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U mus mu a mE STORY STonY THUS FAR The Amen Amerl tao aD n troops arrived at Adano a seaport in to Italy with Major Victor Ictor the ergot officer In charge Sergeant Borth Berth Berthan an In was In ln chare charge of f security The Major set out to win the trust of the citizens and promised to replace the theto town WD bell beD stolen by the Nazis General larvin chief of American forces In that action became enraged at the carts on OD road lead leading In Into the city and ordered the Major to Keep them out of the city BeuLa that the city could not get Iet war water wa wa- ter r without the carts Major 1 told Captain Purvis to let them enter the city elty Purvis to protect himself reported re reo ported the matter to headquarters The Thet t letter Jetter WILl was held up In fn the tho office C CHAPTER PTER l VIII Giuseppe the Major said I want to see Tinas Tina's father because you yon said he was the most respected o of all nn the fishermen I want to start the fishermen going out again 10 sa that Adano will have something besides pasta and tomatoes and eggplant eggplant eggplant egg egg- plant to eat That's all nil there Is to It it Boss youre you're a kid Giuseppe Giuseppe do you want me to let get another interpreter Okay kay a boss youre you're not a kid Glus GIus' GIus Giuseppe GIusppe ppe I do want to see the old man Will wm you fix that for me what Im I'm a sorry boss What do you mean Tinas old a man Tomasino no want a see you a boss Why not Did you say something something some some- thing about my wanting to go out with his daughter Oh no a boss Old a man Toma- Toma lino say he never been in a Palazzo dl dJ Citta in a life He hate a Fascist l e crooks He dont don't know youre you're a 8 different He wont won't a come a here That's easy Giuseppe Well We'll go golee golee gosee lee see him The Major looked at a pad of appointments he had begun to keep on his desk Be ready to togo togo togo go at three this afternoon Giuseppe Giusep Giusep- pe e. e Arid And so It happened that another clr ti dent was broken in Adano Never ever Ver In the memory of anyone in inthe inthe inthe the town had an official gone callIng calling call- call Ing mg on a citizen on business Either the citizen had come willingly to the Palazzo or else the citizen had been arrested and had come against his will twill Between the time of this conversation conver- conver ution and three o'clock Giuseppe f fold told several people about this amazing I tug ing flexibility on the part of the I Major And therefore when it came time Ime for them to go down to the port looking g for old Tomasino quite a I darge large crowd had gathered in front of the Palazzo and the crowd followed followed fol fol- fol- fol lowed the Major and Giuseppe as asI I they walked I l Where Vere do these people think they're going baing the Major asked Giuseppe I. I I Just a bunch hunch a busybody GIuseppe Giuseppe Gluseppe Giu GIu- said f The Major turned around Go Goborne home borne you people he said in Italian Ital Ital- ian Dont you have anything better better better bet bet- ter to do at three in the afternoon lowing fol-lowing J But the people kept right on followIng following fol fol- lowing Giuseppe and the Major J t Giuseppe led the Major and therefore the crowd down to the harbor and past the stone pier pastI past I the sulphur loading jetties past the patent slips past the Molo Martino to the Molo di Ponente where the fishing boats were tied up I The Major sensed that he be was going to have a tough time with old I Tomasino so he said to Giuseppe I Interpreter unless you keep this t 1 well back you will lose your I ob oh What hat Is an interpreter to us j people ople said when we have a J 3 chance ance to see something new in inno dano moo no This has never ha hap hap- P med ened ed before belore What is the un- un 0 of one man And they ept pt moving forward r Giuseppe shouted The Major t 4 yr df n be very angry if U you do not top atop right here And then he added Let us make a deal If It ou u stop atop I will listen to the conI con con- and I will tell you what said iOn On this basis the crowd was willI will- will Pi I 8 to stop YBy By this time Major had hade e to the boat of old Tomasino inh e a recognized the boat not only by bye IC e fact that there was a morose- morose king man sitting on the after- after eck ck but also by the illuminated with its letters trailing Into leaves and fruits just under if piece eye-piece of the bow