Illinois Valley News. Thursday, March 29. 1945 SEH INC CIRCLE NEEDLECRAFT Charming Garden for Bed Linens wn . THE STORY THIS FAR: Th» Amerl ran troop« arrived at Adano, a leaport In Italy, with Major Victor J oppolo, the Amgot officer in charge. Sergeant Borth. an MP.. wax In charge ol securi­ ty. The Major set out Immediately to win the friendship and confidence ol the citizens and vowed to replace the town bell, which the Germans had taken. Ma­ jor Joppolo talked with Father Penso- vecchlo, local priest. He promised the priest to attend mass the following morn­ ing. When time for mass arrived, the Major was busy In his office and over­ looked 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. CHAPTER V Major Joppolo said: "Your au­ thority to do what, Gargano?" Carmelina shouted: "To push his way to the head of the line in front of Zapulla's bread shop." Gargano said: "It is a privilege the officials of the town have al­ ways 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 decid­ ed 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 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, Carmeli­ na? 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 Major thought I was right. And what You can have "«tory book" bed linen». Pattern 7102 has transfer of one •’« by 20'z, two 5'« by 15-inch motifs; edging instruction. Due to an unusually large demand and current war conditions, (lightly more time is required in filling orders for a few of the most popular pattern numbers. u. rtMuais FFT t L»;'' two-wheeled carts of the country­ side until traffic from the opposite direction had gone by. Then he passed the carts. As they passed each cart. Gen­ eral Marvin waved his riding crop in such a way as to indicate that the cart should move over. 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Name------------------------------- -—------------------ Address------------------------------------- ---------------- Now it happened that just as he came to the Fiume Rosso, or Red River, just before Adano, .he Gen­ eral's armored car war obliged to slow down for a cart which mean­ dered along right in the center of the road. At this angry moment, Gargano. Chief of the Carabinieri, came up to the line. This man was called The General stood up in his car by the people The Man With Two and shouted in his deep bass voice Hands, because of his continuous (you’ve read about that voice in the and dramatic gesturing. He was. supplements; it’s famous; one writ­ he seemed to think, an actor, and er said it was like “a foghorn gone he could not say two words without articulate"): "Get off the road!" gesturing with both hands. He pos­ Unfortunately the driver of the sessed and exercised all the essen­ cart was one Errante Gaetano who tially Italian gesture#: the two fore­ earlier that morning had sold three fingers laid side by side, the circle dozen eggs to American soldiers at of thumb and forefinger, the hands fourteen times the proper price, had up in stop position, the salute to the immediately sunk most of his prof­ forehead with palm forward, the its in the wine of his friend Mat- fingertips of the two hands placed taliano. and was now sleeping a deep tip to tip, the fingers linked, the and happy sleep on the seat of his hands flat and downward as if pat­ cart. At this particular moment, ting sand, the hands up heel to heel he was dreaming about eating the and pulled toward the chest, the nicer parts of a fish nine feet long. attitude of prayer, the pointing fore­ Naturally he did not pay much at­ finger of accusation, the V as if for tention to the voice of General Mar­ victory or smoking cigarettes, the vin, no matter how famous the forefinger on the chin, the rolling of voice, because he could not hear it. the hands. All. he used them all. General Marvin roared at his driv­ He did not make any arrests. He er: "Blow your horn. Blow him off merely went up to Carmelina, wife the road.” of the lazy Fatta, and squeezed be­ The driver, a nice boy from Mas­ tween her and the door of Zapulla'* sachusetts. put the heel of his hand shop, and stood there. The people on the horn button against his own could see that he was merely tak­ wish. He was in no hurry, and ing his place at the head of the line knew that no matter how fast they to wait for bread. went, he would only have to wait Carmelina, who was annoyed by when they got wherever they were having had wood-coke thrown at her. going. said truculently: "Mister Gargano, The mind of Errante did not react you were Chief of the Carabinieri to the horn, even though the horn under the old regime, and that en­ was something urgent called a klax­ titled you to stand at the head of on. The cart kept right down the the line. I am not sure that you middle of the road, inasmuch as are still Chief of the Carabinieri.” Errante's mule was a cautious crea­ Gargano said: "I am the Chief.” ture. just as wary of ditches on and he made a kind of Fascist sa­ the right as of ditches on the left. lute with both hands. This was a quality in his mule of Carmelina said: "I doubt It. which Errante Gaetano often boast­ Where is the proof?” ed to his friends. "Give me none of your lop-sided mules," he would say, Gargano said: "See my uniform," "give me a mule with a sense of and he ran his two forefingers from the middle." his shoulders to his knees. This sense was going to be the Carmelina said: "That is no proof undoing of his mule just now, be­ The Americans do not care how we cause General Marvin's face was dress. I could dress as a rabbit beginning to grow dark, and some and the Americans would not ar­ veins which have never been de­ rest me.” scribed in the supplements began to Gargano said: “Woman, stop your wriggle and pound on his forehead. shouting, or I will arrest you," and he gripped his own left wrist with ‘T’ve had enough of these carts." his own right hand, signifying ar­ the General shouted. He was stand­ rest. ing up in the car, waving his rid­ Carmelina said: "Where is your ing crop around. "Do they think authority?" they're going to stop the invasion Margherita the formidable wife of with carts?” Craxi said: "I believe that this man Errante slept