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Show THE RICH COUNTY REAPER. RANDOLPH, UTAH Bell for Ad HA John Hersetj THE STORY THUS FAR: The Amerl-ca- n troops arrived at Adano, a seaport in Italy, with Major Victor Joppolo, the Amgot officer in charge. Sergeant Bortb, an M.P., was in charge of security. The Major set out immediately to win the friendship and confidence of the citizens and vowed to replace the town bell, which the Germans had taken. Major Joppolo talked with Father local priest. He promised the priest to attend mass the following morning. When time for mass arrived, the Major was busy in his office and overlooked the appointment, until church bell awoke him to the fact that he was late. He arrived before mass was over, much to the relief of the priest. Penso-vecchl- o, d CHAPTER V , At this angry moment, Gargano, Chief of the Carabinieri, came up to the line. This man was called by the people The Man With Two Hands, because of his continuous and dramatic gesturing. He was, he seemed to think, an actor, and he could not say two words without gesturing with both hands. He and exercised all the essentially Italian gestures: the two forefingers laid side by side, the circle of thumb and forefinger, the hands up in stop position, the salute to the forehead with palm forward, the fingertips of the two hands placed tip to tip, the fingers linked, the hands flat and downward as if patting sand, the hands up heel to heel and pulled toward the chest, the attitude of prayer, the pointing forefinger of accusation, the V as if for victory or smoking cigarettes, the forefinger on the chin, the rolling of the hands. All, he used them all. He did not make any arrests. He merely went up to Carmelina, wife of the lazy Fatta, and squeezed between her and the door of Zapullas shop, and stood there. The people could see that he was merely taking his place at the head of the line to wait for bread. Carmelina, who was annoyed by thrown at her, having had wood-cok- e said truculently: Mister Gargano, you were Chief of the Carabinieri under the old regime, and that entitled you to stand at the head of the line. I am not sure that you are still Chief of the Carabinieri. Gargano said: I am the Chief, and he made a kind of Fascist salute with both hands. I doubt it. Carmelina said: Where is the proof? Gargano said: See my uniform, and he ran his two forefingers from his shoulders to his knees. Carmelina said: That is no proof. The Americans do not care how we dress. I could dress as a rabbit .and the Americans would not arrest me. Gargano said: Woman, stop your shouting, or I will arrest you, and he gripped his own left wrist with his own right hand, signifying arrest. Carmelina said: Where is your authority? Margherita the formidable wife of Craxi said: I believe that this man is still Chief, since the Mister Major is keeping many Fascist scoundrels in office until they prove themselves bad. But I do not believe that under American law he has the right to go to the head of the line. That is where I think you are right, Carmelina. Gargano stepped out of the line. he "Who questions my- right? clenched one and he roared, pounded fist on the other clenched fist. Carmelina, wife of the lazy Fatta, standing right beside him, startled him by whispering in his ear: I question it, Up to this time Zapulla the baker, standing in the front of his shop, had been torn between the two authorities, the old and the new. But he was so annoyed with Carmelina for having prodded-hithat he now said: Arrest her, Mister Chief, if you have any courage. Up to this time Gargano the Chief, somewhat unsure of his ground, had been trying, to think of a way of retiring gracefully. But now his manhood, as well as his authority, was challenged. He moved toward Carmelina and said: Woman, you are under arrest. Carmelina shouted: Keep your two active hands off me, Gargano. Zapulla said: Will you let this woman shriek down your courage? Gargano clapped his hands on Carmelina.1 She screamed. All up and dowh the line. women shouted: Out with the Fascist Chief of CaraOut binieri. Out with with men who push themselves to the head of a line ahead of women who have been waiting three hours. Gargano dragged Carmelina off screaming and kicking, and the screams in the line grew louder and louder. Even Mercurio Salvatore, although as crier he was more or less an official ud should have remained neutral pos-sess- ed , - Two-Hand- s. Two-Hand- s. anti-Gargan- anti-Fasci- st w. N.O. or even taken the side of raised his huge voice in aGargano careful shout: Down with injustice! When Gargano pulled Carmelina mto Major Joppolos office, she was still screaming. But the Major jumped to his feet and said sharply Silence, shrew, and she fell quiet at once. What is this all about? the Major asked. Gargano said: This woman questioned my authority, and he point-eat her with both forefingers. Carmelina said: There ; to it than that." Major Joppolo said: Your thority to do what, Gargano? Carmelina shouted: To push his way to the head of the line in front of Zapullas bread shop. Gargano said: It is a privilege the officials of the town have always enjoyed. Major Joppolo said: Is that so? Gargano said: I charge this woman with disturbing the peace and questioning authority. Gargano was shrewd in saying this, for he saw that things were going against him, and now he had put the matter on an official rather than a personal basis. The Major would have to decide the case officially. The Major decided with a speed which dazzled Gargano. He decided that the woman was right but that he could not say so, because if he did the Chief would never regain his authority, and the Major wanted to keep him in office. Therefore he said: I sentence this woman to one day in jail, suspended sentence. Let her go, Gargano, and gather all o, OpNg features Use cotton thread to mend leathNever wash china patterned in er gloves. Silk thread will cut the gold in water containing soda. leather and pull out