIlledcrj killedI crj crjb I h b tht the explosion went through thetuna thelimL the thePana crjI I Pana limL tuna . , Major Joppolo went outale out outL " etc IIIW ale the 1he balcony to watch w v . atch it Atht At Atff fee te ht head of the procession there theresle therestn therenit ( sle stn ! three Ibree carts The first two car carnl carntilhe carndthebodies n\\l n l ndthebodies \ the bodies of Agnello and Mer Merette MerytaitM ette . Their Therr coffins comna were smalldIn small " } ,1 1 , Ucft.a Ucfta clInih.ts clInihts dIn . ( ' . tisuch such as the fishermen used usedU usedfo used\f used f \ U to fo tefelot gel 0 o t to their boats with thekpiplanked thelop the topitfanked kpiplanked lop . ! planked over The thrd th rd cart cartW cart , , , rMct rhkh bleb tas liaS sas for Sconzo earned carrred carried a ad.nhy adsghywhtch afj\ afj afjdiajhy \ dsghywhtch . : diajhy d.nhy dnhy which was not planked overdpasfilled over overbct over'JH overJH ' ) Id bct dpasfilled TO .s s . filled IDled with flowerslung flowers MajorL | Idie Long lung before eleven th rty rly Majorlippola Major JBppolo loppo10 lippola was out on the sidewalk be bete beI bedde beN te dde . ! iSlethe the crated bellwaIting bell waiting for the theEziglneers thel5gbsers theH I &iheers iheers Eziglneers l5gbsers & to t come He poked and and'toved andL ' "t"ri tri 'toved toved " DVed " at the crate affectIonatelyu1there affectionatelyulithere affectionately affectionatelyllu -ll-u ll u - - u1there ulithere 11 ! there were something sometlung delicious deliciouslo deliciousb lo 10 b eat Inside it itThe itlie itH The lie " gang from the Engineer bat- bat batMcin . - . M-cin M cin tlLon klai - was surprisingly on time tllTle The TheMajor TheMajorexplained The.JB TheJB . Major Majorexplained IM explained the job pointing pomtmg toi to i lit fie top of at the clock tower'Bow towerHow tower - - ' 'How How 'Bow Bow ' long do you think thank It willl willtike will ' J Jlike W like tike ' he asked the old buck ser der derpant l | { \ tiant IUnt pant charge'Well chargekith In charge ' [ ' 'ffdl ffdl 'Well Well kith the sergeant said somehis some somef f &yi yi days his & the boys gets cramps In theirI theirI10macbs theirliomachs their f fdays I theirI I & | itenachi I10macbs liomachs and they claim they theyihulda theyL ihulda j"11'1'1 j1111 " uldn ' ' " t ought to hurry when they theyP | , b.J bJ Li . theyLi 1 . , ! ihe 1he the Other Et theyEt theyS S theydon cramps days they theyLt don "at at " t get no cramps It all de.J delends de deM .Jpends pends lends pendsJilil ( endsw M .J J . lendsHow Jilil How long do you guess guess7 guess7ft ? ' 4 ft : 'We We ' ' 'Well Well ' n II have bave it for you today ortII6 or tII6 ; tII6loJnorrow y ory tonorrow loJnorrow kmeriaw orkmeriaw dependsTry It all depends dependsK K 1rr Try : ll ? to finish dnlsh Lnash today today/ today todaywill , / . . will you you7 ? ' 5 . : ' t1 'It It Tt all aU depends the sergeant sergeantft sergeante sergeantn \ft ft \ e II n " d and end he turned furiously on hisa his hisE E a "ffl ffl lEn ate : " who slowly gathered gathered them'tlvts themriIJI them riIJI ; riIJIIe i themi ' Ie Klves 'tlvts tlvts ] ves tor for ( or worki workMajor work - r : i Major Joppolo went to lunch atbeta at atBOB beta BOB n . . Sergeant Berth Borth Borib was already alreadyJL ath the alreadythe > Albergo tit- tit titj.i , . - _ . del j.i ji . Pescator1 Pescatori Ti--.t Ti.t Ti .t t - . - . when _ .i i . . _ \ y wheny * . , .e e Major ajor arrived The Major sate sat satS'iP'PteofbIs e dh satdh dhpateath pateath WIth Borth as he often dId didr ' S'iP'PteofbIs SiPPteofbIs I r In InWIth Ip ' p te of hIs rank rankg t rankt I andW He lie told Berth Borth about the bell andexcitement and jw andjw .Ia Ia W ! . .IaeXcItement excitement about it gave Borth Bortha Bortbttj-'Tiething Bortbttj 'Tiething Tiething . - a lD'netblng lDnetblng 'oaething oaething ' ' - ' to tease ,11 11 ,11You , teaseI daySt teaseyou You re worse than the first day dayiff Ie St ! saidf I IIe callie came here the Sergeant saId iff f r ' Majorr } : Bow How tin am I worse ? the MaJor Majoriri'jiilii Majoririjiilii IaIoW aid aidI . 