Tina The Major jumped up onto the 1 w. w w tAU MAli right of e man authority said saide e morose m man m. m arrest me 1 haven't come to arrest you asino the Major said Giuseppe came running up to lisHe lisHe lis lis- 4 11 He Ile stayed on the mole so that I It t could commute easily between ors on rs and audience Why are you wearing your P pis- pis isle is- is MM le 1 1 the morose man said Shoot go So ahead shoot shoat me Ij I T JI a always 1 ways wear Toma- Toma my P Pistol tol o. o th thI the j. j e Major said I ro You You have come to arrest me beI beL bese be- be I L use Ue se I refused to go and see the wean Major the morose man 4 0 wt Iwi ca 1 r That t Is not true the toe Major said f re reO Then why have Y you ou brought this Giuseppe who I oj d me to go see the American e r and to whom I refused I am ro the American Major Tom Tom- po 0 o. o masino did not bat an eye ye J 7 1 have r ri you brought this crowd 1 i f. f i if u you OU were not planning to arrest me me I didn't bring it Tomasino It Just c came me I dont don't want the crowd any more than you do I just want to talk with you about fishing I do not believe it it the morose man said All men of authority are arc alike You came to arrest me or perhaps to shoot me I beg you to believe me the Major said Giuseppe whistled to himself and ran back to the crowd It It is amazing amazing ing he be said Impressively The Major said to Tomasino I beg you to believe me Beg said the people in the front of the crowd Amazing There has never been such a e begging others said The Mister Major Is willing to be a beggar to this Tomasino What did he say shouted people peo pIe in the back of the crowd He said I beg you Tomasino Tomasi Tomasi- I no shouted people in the front of the crowd Amazing shouted the ones In back Giuseppe ran back out onto the mole The Major was saying It is this Tomasino I want you and the others others others oth oth- ers to start fishing again Why said the morose Tomasino Toma Toma- sino So we can line the pockets of ot the authorities No Tomasino so that you can i. i LL A i c t yS 2 The Major will be very angry If U you do not stop right here line the stomachs of the people of Adano Hah said Tomasino bitterly a benevolent man of authority Tomasino you dont don't understand The Americans are different from the Fascists Hah said Tomasino I have heard that before The Mayor Crapa Crapa Crapa Cra- Cra pa said he was going to be different from the Mayor Martoglio and the Mayor Nasta after atter him said he be was going to be different from the Mayor Crapa The only difference was that the tribute and the protection money and the taxes got higher each time How much protection money do you want American You have the wrong idea Toma Toma- sino Hah said the morose Toma Toma- sino I am an old man American I have seen men of authority come and go I dont don't believe that you are any different from all the oth oth- ers Here Major got angry Old fisherman he be said you will have bave to understand something The people of Adano are hungry They must have fish Do you get that through your thick skull Giuseppe ran back to the crowd It at is wonderful he be said The Mister Major said The people of Adano are hungry They must hive have h ve fish The people in front repeated this and then shouted at the top of their voices Live the Mister Major Live the Mister Major The people in back shouted What did he say The people in front shouted He thinks we ought to have fish for our hunger bunger The whole crowd shouted then Live the Mister Major MajorI Tomasino on the boat heard beard this and it made him suspicious Why have you hired these people to come and Jeer at me No I will not go fishing Major shouted to Giuseppe Giusep Giusep- pe in English Make the people go away They are ruining everything everything every every- thing thing Giuseppe passed on the Majors Major's request but the people just laughed at him Now they said You are crazy interpreter Speaking two languages has made you crazy Giuseppe shouted to the Major Im a cant can't a n do nothing a boss So the th z Major said to Tomasino Wait Walt for me Tomasino I will show you that I mean well toward you And he Jumped down on the mole and went to the crowd D Do you want fish he asked the crowd Yes the people shouted Then you must go home the Major said It Is not easy to persuade persuade per per- suade Tomasino to go fishing You must choose between this stupid gaping and having fish The crowd chose Watching this unprecedented conversation