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Southern Oregon Miner, Thursday, September 13, 1945
. A Bell Jòr Âdano^
JoJin Herseg
A Doll Playmate as Big as Life
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body bad in this town. Think if they
“I’m glad." the Major said.
got a dope like that fellow up at
At a few minutes past one o'clock,
Pontebasso."
Major Joppolo went home to his v il­
Borth said: "You don't like your­ la to take a nop. He wanted to
self much, do you?"
save up some strength for the party
Major Joppolo said: “ Oh lay off. —but he also wanted to think a lit­
Borth, sometimes you aren't fun­ tle about his speech about the bell.
ny."
He lay down on his bed. At first
At 12:25 Zito came running down his thoughts were confused, because
to the Albergo dei Pescatori to tell he was excited. But gradually the
the Major that the bell was uncrat- ttoughts began to sort themselves
ed. " I t looks nice," he said.
out, and everything came very
The Major tried to get Borth to straight to Major Joppolo.
He would say a few words, he
go up with him to look at the bell,
but Borth said: “ This eggplant is so thought, about the removal of the
good, I don't see how I could leave old bell. Then he would tell about
how the people of Adano had in­
it."
CHAPTER X X II
So the Major went up with Zito. terested him in trying to get a new
On the way the usher said: “ Be­ one. Then a few words about Co­
M ajor Joppolo was excited. He fore I forget it. Mister Major, the relli. and what he had done for
called up Lieutenant Livingston and officials are very anxious to meet Italians in the last war, and then
thanked him for his part in getting with you at four o'clock. They said the meaning today of the inscrip­
tion on the bell, America ed Italia,
the bell. -Why hell." he said, " it it was important.”
ought to be up this afternoon. May­
A moment of worry showed itself America and Italy, and then per­
be we can ring it for the party to­ on the Major's face. "Is it about haps something about the Ameri­
cans’ Liberty Bell. After talking
night. You're coming, aren’t you?" the fishermen, Zito?"
“ Wouldn't miss it. M ajor."
Zito said: “ I am the usher. Mis­ about it that day. the Major had
“ Well, see you there. Captain. ter Major, the officials do not tell been curious about the Liberty Bell,
Thanks a hell of a lo t "
me what is on their minds.” Then and he had written a letter back to Ç^HE’S as big as life and twice as
Amgot headquarters inquiring about
natural! Wears the size 3
“ Don’t mention i t Say. there's
it,
and
now
he
would
be
able
to
ex­
clothes
that a youngster has out­
just one thing. M ajor."
plain the crack, and he would tell grown — has yarn hair that kids
“ What's that?"
the people of Adanq the inscription can braid.
“ I ’m a Lieutenant. It takes a
on that bell, the words from Leviti­
long time to get to be a Captain in
cus: "Proclaim liberty throughout
the Navy."
Lazy B irds of Paradise
the land and to all the inhabitants
"Is that a fact?” the Major said.
thereof."
“ Well, you ought to be a Captain
Birds of paradise, kings of the
And then everything was wonder­
soon,” and he hung up.
bird realm, are the laziest—as
fully
clear
in
the
mind
of
Victor
Zito moved near to the desk while
Joppolo. He knew exactly what he well as the most beautiful crea­
the Major read, and when he was
would say. Words came to him tures of the species. Male birds,
finished, the usher said: “ We have
which
were beautiful and were the with their colorful features and
a new bell, Mister Major?”
truth about the new bell and its plumage capes, lead an easy life
“ We have a new bell, Zito."
meaning for Adano, and about what in their native South Pacific is­
“ Is the tone good enough?"
he. Victor Joppolo. wanted for the lands, where all they ever do is
“ I hope so, Zito. I think so.”
people of Adano. The words were eat and look nice for the "ladies.”
“ Is there some history to it?"
Female birds of paradise aren’t
as
clear as anything can be, and as
“ Yes, Zito, I 'll tell you about it
true.
as beautiful as the males, but the
when the bell is up. Do you think I
boys still are greatly interested in
ought to make a little speech ex­
At about two o'clock the courier winning their friendship. Elabo­
plaining the bell to the people here?”
came by motorcycle from Vicina- rate courtship rituals often have
“ Oh yes, you should. Mister Ma­
mare. From his office Sergeant ten males paying tribute to a single
jor. The people of Adano w ill be
Borth saw him throw the pouch onto g irl friend in the same ceremony.
curious about the bell.”
the sidewalk in front of the Palaz-
“ Zito, do you think they w ill un­
zp. Mail, even official mail, was
derstand all that the bell means? I
enough of an event so that Sergeant
mean that it stands for the things
Borth got up and went across to
that I believe in? Do you think I
the Palazzo and up to Major Jop-
could explain that to them?"
polo’s office to see what there was.
