Southern Oregon Miner, Thursday, April 26, 1945 SW IN G CIRCLE NEFM ECIUFT ell for Adatto^ J°H n H ersey - THE STORY THUS FAR: The Amert- ran troops arrived at Adano. a seaport In lU ly , with Major Victor Joppolo, the Amgot oldrer la charge. Sergeant Leon­ ard Borth. an M .P., was to he In rharge of security. The Major tel oot Immedi­ ately to win the friendship of the rltl- sens. and to Improve their living rondl- Uona. The «rat duties of the Major, aft­ er potting the civil Instructions, was to Bnd out what the rlUsent needed the most He soon determined to replace their hell, which the Germans had tahen. Major Joppolo found that the hell was • he very symbol of their private and civic life In Adano. He determined to secure a hell satisfactory to the people. CHAPTER 111 C ra x i said: " I needed no bell I w aa or the beach to w elcom e the A m e ric a n a . M y w om an was with m e, the fo rm id a b le M a rg h e rita , and m y seven ch ild ren. W e w ere on the beach in spite of the shooting, to g re e t th e A m erican s. But w hat did m y ch ild ren shout? T hey did not shout: ‘W e m iss the tin k lin g of the b ell? T h e y shouted: "C aram elle! C a ra m e lle !' They w ere hungry. They w anted candy. I m yself, who had had enough to eat as it happens, shouted fo r cig arettes, not for the p ealing of a b e ll." B o rth and the usher Z ito cam e back. B o rth said: “ I t ’s n ifty . M a ­ jo r. A ll the records a re intact. T hey te ll ev eryth in g . T h e re are lists of an ti-F a sc is ts and lists o f those who w e re enth usiastic and the others who w e re lu k e w a rm . T h e re 's a dos­ sier on each im p o rta n t person. It's p erfect. W ho a re these guys?" Cacopardo said: “C aco pard o is m y n am e, a t yo u r service, sir. C a ­ copardo is sulphur and sulphur is C a co p a rd o ." B o rth said: " I re m e m b e r that n am e . In the records it says Caco- p ardo's c ra z y .” C ra x i said: " T h a t is tru e. He thinks th at bells a re m o re im p o r­ ta n t than fo o d ." B orth turned on C ra x i in mock an g er. “ A nd who la th is? ” C ra x i was apologetic ag ain : “ I am a n ti-F a sc is t. C ra x i. I believe in food fo r the m o m e n t” m k tom here. Once the im p o rtan t peo­ ple m ake us kiss th e ir hands, and la te r when the actual kissing be­ ca m e too much of a bother, it be­ cam e the h ab it m e re ly to m ention the kissing, as if it had been done.” C ra x i said: " I m eant no offense. M is te r M a jo r. I am a n ti-F a s c is t.’’ M a jo r Joppolo said: “ I t appears th at everyone in this town is anti- Fascist. W ell, we w ill see about the bell. Now I wish to speak alone w ith the p rie s t Zito, you m ay stay. You a re m y usher. Giuseppe, you m a y stay. You a re m y in te rp re te r.” C ra x i said: " M is te r M a jo r, the teleg ra m " M a jo r Joppolo said: " I w ill try to send it ." C ra x i m entioned the kissing again, and turned to go. When the others had gone. M a jo r Joppolo said to F a th e r Pensovec­ chio: “ F a th e r. I wish to tell you th at the A m ericans w ant to bring only good to this town. As in ev e ry n a­ tion. there a re some bad m en in A m e ric a . I t is possible th at some A m erican s who com e here w ill do bad things. I f they do, I can as­ sure you that most of the A m e ri­ cans w ill be just as asham ed of those things as you are annoyed by th e m ." F a th e r Pensovecchio said: "I think we w ill understand weakness in your m en just as we try to under­ stand it in our owm.” M a jo r Jopporo said: “ T hank you. F a th e r, I have been told th at you a re the best priest in Adano.” The priest said w ith quite honest m odesty: “ 1 am here to do m y d u ty ." M a jo r Joppolo said: "T h e re fo re I should like to ask a fa v o r of you. Joppolo said to the p ries t: " F a th e r, w e a re speaking of the old bell w h ich was taken a w a y ." ’ F a th e r Pensovecchio