Southern Oregon Miner, Thursday, May 3, 1945
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1 1 7 O U L D you ever guess that
’ ’ the homely old chair at the
right could be made to aeem at
home in a smart modern room?
A simple frock of medium blue
cotton rep with darker blue bind
ing and fringe made the trans
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and even then was somewhat late.
“ Do as I say. Hurry.”
But
we are very glad to have him
And then the priest resumed in
his hollow voice: ** . . . consolation here." Father Pensovecchio spoke
of the poor, hope of the sick, pa with feeling. "We are glad that he
tron of the dying, terror of the de is one of us. Because of this man.
I believe that the Americans are
mons.’*
my friends. You must believe the
And the people responded: "Pray
same thing, my children.”
for us."
Major Joppolo noticed that the
The priest said: "Protector of the
skin of the neck below the blonde
Holy Church.**
hair, though clean, was quite dark,
The people were just In the mid and he wondered whether the hair
dle of responding: “ Pray for us.** was naturally blonde. He wondered
when they heard a stroke of the bell about this off and on during the
over their heads. Worship had to mass which followed.
stop while the bell rang, for its
After mass he left quickly, to
vibrations shook the whole church. avoid the embarrassment he knew
In his office Major Joppolo blotted would resplt from mingling too
C H A PT E R IV
the letter and folded it.
much with the crowd. He took time
only to tell Giuseppe that he had a
Borth said: "What time is it?"
••You could have read the procla
mations which our friends will post,
The Major looked at his wrist little interpreting for him to do that
Fatta. You would not have had watch. "Seven twenty-six," he said. afternoon, and to look into the face
anything to lean against while read
Borth said in Italian: “Zito, if of the blonde.
ing because the proclamations will you are such an expert on bells,
On the fifth day of the invasion a
be posted on the walls upon which what is that one ringing for at seven babel stood in line in front of the
you depend. The hour <4 the read twenty-six in the morning, and al, shop of the baker Zapulla. There
ing. that is to say about live o'clock, alone?"
were many women, mostly dressed
would have been bad far you, be
Zito said: “It is strange. That is in black, and a few men. They
cause it is the hour when you are
a church bell. From the tone I talked in loud voices, each clamor
overcome with energy and are able
would say it was the bell of San ing for an audience.
to lift a bottle of wine to your lips.
"He has a furious energy," said
Angelo."
“But the others will read, Fatta.
"San Angelo!” The Major jumped Maria Carolina the wife of the noisy
They will learn that the Americans up. He said, " I promised the priest cartman Afronti. “ He told small
are our friends. They will learn of I would come, I got thinking about Zito to report for work at seven
the changes. They will know what the old bell. Zito, show me the way
each morning. Zito thought that no
to do. They will avoid the punish Run. Zito, this is terrible."
official would be up that early. Zito
ments. For them, Adano will be a
Zito darted out of the door, and went to work at seven and a half,
new town, and life will be different. the Major ran after him.
and the Mister M ajor told him that
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For you, it will be the same. You
Three or four idlers, sitting in the there would be a new usher unless
will do wrong, and you will be pun morning sun, thought it was undig the old usher could wake up on time
ished. Adano will still be a place of nified of the new American Major in the morning."
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fear.
to chase little Zito through the
Carmelina, the wife of the lazy
“Look at the lazy Fatta. people! streets. If he wanted to punish Zito. Fatta, who was at the head of the I IN E N , cotton or mercerizecf
thread are all suitable for the
Do not be like him.
Read the
line, said loudly: “It would be pleas
fascinating
art of “ cut work.” The
proclamations.
Acquaint yourself
ing if Zapulla the baker got up on
^
with the new Adano! I have cried."
time in the morning so that the spring daffodil design illustrated is
lovely done in all white or in daf
And Mercurio Salvatore moved
bread would be ready.”
fodil yellow. The design is 1614
the drum around behind him and
Zapulla the baker, black with the inches long and 8 inches high at
marched off to the several other
wood coke of his oven, came out to
the center. Buttonhole stitch and
places convenient for shouting, and
the front of the shop and roared:
satin stitch are used throughout
ft) his own way he told the people
“Zapulla the baker has been up
the design.
about the changes which were to
since four in the morning. If Zapul
• • •
come.
la the baker hears remarks, he is
T o ob tain tra n s fe r p a tte rn s fo r the D a f
Father Pensovecchio could not re
liable to go back to bed and let fodil Cut W ork P illo w case s (P a tte r n No
member when so many people had
5291) and co m p lete in struction s on how to
the bread burn up."
come to the Church of San Angelo.
cut w o rk e m b ro id e ry send IS cents In
"Do you remember," said Mar do
coin, plus y o u r na m e , address and the
It was a pleasure, certainly it was
gherita the fat Craxi’s formidable p a tte rn n u m b er.
a pleasure, to have so many come to
wife, "do you remember how the
the Church of San Angelo.