1- 1 1You f X - I ( sentimentaltOh y yu You u re so damn sentimental sentllTlental \ 'Oh Oh 010 tOh 010cut tOhcut ' ' cut it out Borth "LEilrHi LEilrHi , ' & . , _ . . . " Eortb t-- t t11 - - 11 1 - - - , . "I&rtb Irtb I , teasmg teasing cut a litUe little deep deepI I " ! No o 0 I IIvu m said ' 'There There sI _ seriOUs he ' s sblo getImps ? I , 1\ 1 \ > 1ar par ar going gomg on Fishermen get getwtt Imps blo Chiltien uewn up In jn the harbor here Chll Chil ) tien wtt streetsThere n Eet get run over in the streets streetsi There 111 111n Mre efe ( , lone one case of malaria in evI ev evO evW O I ! + Z1 . ' Ix Ixpeople * P1'06 P106 people ' ? ! And you can t thmk thmkoj thinkilll k canat at atbell oj Y bellMajor anything t anything " "y y " S but tinklingyou tinkling tlnklmg a bellr bellk bell 11 11t r ' . Major . ajor Jor Joppolo said I 1m I m wornedtouIut worried worned worriedbruit worried'bout 1bo 1boajor 'bout bout ' .1 1 bruit 41 . . _ ? . . . - those touIut fishermen Borth I ' % 4dd Dotin get in to trouble over that Do tin ' 011 10 " : tin Ink I was gu1lty guilty of careless carelesstJel carelessaNa aNa about It ? You know I forced forcedeePureiy tJel avy , to t tit let them go out outforced " Illdutely eePureiy l ' by way of teasing Borth Borthieg .J J , . .Jre something he had cause to re ieg r rsomething et Sure saidcause f latl'r latlr later ' Sure he said you youII J retcatch y Uld UldCatch d catch hell for that You could couldl could'eiit couldeiit II IIret ret retd ktback couldktback " ' ' l ( Sent back to the StatesMajor States 1r Theypow i1 Major " "lor lor ajor " Joppolo said TheyI They rI . TheyA pow powt I A 1\ 1 \ 1t t do that they couldn t td j d I berth berthsaid h hortb ortb ortbsaid said Why couldn t t they ? li1tafd li1tafdabout : about a fellow In airborne airborne'JJ1 airborneor r thome 'JJ1 JJ1 ' ( got Bot ot sentthome aent sent home justa just for tor or gettingr gettingtMalor getting \ " r W tMalor lrIaj IIor or ropp010 Joppolo said ! ! afd They Theyl 11 lt1 , . 1 II ! ? ' t , * Borth much to 0 Co be beBorth h ht her toher , ere ' ThInk there 11 If they a s so got some . . body bad In this town Think it If 11 they theygot got a dope like hat pontebasso pontebassoBorth atPontebasso atPontebassoBorth fellow up at Borthsaid Borth said ' " yourself "You You 'You ' don tlike t like your self much do you ? offBorth oftBorth Major Joppolo said Oh lay oft off Borth Borthsomel1mes Borthsometimes tunny funny funfly . sometimes somel1mes you aren t t fun ny fly flyAt At 12 25 Zito ZltO came running down downto to tellthe the Albergo del Pcscaton Pescaton Peseatori to tell the Major that the bell was uncrat uncratcd uncrated cd ed It looks nice he sa dThe dThe d dThe The Mijor M'ljor Mljor MTjor ' tried to get Borth to bellbut go togo upith up \ with \\ith ith \ him to look at the bell but Borth said This eggplant is so sogood sogood good sogood I don t see how I could leaveit leave leaveIt leaveit leaveitSo It ItSo itSo ZtoOn toOn So the Major went up with Z to On the way the usher Before said Be- Be Be - fore I forget It Mister Major theofficials the theofficials theofficials officials are very anx ous to meet meetwllh meetwith meetwith wllh with you at tour four ( our o 0 clock They saId saIdIt saidit saidit It was important importantA A moment of worry slowed sl