said: “ T h a t is the d isgrace of this town. I have in m y church a bell w hich is just as loud as the one w hich was taken a w a y , though not so sweet and much younger and a lto g e th e r m eaningless as a b ell. A ny other b ell would h ave done as w ell in m y b elfry. I w anted to send m y bell. But the M o nsig n or would not p e rm it it. The M o nsig n or is the uncle of the M a y o r. H e has reasons fo r doing the things he does— ” F a th e r Pensovecchio crossed h im se lf, in d icatin g th at the things w hich the M onsignor did w ere so m ew hat u gly; " — but in this case I b elie ve he was w ro ng .” B o rth said: “ I t ’s ridiculous. T h e re a re lots of things m o re im p o rta n t th an this b ell. G e t them some food and d on 't fo rg et th a t a lle y w a y .” M a jo r Joppolo said: “ A ll the sa m e , the b ell is im p o rta n t to th e m .” And he said then in Ita lia n : “ T h a n k you fo r te llin g m e about the b ell. I p ro m ise you th at I w ill do a ll I can to get an o ther bell w hich w ill h ave some m ean ing as a b ell and w ill h ave a good tone and its h istory w ill be th at it was given to you by the A m eric an s to ta k e the p lace of the one which was ta k e n a w a y by the Fascists to m a ke gun b a rre ls .” C aco pard o said: "Y o u a re k in d .” C r a x i said: “ I th an k you. M is te r M a jo r , and I kiss yo u r h a n d .” M a jo r Joppolo said: “ You w h a t? ” C acopardo the h is to ria n said: “ H e m e a n t no offense. I t Is an old cus- end of a Blood and w ind rushed into M s th ro a t and M s th ro at ro ared . You m ust feel p erfe ctly fre e to re ­ fuse m e if you wish. I should like to ask you to say a few w ords be­ fo re yo u r mass to m o rro w m orning about the A m erican s. I shall leave it to you to say w hat you wish, if you w ill m e re ly add th at th ere are c e rta in p roclam ations w hich the A m erican s have posted which ought to be re a d .” F a th e r Pensovecchio said: “T h a t I can easily do.” M a jo r Joppolo said: “ I m y se lf am a C atholic. I f you w ill have m e, I should lik e to attend your m ass.” T h e priest said: “ I t w ill be a pleasure to have yo u .” M a jo r Jop­ polo was glad th at he did not say it would be an honor. M a jo r Joppolo said: “ I shall see you to m o rro w th en .” F a th e r Pensovecchio said, just to m a ke sure: “ A t the C hurch of San Angelo. I t is by the P iazza of that nam e. A t seven in the m orning. U n til then, son.” When the priest had left, Giuseppe said in his brand of En glish : “ You doing okay, a boss. A ll you got a do now is fix a food.” “ Y e s ," said M a jo r Joppolo, “ food. W e 'll go to the b akeries. But first, do you have a c rie r h e re ? " Giuseppe said to Z ito in Ita lia n : “ W hat is the n am e of the crier? D id he run into the h ills w ith the others?” Z ito said: “ No, he is h e ie . M e r- curio Salvatore. H e is here. O nly, M is te r M a jo r, he does not alw ays say exactly w hat you tell h im to say. H e w ill say the g en eral m e an ­ ing of w hat you wish, but he w ill change it some. E ven if you w rite it down, he w ill change it som e.” M a jo r Joppolo said: “ W ill you get h im , please, Zito? I w an t to send h im out to te ll the people to read the p ro clam ation s.” Z ito went. M a jo r Joppolo said to Giuseppe: “ W e w ill go to the b ak­ eries. then we w ill post the p ro cla­ m atio n s.” Giuseppe said: “ O kay, a boss.” M a jo r Joppolo looked down a t his desk and saw C ra x i's te le g ra m . H e undid the safety pin and unfolded the paper and read: “ T o F ra n k lin D . Roosevelt, C a p i­ b u t no fro n t on t h e ir h o u se; a h ig h lo c u tio n an d u lit t l e sh u tle , p ie u s e . W re n s lik e u tin y house tu c k e d u n ­ d e r th e e a v e s o f y o u r o w n d w c lk ing . a a a NO TE—Pattern 277 lives an actual.alio cultlns guide for all ahapvd parla of