" I think so. Mister Major. I un­
There was nothing for Sergeant
derstand what you mean, and Zito
Borth. but as long as M ajor Jop-
is not very clever.”
polo was out. Sergeant Borth de­
A few minutes before eleven
cided to riffle through what there
o’clock the funeral procession of the
was.
three fishermen who had been killed
In time he came on a paper ad
in the explosion went through the
dressed to Major Joppolo. He read
Piazza. M ajor Joppolo went out
it:
onto the balcony to watch i t At
“ 1. You are authorized to pro­
the head of the procession there
ceed by first available transporta­
were three carts. The first two car­
tion to A.F.H.Q., Algiers, via port
ried the bodies of Agnello and M er
of Vicinamare.
endino. Their coffins were small
’We have a new bell, Zito.”
"2. Reassignment of station w ill
dinghies such as the fishermen used
be made by A.F.H Q.
to get out to their boats, with the Zito seemed to think better of what
“ 3. Reason for this order is that
tops planked over. The third c a rt he had said, and he added: “ No, reference (1) did w ilfully and with­
which was for Sconzo, carried a it is not about the fishermen.”
The M ajor said: “ Oh, so the ush­ out consultation countermand orders
dinghy which was not planked over,
er
has ways of finding out what is on issued by General Marvin. 49th Di­
but was filled with flowers.
vision. re entry of mule carts into
the officials’ minds?”
town of Adano.”
Zito just smiled.
Long before eleven thirty. Major
And the order was signed by Gen­
There were quite a few people
Joppolo was out on the sidewalk be­
eral Marvin.
side the crated bell, waiting for the standing around watching the Engi­
Sergeant Borth folded the order,
Engineers to come. He poked and neers working on the bell. One of put it in his pocket, and left the
shoved at the crate affectionately, them was the ancient Cacopardo.
building. He went directly to the
as if there were something delicious Because he had spoken to the Major
M P. command post in the Fascio.
about
the
bell
on
the
very
first
day
to eat inside it.
He said to Captain Purvis: “ The
The gang from the Engineer bat­ of the invasion, he had appointed M ajor’s been relieved.”
himself
a
kind
of
supervisor
of
the
talion was surprisingly on time. The
Captain Purvis said: “ What do
Major explained the job. pointing to work, although non« of the Engi­ you mean?"
neers could speak Italian.
the top of the clock tower.
“ Just what I said: he’s been or­
As soon as the Major came up,
“ How long do you think it w ill
take?" he asked the old buck ser­ Cacopardo said: " I have sent for dered back to Algiers for reassign­
Guzzo, the bell-ringer at the Church ment.”
geant in charge.
“ What for?"
“ Well,” the sergeant said, “ some of San Angelo. He w ill be able to
"Insubordination. Countermand­
days the boys gets cramps in their tell just by looking at it whether it
ing
an order by Marvin about mule
is
a
good
bell.
If
it
is
not,
you
dt-ill
stomachs and they claim they
carts. I guess it was after that af­
shouldn't ought to hurry when they of course have to send it back.”
The bell stood on the sidewalk fa ir of the mule the General shot
has the cramps. Other days they
don’t get no cramps. It all de­ just where the Navy men had put outside town.”
Captain Purvis had forgotten all
it down. The crate had been peeled
pends.”
about
the report he had sent to Di­
down
from
around
it.
“ How long do you guess?"
It was bronze, and the men of the vision. Now that he remembered he
“ We'll have it for you today or
Corelli had taken the trouble to pol­ didn’t have the courage to say any­
tomorrow. It all depends.”
ish it, so that it was like gold in the thing about it. A ll he said was:
“ Try to finish today, w ill you?"
" I t all depends,’r the sergeant midday sun. On one side there was "What a hell of a note.”
Borth said: “ I'll say. The Major’ s
said, and he turned furiously on his this inscription:
just begun to accomplish things in
U.S.S. CORELLI
men, who slowly gathered them­
this town.”
America ed Italia.
selves for work.
Captain Purvis said: “ Yeah, I
When Cacopardo saw the Major
Major Joppolo went to lunch at
noon. Sergeant Borth was already reading the inscription, he asked: guess he has." A suspicion crossed
in the Albergo dei Pescatori when “ Who is this man Corelli, and how his mind: this fellow Borth had a
the M ajor arrived. The Major sat does he happen to get his name on way of knowing too much. “ How
did you know he was ordered out?"
down with Borth, as he often did, the bell of Adano?”
The Major said: “ I w ill tell you
Borth said: “ I saw the order up
in spite of his rank.
He told Borth about the bell, and later, when the bell is hung." Then in the M ajor’s office."
"Does the Major know about it
his excitement about it gave Borth he got a little stone out of the
street and tapped it against the side, then?”
something to tease.
“ No, the M ajor’s out. I have the
“ You’re worse than the first day but of course there was only a dead
we came here,” the Sergeant said. sound, since the bell was sitting on order in my pocket. I took it. I ’m
“ How am I worse?” the Major wood. “ I wonder how the tone is,” not going to tell him about it until
the Major said.
after the party tonight."
said.
“ Guzzo w ill know,” Cacopardo
“ You’re so damn sentimental."
said.
The Major got back to his office
“ Oh, cut it out, Borth."
In time the bell-ringer came. He at about a quarter to four. He went
Borth’s teasing cut a little deep.