and getting getting get get- ting bulletins on it from Giuseppe was immediate It was now Eating fish was future and uncertain at best The crowd chose staying to watch When he saw that he could not argue argue ar are aregue gue them into going home Major said to Giuseppe Where is the nearest telephone Giuseppe said I guess she's in ina a Port a Captains Captain's office I show a you A thrill of curiosity ran through the crowd as the Major and Giuseppe Giuseppe Giuseppe Giu Giu- went off What had previously previous previous- ly been the Italian Port Captains Captain's office was now the office of the American Naval Lieutenant in charge of harbor facilities at Adano Adana This was Lieutenant Livingston who had gone into the Navys Navy's V 7 program early in the war and had entered on his application blank as one of his main qualifications to be bean bean bean an officer and a gentleman Have had experience with small boats This experience as a matter of fact consisted of rowing on tho the crew at Kent School and at Yale At Yale Crofts Livingston was known as a fellow who would do anything for you if it he liked you but he was rather choosy in his friends Lieutenant Livingston had bad not yet decided to like Major The Major had not gone to either Kent Kentor or Yale There was a rumor around that he had once been some kind of clerk in the New York City government government government govern govern- ment under Walker and OBrien Lieutenant Livingston was Inclined to the opinion that it was too bad the Army had sent such a meatball to be administrator of a town like Adano And besides when the Major Major Major Ma Ma- jor saw a Navy officer wearing two bars which anyone ought to know stood for Lieutenant Senior Grade Major would address him himas as Captain Hello Captain the Major said when he walked into Lieutenant Livingston's office can I use your phone Good morning the Lieutenant said what are you doing down here tere The tone of the Lieutenants Lieutenant's Yale Kent-Yale voice Indicated that he The thought the Army ought to stay on Army ground and let the Navy stay on Navy shore Can I J use your phone the Major Major Major Ma Ma- jor said The Major was a single- single minded manSure manSure manSure man Sure help yourself The Major called Rowboat Blue Forward While he was waiting he said to I the Lieutenant Im trying to get I these fishermen organized got to get rid of a mob first The Lieutenant did not look particularly particularly particularly par par- pleased with this summary summa summa- ry of the Majors Major's activities Hello this the s Purvis Listen I want you to come down here bere I got a mob to break up Bring your Colt along I think if it you fire tire six into the air that's allwell allwell all allwell well we'll need to send em home borne Were We're down at the port over by bythe bythe bythe the breakwater on the western side Okay hurry down The Major thanked Lieutenant Livingston for the use of the phone Lieutenant Livingston said Uh Major seems to me this fishing racket is more or less a Navy deal isn't it The Major said Yeah Ill I'll be beback beback beback back to see you Im I'm in jn a hurry now Thanks for the phone Captain See you later As the Major and Giuseppe passed the crowd on the way back to the Tina Giuseppe said to the crowd As a friend I advise you to go home People in the crowd delighted with the mystery of the Majors Major's hurried hurried hurried hur hur- ried visit to the Port Captains Captain's of- of ice flee fice mocked Giuseppe Poor Ri baudo Giuseppe they said speaking speaking speaking speak I ing two languages has weakened his head All right Giuseppe said I have advised you as a friend At the Tina Tomasino was sullen again I see you gave your hired crowd their instructions he said I IGo Go ahead take me what have I Ito Ito Ito to lose I Major said They will all go home soon Tomasino I have bave given instructions for them to be besent besent besent sent home borne Now about the fishing Do you think you could get together crews for five or six boats I Tomasino said Who is to be the protector of these crews What criminal I Protector To whom do the fishermen have to pay tribute this time Dont mock me fisherman What are you talking about Hah said Tomasino a man who could be amused with the most gruesomely sad face Hah does the man of authority pretend he he doesn't understand the system ol oI protection I Major spoke harshly I What are you talking about fisher shero fisherman I ITO man TO BE DE CONTINUED I |