again. Household sponges are kept To remove the odor of fish from fresh by soaking in salt water dishes, wash' them in a strong hot after they have been washed. solution of salt in water, without the addition of soap. Powdered graphite, in lieu of oil, will keep door hinges from If your water bucket springs a squeaking. leak, dont throw it away. Paint it to match your kitchen and use it A dress form does not solve all for a waste paper can. Paste fitting difficulties. If you have decorative motifs on it if you like one, use it, though, for locating and remove handle or let it re- and checking direction of hem and main as desired. seam lines. They are the servants of the people. What makes a man master of another man? It is that he pays him for his work. Who pays the men in the government? The people do, for they pay the taxes out of which you are paid. Therefore you are now the servants of the people of Adano. I too am their servant. When I go to buy bread, I shall take my place at the end of the line, and I will wait my turn. You too must behave now as servants, not as masters. You must behave as the servant of the man without shoes just as much as of the baron. If I find that any of you are not giving the type of SEWING CIRCLE NEEDLECRAFT service that I desire, I shall have to remove you from office. -Remember: you are servants now. You are servants of the peois easy embroidery. Pattern 7235 has a transfer of ple of Adano. 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Since there was nothing to move over into except the ditch, which at intervals along the road expanded into tank traps, the carts never did move over. The General grew angrier and angrier. Now it happened that just as he came to the Fiume Rosso, or Red River, just before Adano, the Generals armored car was obliged to slow down for a cart which meandered along right in the center of the road. The General stood up in his car and shouted in his deep bass voice (youve read about that voice in the supplements; its famous; one writer said it was like a foghorn gone articulate): Get off the road! Unfortunately the driver of the cart was one Err ante "Gaetano, who earlier that morning had sold three dozen eggs to American soldiers at fourteen times the proper price, had immediately sunk most of his profits in the wine of his friend and was now sleeping a deep and happy sleep on the seat of his cart. At this particular moment, he was dreaming about eating the nicer parts of a fish nine feet long. Naturally he did not pay much attention to the voice of General Marvin, no matter how famous the voice, because he could not hear it. General Marvin roared at his driver: Blow your horn. Blow him off the road. General Marvin roared: "Do these Italians think theyre going to stop a bunch of tanks with a bunch 'of Mat-talian- o, the officials of Adano for me at once. When Carmelina got outside, she ran straight back to the bread shop. The bread was not ready yet, and the people gave her back her place at the head of the line and shouted to her: What happened, Carmelina? What .did they do to you? Carmelina told what had happened and she said: Did you ever hear of such a light sentence in Adano? I believe in my heart that the Mister And what Major thought I was right. was the meaning of assembling the officials? I believe that he was for me 99 In the Majors office, the officials Some were gradually assembled. held-ovFascists, some were new place of appointments to take the hills. to the fled had Fascists who geswith and ample In whispers, to them described Gargano tures, un-t- il the humiliation he had suffered, Silence, Major Joppolo said: nlease. a circle The officials drew up in The Madesk. the Majors around i jor stood up. I want you to be my friends, I will he said. "As my friends, evto tell you consider it my duty want not do we for erything I think, and Adano to be a town of mysteries a place of suspicion. town. Adano has been a Fascist the country because That is natural, the town was was Fasdst, therefore Americans the also But now that to run the are we going haV; come, town as a democracy. not know what perhaps you do er SXttSJSTS along the road, but he couldnt see any bunch of tanks. The only thing he could see that was being held up besides the Generals armored car was one seep, or amphibious jeep, which did not seem to be in a hurry. Here it came. General Marvin shouted: Throw that cart off the road. Errante stirred in his sleep. The thunder of his dream was the most beautiful and most continuous thunder he had ever heard. The six men surrounded the cart. Colonel Middleton reached up to waken Errante, but the Generals roars grew louder. "What are you I told you he bellowed. doing? to throw the thing off the road. We were just going to wake this fellow up and get him off first, Colonel Middleton shouted back, but the shout was weak because he knew what the answer would be. Serve him right. Throw him too. Just turn the whole thing over. There was no protest from any of the six men. The only thing which was said was muttered by Lieutenant Byrd: The old man hasnt been getting enough sleep lately. Colonel Middleton went tp the head of the mule and guided it to the side of the road. He directed the other five men to take positions on the left side of the cart and to lift together when he gave the signaL General Marvin roared: Come on, get it over with. What a bunch of softies. Get it over with, Colonel Middleton gave the signaL The five men lifted. In his dream, Errante rose up fish and soared above the nine-fooff into space. The sensation was extremely pleasant. - ot (TO BE CONTINUED) Enclose No MONDAY 16 h cents for Pattern Name- Address- - Night Baseball Although the first major league baseball game under electric lights was not played until 1935 in Cincinnati, the first minor league night game was in 1930 in Independence, Kans., while the first game ever played under lights took place in 1883 in Fort Wayne, Ind. 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