“ No, I'm serious,” he said. "There’ s was almost as old as Cacopardo. His through the courier mail and worked
a war going on. Fishermen get hands and forearms looked very for a few minutes on a report to
blown up in the harbor here. Chil­ strong, but the rest of him looked Colonel Sartorius. Promptly at four
Zito came in and said: “ Will you
dren get run over in the streets. as if it were long overdue.
Cacopardo called him to the cen­ see the officials now?”
’ There’s one case of malaria in ev­
“ Yes, Zito.”
ery six people. And you can’t think ter of the crowd and told him to ex­
Now when the officials came i n -
about anything but tinkling a bell.” amine the bell. The old bell-ringer
M ajor Joppolo said: “ I ’m worried walked round and round the bell, old Bellanca first as usual, then the
about those fishermen, Borth. I looking at it. Then he leaned over others, Gargano, Saitta, D’Arpa, Ro-
could get in trouble over that. Do and ran the flat of his hand from top tondo, Signora Carmelina Spinnato,
you think I was guilty of careless­ to bottom. Then he stood up and and Tagliavia—Major Joppolo could
ness about it? You know I forced seemed to read the inscription over see by their cheerful expressions
and over. He looked once up at the that there was to be no unpleasant­
the Navy to let them go out.”
top of the clock tower, where some ness in this interview.
Purely by way of teasing, Borth
engineers were rigging a hoist. He
Old Bellanca spoke: “ We have
said something he had cause to
asked that the bell be turned over something we wish to give the Mis­
regret later: "Sure,” he said, “ you
and when some of the engineers had ter Major.”
could catch hell for that. You could
turned it up on its side, he looked
D'Arpa could not resist saying In
get sent back to the States.”
inside.
his high voice: “ We wish to give the
And M ajor Joppolo said: “ They
He stood up finally and shrugged Mister Major a Mister M ajor." The
wouldn’t do that, they couldn’t.”
his shoulders and said: “ It is all others snickered.
Borth said: “ Why couldn’t they? right.”
Bellanca said: "Please get it, Zi­
I heard about a fellow in airborne
Cacopardo was delighted. He said to.” Zito went out.
who got sent home just for getting to the Major: “ I know old Guzzo.
F irst the usher came back carry­
drunk.”
He does not exaggerate. When he ing an easel. He went out again.
M ajor
Joppolo
said:
“ They says something is fair, he means it
Then he brought In Lojacono’s por­
couldn’ t, Borth, there’s so much to is perfect The bell w ill be very tra it of the Major.
4o here. Think if they got some- good."
T H E STORY THUS F A R : The A m eri­
can troop« arrive« In Adano, with M a­
jor Joppolo, the Amcot o ffltrr la charge.
B e rtram Rorth was In charge of securi­
ty. The M ajor « a t determined to hold
the ronlldenre of the people and to re­
place their hell itolen hv the N a ils . De­
spite orders issued by General M arvin,
barring carts from the city. Joppolo re­
called the orders, to perm it food and
w ater to enter the city
The people ol
the city had arranged a party of appre­
ciation for the M ajor. The bell arrived,
as did also orders from General M arvin
relieving the M ajor of command
Un­
aw are of the orders the M ajor continued
his work. He made arrangements to at­
tend his party that night.
! They Made a Meat of
Reci pieni'» Sel f-Esteem
SEW INC CIRCLE NEEDLECR 4FT
Girls who broke off their engage­
A rcul life-size playmate — 32 ments to servicemen in a certain
inches tall in stocking feett Pat­ o u tfit in th e S o u th w e s t I ’.ie ille re ­
tern 527 contains pattern of doll ceived a severe shock.
only; complete directions.
When a man out there received
Due to an unusually large demand and a letter from his girl friend, say­
current conditions, slliihtly inure tim e Is
ing she was tired of wuiting, he
required In lining orders for a few ol the
didn't, ns a rule, retire to nurse
most popular pattern numbuis.
Send your order lu:
his broken heurt in solitude, lie
would pin the letter on the camp
Setting Circle N erd lerratt llepl.
notice board.
líos .1217
San Francisco S, Calif.
The other men in the unit would
Encloaa 18 cents for Pattern
then read the letter and scribble
No________________
on it whut they thought of the girl.
Then lifter three or four days it
Name
was tuken down and mailed back
Address.
to her.
These candid symposiums were
known
as "mess pots."
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? A G eneral Quiz
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1. Docs an ostrich bury its head
in the sand in order to hide?
2. In playing the flute, the
velocity of air necessary is equiv­
alent to that of a hurricane, or at
the rate of how many miles an
hour?
3. “ God made the sea; we made
the shore” is a proverb belonging
to what nution?
4. The temperature of the moon
drops 400 degrees at sunset. Why
doesn't the earth’s temperature
drop considerably?
5. For what purpose was the
Leaning Tower of Pisa erected?
6. Are the words “ key" and
"quay" homonyms?
The Anawera
1. No. It grubs for food with
its bill.
2. Seventy-five miles or more.
3. The Dutch.
4. The earth is blanketed by air
which holds the heat caused by the
rays of the sun.
5. It was erected as a bell tower
for the Cathedral of Pisa.
6. Yes, they are pronounced
identically.
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