Mayor Nasta used to hold office
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But now Father Pensovecchio had
hours from noon until one, each day, > - a —
a thought which made him very un
the hour when we were all busy
easy. What if the Mister M ajor
with our children? And how we had
should not come? Think of the
to apply in writing to see bim? And
shame. Think of how the other
how we bad to wait ten days? And
priests would laugh. Think how this
how he would treat us when we did J A General Quiz
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vanity, this large crowd, would com
see him? N o w -it is different You
plain. Think of how his own faith
can walk in any time all day.** She
T h e Questions
ful would flock on later Sundays to
paused. "He stands up whan you
the other churches. Think of preach
enter.” she said impressively.
1. What is the correct name for
ing to empty pews.
“Is that so?" said Laura Sofia, the Statue of Liberty?
It was already five minutes past
who was not thq wife of anyqne and
2. Why do so many English
seven. The senior acolyte had al
at her age was not likely to be ever.
towns end In Chester as Winches
ready whispered in his ear that it
“I think I shall go and see him.**
ter?
was time to begin the mass. And
"On what pretext?” jibed Maria
3. The sea elephant when fully
the Mister M ajor had not come.
Carolina, wife of the noisy cart
^rown
contains how many gal
man Afronti. “To make eyes at
The Mister Major, at that mo
lons of oil?
him?”
ment, was sitting in his office hav
4. What did the ancient Greeks
“Oh,” said Laura Sofia, " I ljave
ing »»breakfast of fruit and discuss
use for napkins?
my complaints, just like the rest of
ing with Borth and with the usher
5. Cues the South pole receive
you—even if I haven't litters of chil
Zito, who never went to church,
dren grunting like pigs on my floor." more sunlight than the tropics?
the matter of the bell. Major Jop
6. What is histrionic art?
Carmelina, wife of the lazy Fatta,
polo sat with his feet on the huge
7.
What is the only landbird that
said: “M y children are hungry. It
desk eating fruit, Borth sat on the
can fly backward.
would
be
nice
if
they
could
get
their
end of the desk also eating, and
T h e M ajor ran a ft e r , h im .
8. When a man has more than
bread on time.”
the little Zito stood at attention in
From the depths of his shop Za one wife, it is called polygamy.
front of it, not eating but wishing why 'did he not send some of his
.Vhen a woman has more than
he were.
m ilitary police after him? It did pulla the baker shouted: "The chil
In the Church of San Angelo, not suit his office to chase Zito him dren of certain people may stay >ne husband, what is it called?
9. Does the Panama canal show
meanwhile. Father Pensovecchio self, especially since it was unlikely hungry if certain people do not hold
a profit?
their tongues."
was growing frantic. Most of the that he would catch him.
heads in his crowd, his lovely
Mercurio Salvatore, crier of the 10. What is quicksand?
The acolyte Ludovico, sitting on
crowd, kept turning toward the door the steps of the Church, looked up town of Adano, was near the end of
T h e Answ ers
instead of facing the silver crucifix in amazement at the little Italian be the line, but even though he toned
which survived the fire of 1553.
ing chased by the American officer. his voice down to his conversational
1. Liberty
Enlightening
the
In his office M ajor Joppolo said: He wondered why the American was whisper, th i whole line could hear World.
“They took the bell away on the chasing the Italian. The pair had him when he said: “I wish to tell
2. Chester is English for the
fourteenth of June. That is a month run right past Ludovico up the steps you something. I asked him if
Roman word castra or camp.
less two days. That is not so much of the Church before it occurred to could listen to my radio.
Many of these towns were sites of
time. Considering how things are him that perhaps this was the Amer
“He said: 'Why not. crier?’
Roman camps.
done In our Army, perhaps not much ican Major. He got up quickly and
**I asked him what station I would
3. Approximately 70 gallons of
has been done with the bell. Where ran up the steps after the two of be permitted to listen to. I asked: oil.
was it sent, Zito?**
them, but he was too late; they were •Should it be the Radio of Algiers
4. Pieces of bread.
Zito said: **To the provincial gov already inside the door.
or should it be the Radio of London .5. Yes. At the December sol
ernment at the town of Vicina
The entire congregation stood up. which is called B BC.?**
stice it is nearer the sun than any
m are.’’
"He said: ‘Reception here is best other spot on earth is at any time.
The lazy Fatta even stopped lean
M ajor Joppolo said: “ Perhaps it ing against the pillar. There was a for Radio Roma. Why don’t you
6. The a rt of the theater.
got no farther. Perhaps the bell is considerable amount of murmuring, listen to the one you can hear the
7. The humming bird.
still sitting in its crate in Vicina and as the M ajor walked up the best?*
8. Polyandry.
m are.”