three three bird houses and Illustrated direc­ tions for their construction A list of all materials Is Included. To get pattern 277. send IS cents with name and address direct to: sen­ "E n d a sentence. I beg a you accept a sincere sentim ents of m y g ra titu d e and a recognition. Signed a this C ra x i. You going to d e liv e r it, a boss’ ” "S u re ,” the M a jo r said, “ the Pres­ ident w ill be glad to h e a r.” M e rc u rio S alvato re, c r ie r of the town of Adano, took a little tim e to show up, because he had to get into his uniform . His face was happy when he did a rriv e , because he had thought that his cryin g days w ere o ver. H avin g been a voice of F as­ cism for seventeen years, he thought th at the new com ers would not w ant his loud shouts. H a had taken his u nifo rm off and hidden it in the house of C a rm e lin a the w ife of F a t ta. H e had then a w k w a rd ly pa raded h im se lf in c iv ilia n clothes and the people, h avin g seen h im in uni­ fo rm fo r seventeen years, laughed at h im . "W h e re is the c rie r? ” they asked each other in his presence. M e rc u rio S a lv a to re said: “ Yes. M is te r M a jo r ,” to show th a t he would re m e m b e r e v ery w ord o f i t “ N o ,” said Cacopardo, “ it is be­ cause of the history of the bell. W hen the bell spoke, o ur fath ers and th g ir fath ers fa r back spoke to us.” Enclose IS cents for Pattern No "G iu sep pe,” the M a jo r said, " le t ’ s see how good you are as an in te r­ p rete r. Now, this is for President Roosevelt. You must m a k e it as eloquent as you can. W hat does it say?” "T o F ra n k lin D. Roosevelt and a so fo rth ,” said Giuseppe. "C ra zy w ith joy because of a lib e rty so long tim e aw aited which yo u r b ra v e a soldier have a give to a town of Adano. W hat's a stop?” T h e re fo re M e rc u rio S a lv a to re was happy and g ra te fu l when he p re­ sented h im s e lf to M a jo r Joppolo. “ I a m glad to be able to serve you and I kiss yo u r h an d ,” he said in his husky voice. Indoors he had learned to speak in a kind of w hisp er, be­ cause he knew the strength o f h it th ro a t I f M a jo r Joppolo had been any o ther A m e ric a n officer, he would h ave laughed o u trig h t a t M e rc u rio S alv ato re. H e said: “C r ie r, I h ave a jo b for you. I m ust ex p la in this to you: the A m eric an s a re d iffe re n t fro m the Fascists. T h e y a re d iffe re n t in m a n y ways. F o r this reason th ere w ill be q uite a few changes In A d a­ no. I hope th a t they w ill be changes fo r the b e tte r.” S u rp rising ly Z ito said: “ I think the b ell.” M a jo r Joppolo was interested by this. H e leaned fo rw ard and said: "W h y, Z ito ? ” Z ito said: “ Because the tone of the bell was so s a tis fac to ry.” w hich m a tte re d . I t soothed a ll the people of this town. I t chided those who w ere an g ry, it cheered the un­ happy ones, i t even laughed w ith those who w e re drunk. I t w as a tone fo r e v e ry b o d y ." * G iuseppe c a m e in b rin g in g the p ries t. F a th e r Pensovecchio was g ra y -h a ire d and ch eerfu l, and as he approached the group around the M a jo r ’s desk he m ade a m otion w ith his rig h t hand w hich m ig h t have been in te rp re te d e ith e r as a bless­ in g o r as a F a s c is t salute. * A fte r the introductions, M a jo r tol Building, W ashington. D. C. F re - m ente di gioia per la lib e rta da m ol- to tem po attesa che i vo stri valorosi soldati anno dato a lia c itta d ’Adano stop vi prego acccttare i sentim ent! sinceri della m i a g ra titu d in e e ri- conoscenza. Antifascists G io vann i L a Concetta fu C r a x i.” “ T h a t's just the tence, G iu sepp e." T h e M a jo r said: “ In o rd e r to ex ­ p la in some of these changes, I am going to post a t vario us p ro m in en t places around the town a n um ber of pro clam ation s, which w ill m a k e ev ­ e ry th in g cle ar. A