beautifully. He was is still Chief, since the Mister Ma­ coming to the gray part of the fish "Get off the road." jor is keeping many Fascist scoun­ just under the ribs. It melted in drels in office until they prove them­ There was the meaning of assembling the the mouth of his dream. selves bad. But I do not believe officials? I believe that he was for was. however, a sound of thunder that under American law he has the in the distance which made him me." right to go to the head of the line. think perhaps he had better cover In the Major's office, the officials That is where I think you are right. gradually assembled. Some were the fish and finish eating the nice Carmelina ” held-over Fascists, some were new parts after the rain. Gargano stepped out of the line appointments to take the place of i General Marvin roared: "Do these "Who questions my right?" he Italians think they’re going to stop roared, and he pounded one clenched Fascists who had fled to the hills. a bunch of tanks with a bunch of In whispers, and with ample ges ­ fist on the other clenched fist. Carmelina. wife of the lazy Fatta. tures, Gargano described to them wooden carts?" Colonel Middleton. the General's standing right beside him, startled the humiliation he had suffered, un­ him by whispering in his ear: "1 til Major Joppolo said. "Silence, Chief of Staff, and Lieutenant Byrd, please.” his aide, could see the violence com­ question it. Two-Hands ” The officials drew up in a circle ing Lieutenant Byrd looked back Up to this time Zapulla the baker, I standing in the front of his shop, around the Major's desk. The Ma­ along the road, but he couldn't see any bunch of tanks The only thing had been torn between the two au­ jor stood up. "I want you to be my friends." I he could see that was being held thorities. the old and the new But "As my friends, I will up besides the General's armored he was so annoyed with Carmelina he said for having prodded him that he now consider it my duty to tell you ev- : car was one seep, or amphibious said "Arrest her. Mister Chief, it erything I think, for we do not want jeep, which did not seem to be in Adano to lie a town of mysteries and a hurry. you have any courage." Up to this tune Gargano the Ch.ef, a place of suspicion. Here it came. General Marvin "Adano has been a Fascist town somewhat unsure of his ground, had shouted: "Throw that cart off the been trying to think of a way of re­ That is natural, because the country [ road.” was Fascist, therefore the town was I tiring gracefully. But now his man Errante stirred in his sleep. The But now that the Americans thunder of his dream was the most hood, as well as his authority, was also have come, we are going to run the challenged He moved toward Car­ beautiful and most continuous thun ! melina and said: "Woman, you are town as a democracy. dcr he had ever heard. "Perhaps you do not know what i under arrest." The six men surrounded the cart Carmelina shouted "Keep your a democracy is I w ill tell you Colonel Middleton reached up to "Democracy is this: democracy | two active hands off me. Gargano." waken Errante. but the Generals Zapulla said: "Will you let this is that the men of the government roars grew louder. "What are you woman shriek down your courage?" are no longer the masters of the doing''' he bellowed. "I told you They are the servants of 1 Gargano clapped his hands on people to throw the thing off the road.” Carmelina She screamed All up the people What makes a man mas- . "We were just going to wake this j and down the line women shouted: ter of another man’ It is that he fellow up and get him off first." pays him for his work. Who pays "Out with the Fascist Chief of Cara­ binieri. Out with Two-Hands Out the men in the government? The Colonel Middleton shouted baek. but with men who push themselves to people do, for they pay the taxes the shout was weak because he knew I what the answer would be. the head of a line ahead of women out of which you are paid. "Therefore you are now the serv- j "Serve him right. Throw him too. who have been waiting three hours." Gargano drugged Carmelina off ants of the people of Adano. I too Just turn the whole thing over " There was no protest from any of screaming and kicking, and the anti- am their servant. When I go to Gargano, anti-Fascist screams in the buy bread. I shall take my place the six men. The only thing which line grew louder and louder. Even at the end of the line, and I will wait j was said was muttered by Lieuten­ You too must behave ant Byrd: "The old man hasn't been Mercurio Salvatore, although as cri­ my turn. getting enough sleep lately.” er he was more or leas an official now as servants, not as masters and should have remained neutral You must behave as the servant of Colonel Middleton went to the head or even taken the side of Gargano. the man without shoes just as much of the mule and guided it to the raised his huge voice in a careful ax of the baron. If I find that any side of the road. He directed the of you are not giving the type of other five men to take positions on shout: "Down with injustice!" When Gargano pulled Carmelina service that I desire. I shall have the left side of the cart and to lift ' into Major Joppolo* office, she was to remove you from office together when he gave the signal. still screaming. But the Major "Remember: you are servants General Marvin roared: "Come ! jumped to his feet and said sharply: now. You are servants of the peo­ on. get it over with What a bunch I "Silence, shrew," and she fell quiet ple of Adano. And watch this thing of softies. Get it over with." at once. will make you happier than you \ Colonel Middleton gave the signal. ' "What is this all about?" the Ma­ have ever been in your lives." jor asked. On the ninth morning. General The five men lifted In his dream. Errante rose up 1 Gargano said: "This woman ques­ Marvin was driving along the road tioned my authority,” and he point­ toward Vicinamare and came to the above the nine-foot fish and soared . The sensation was ed at her with both forefingers town of Adano. From time to time off into space Carmelina said. 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