" I said: ‘Can you mean it? Radio
aisle, puffing and wiping the sweat
9. Yes.
Zito grew excited: "Do you think from his face, many people whis Roma is anti-American. It has noth
10. A bed of sand so water-
that is possible?’* he asked.
pered: "Kiss your hand, kiss your ing but slander for the Americans. soaked as readily to engulf any
The M ajor said: " It is possible. hand.”
“And he said to me: ‘Crier, I one or thing that attempts to rest
We must And out.”
As soon as he saw a pew that was love the truth, and I want you to upon it.
And he took a piece of foolscap not too crowded. Major Joppolo gen love it too. You listen to Radio
from his brief case and began a uflected and slid into it. Zito im i Roma. You will hear that it is three
letter:
tated him and squeezed into the fourths lies. I want you to judge
“To: Lt. Col. R. N. Sartorius, same pew, which was too crowded for yourself and to want the truth
C.A.O., Vicinamare, Prov. of Vicina then.
Then perhaps you will want to
mare.
The congregation seated itself. listen to the other broadcasts which
"From : Major V. Joppolo, C.A O., Father Pensovecchio cleared his you cannot hear quite so clearly.’ **
Adano, Pro*. of Vicinamare.
Margherita, the formidable wife
throat. His confidence, which had
“Re: Bell belonging to town of very nearly left him, was now very of Craxi, said: "Have you listened,
Adano.
much in evidence. He had his crowd crier?”
"Undersigned would very much and he had his Major.
Mercurio Salvatore said: “I have
appreciate your initiating investiga
M ajor Joppolo couldn’t help no listened. I could detect only one
tion of records of provincial gov ticing two heads in the pew right in lie yesterday, but it was a big one.
ernment of Vicinamare to see if you front of him. One was the head of Radio Roma said that Italianjorces
can trace. . ; ' . * ’
a man, and it was bald. The other in the city of Vicinamare threw back
The service in the Church of San was the head of a woman, and it three vicious Allied attacks. We all
Angelo was taking a most unusual was blonde.
knew that Vicinamare was in the
v
course. Having completed the sup
By tilting his head a very little hands of the Americans late on the
plication,
Father
Pensovecchio bit. M ajor Joppolo was able to find first day of the disembarkation."
started reciting the Litany of Saint out that the bald head belonged to
Carmelina the wife of the lazy
Joseph. It was the longest litany his interpreter, Giuseppe. He was Fatta said: “It will be late on the
he could think of offhand, and he not able, by tilting, to see the face fifth day before we get bread from
repeated the words without any of the blonde head, but he could this baker Zapulla."
sense of their meaning.
Zapulla was impolite to Carmelina
see that the hair was arranged fas
“Joseph, most valiant, Joseph, tidiously, with no loose strands.
because of what she said. He came
FO R Q U IC K
most obedient, Joseph, most faith
“ If you remember,” said the forward and threw a piece of wood-
ful, m irror of patience, lover of pov priest, "we were told that Ameri coke at her head and roared: "Si
erty, model of workmen, ornament cans attacked priests and attacked lence!”
of the domestic life, guardian of and killed women, and were all
The woodcoke missed Carmelina’s
»
vifglog, safeguard of families.
Protestants. But right here now is head, but hit the stomach of the
Suddenly Father Pensovecchio an American of Italian descent who formidable Margherita. She ad
broke*off. He had had an idea. He is attending mass, and is just as vanced, shaking her large fists. Za
beckoned again to the senior «co- reverent as you are toward the pulla went back to his ovens, as if
lyte and whispered in his ear: Church of San Angelo. He is a very he had not noticed where his wood-
“Have old Guzzo ring the bell."
busy man. He is so busy that he coke went.
(T O B E C O N T IN U E D !
had to run all the way to church,
"Now, father?"
T H K » T O B Y T H U S H O B : The A m e ri
ca* troop» a rriv e d a t Adxno. a «»aport
la Ita ly , w ith M a jo r V ic to r Joppolo. Ibo
A m t o t oflleer la charge. S ergeant B orth .
a a M F . . was to bo la rb a rg o o» security.
Tbo M a jo r aot o a t Im m e d ia te ly Io « l a
the frien dsh ip of Ibo eltlseus, and to Im
prov» th e ir llv tag coadilioas. H o d eter-
m lued Io rep la ce Ib e lr bell, which the
G erm an s bad ta b ea .
M a jo r Joppolo
ta lk e d w ith F a th e r Pensovecchio. the
n e i s leading priest. Ho ex p la la e d Io
tbo priest « b a l bo w aoted to accom plish
fo r the people of A daao. and secared tbo
prom ise of the priest Io c a ll atten tion ,
a t m ass. Io Ibe posted c iv il las tra e llo a s .
Th e M a jo r prom ised the priest th a t he
would attend m ass the neat day.
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