owed Itself Itselfon Itselfon Itselfon on the Majors Major s face Is it about the aboutthe fishermen ZltO Zito Zito9 Zito9Z ? ' Z to said I am the usher Mis Mister Mister Mister ter Major the officials do not tell tellme tellme tellme me . what .hat hat Is on their maids mmds minds Then Thenf a eQlalafi eQlalafiZ eQlalafiL1 91 ( \f f \ ( Z 1 L1 L1I I , . R We 'We ' ' have a new bell Zito Zlto ' ' Zito seemed to think better of whathe what whathe whathe he had said and he added No NoIt Noit's Noit It it's its ' is not about the fishermenThe fishermenThe fishermen fishermenThe The Major said Oh so the ush usher usher usher er has ways of finding out what la is onhe onthe on onthe the he officials mmds minds mindsZito ? ZltO Zito just smiled There were quite a few people peoplestandmg peoplestanding peoplestanding standmg standing around watching the Engl Eng Englneers Engineers ' neers working on the bell One of ofthem ofthem ofthem them was the ancient CacopardoBecause Cacopardo CacopardoBecause CacopardoBecause Because he had spoken to the Major Majorabout Majorabout Majorabout about the bell beIl on the very first dayof day dayof dayof of the invasion mvaslon he had appo nted ntedhimself ntedhimself ntedhimself himself a kind of supervisor of the thework thework thework work although none of the Engl Enga Enganeers Englneers Engineers neers could speak ItalianAs ItalianAs Italian ItalianAs As soon as the Major came up upCacopardo upCacopardo upCacopardo Cacopardo said I have sent for forGuzzo forGuzzo forGuzzo Guzzo the bell ringer at the Churchof Church Churchof Churchof of San Angelo He will be able to totell totell totell tell just by looking lookmg at it whether It Itis itis itis is a good belL . It I If ! it is not you willof will willof willof of course have to send it backThe backThe back backThe The bell stood on the sIdewalk sIdewalkjust sidewalkjust sidewalkjust just where the Navy men had put putIt putit putit It down The crate had been peeled peeleddown peeleddown peeleddown down from around itIt itIt it itIt It was bronze and the men of theConsUl the theCorelli theCorelli Corelli ConsUl had taken the trouble to pol polish polish polish ish it so that it was like llke gold in themidday the themIdday themidday mIdday sun On one side there was wasthIs wasthis wasthis thIs inscription mscrlption inscriptionUSS mscrlptionU inscriptionU U USS S S CORELLI CORELLIAmeflca CORELLIAmerica CORELLIAmerica Ameflca America ed ItallaWhen ItaliaWhen Italia Italla ItaliaWhen When Cacopardo saw the Majorreading Major Majorreading Majorreading reading the inscnpt inscrlpt inscript on he askedWho askedWho asked askedWho Who is this man Corelli and how howdoes howdoes bowdoes does he happen to get his name onthe onthe on onthe the bell of Adano7 Adano7The Adano ? The Major said I will tell you youlater youlater youlater later when the bell Is hung Then Thenhe Thenbe Thenhe he be got a little stone out of ot the thestreet thestreet thestreet street and tapped tipped t pped it against the sIde sIdebut sidebut sidebut but of course there was only a dead deadsound deadsound deadsound sound since smce the bell was sitting onwood on onwood onwood wood I wonder how the tone isthe Is Isthe isthe the Major saidGuzzo saidGuzzo said saidGuzzo Guzzo will well know Imow Cacopardosaid Cacopardosaid Cacopardo CacopardosaidIn said saidIn In time the b bell bill ll ringer came Hewas Hewas He Hewas His Hishands Hishands Hishands was almost as old as Cacopardo , hands and forearms looked very verystrong verystrong verystrong strong but the rest of him ham looked lookedas lookedas as it 11 If it were long overdueCacopardo overdueCacopardo overdue overdueCacopardo Cacopardo called caUed him to the cen center center |