ll I w ant you to do is to te ll the people to read these p ro clam ation s. Im p res s on them th a t the p en alties fo r not obeying the p ro clam atio n s w ill be severe. T h a t is a ll.” M e rc u rio S alv ato re looked disap­ pointed. “ T h a t is not m uch to shout." he said. M a jo r Joppolo said: "S h all I nam e new c rie r? ” M e rc u rio S alv ato re said q uickly: “ Oh no, M is te r M a jo r, I w ill m a ke som ething b eau tifu l of w hat you h ave s a id .” M a jo r Joppolo said: “ T h e p ro cla­ m ations w ill be posted before five o’ clock this aftern oo n .” M e rc u rio S alv ato re said: "Y e s , M is te r M a jo r ,” and left. H e picked up his d ru m w here he had le ft it outside the M a jo r’s office. O rd in a rily he had m ade his first c ry in the P iazza Progresso, right in fro n t of the Palazzo, but this tim e he was self-conscious, and w anted to have a few tries before cryin g w ith in earshot of the M a jo r. T h e re ­ fo re he w ent first to the p ark oppo­ site the C a th e d ral. H e rolled his d ru m long and sh arply. H e took a deep breath. Blood and w ind rushed into his th ro at, and his th ro a t ro ared : "W ell, you laughed. B ut you can see th a t M e rc u rio S al­ v a to re is still yo u r c rie r. The A m e r­ icans a re frien d s of M e rc u rio S al­ v a to re T h e A m erican s wish to be yo u r friends, too. You have been expecting the A m eric an s fo r some tim e , but did you expect the changes w hich would com e a fte r the A m e ri­ cans? D id you know th at they w ere going to change m any things a fte r they carne? D id you know th a t they w ere going to change p ra c tic a lly ev eryth in g except the crie r? W ell, yo u r c rie r is h ere to te ll you th is .” Now M e rc u rio S alv ato re filled his lungs and bellow ed: “ Opposite m e I see C a rm e lin a the w ife of F a tta in fro n t of her house. I also see the lazy F a tta leaning against the w all of his w ife's house. T h e c rie r wishes to thank C a rm e lin a for storage of h is 'u n ifo rm durin g the d ifficu lt tim e of the invasion. H e wishes also to address a few words to h e r lazy husband. I t is unfortunate, lazy F a t ­ ta, th a t you n e v e r learn ed to read. I t is too bad th a t you w ere too sloth­ ful to m e m o rize the letters of the alphabet. This afternoon you would have had a chance to read of the changes w hich our friends the A m eric an s intend to bring about here in Adano. (TO BE CONTINUED) , uld I !•' y t >t' \ a t t r a c t 1'n 'Is , re - Due to an unusually large demand and • m e m b e r th u t th e y a r e d la c r tm * B lu e b ir d s lik e a current war conditions, slightly more time 1 m a tin g te n a n ts . Is requlrrd tn lilting orders for a few of i house w it ii n eat s p a c e s ix in c h e s the most popular pattern numbers. d e e p b elo w un e n tr a n c e a n in c h Rend your order to: : nnd u h u lf in d ia m e t e r , a n d th e y I p r e f e r u s u n n y lo c a tio n fiv e to Sewing Clrrle Nerdlerraft Hept. ten fe e t h ig h . R o b in s w o n t a ro o f Itos J2I7 San Francisco S, Calif fFSSfcf’" “ H e has d isappeared into the clothes of F a tta which do not fit h im ," they shouted, and laughed M a jo r Joppolo said: •’T h e y are argu ing w hich is m o re im p o rta n t, food or resto ring the b ell. Since we obviously can ’t do an yth in g about the bell just now, food is o ur con­ c e rn .” C ra x i looked ve ry proud of h im ­ self, but Cacopardo tu rn ed to Zito and said: “ W e w ill le a v e this m a t­ te r to the son of Rosa who was the w ife of Z ito . W h a t do you say, sm all Z ito , do you consider the food o r the b ell m o re im p o rta n t? ” E ven C ra x i was sw ept into this arg u m en t. “ N o ,” he said, “ it was because the b ell ra n g the tim es of d ay. I t told us when to do things, such as eatin g . 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