' SERIAL STORY
THE EDGE OF DARKNESS!
COPYBIOHT. 1S4S.
BY WILLIAM WOODS
NEA SERVICE. INC 1
HOLD EVERYTHING!
PLAN OF ACTION
' CHAPTER IV
T IKE warm, muscular animal,
Snivels was watching nim,
' "Come." she said. "This beating
hmit lh bush. Out with it."
"Lars, do you have outboard
motors?"
"Vm." the old man cried ex'
cltedlv. "Of course. Three of
. them." .
"I uunt vmi to nut them in
safe place. If anyone . . . mind
you. anyone . . . comes in asking
about them, tell him they're sold.
Understand?"
"Of course. What else? I can
take care of more than motors.'
For the first time Gunnar
smiled. "There's time for that,"
he Raid.
All three heard the little bell
tinkle at the front door of the
shop. The old man hesitated, then
went nut wist the curtain.
"What do you want?" Solveig
sked her husband tensely.
Hb nut a hand on her arm,
Thev listened. It was Kasper Tor-
gersen outside, asking the old man
lor cotton thread. They heard his
, gruff voice. While Malken was
evidently looking through the
" drawers, they heard him inquir-
' tag how the fishermen took the
confiscation. "Alter aii," lorgcr
sen was saying, "I own a third
of those boats. If I don't com
plain, surely they have no Tight"
Gunnar beckoned to Solveig and
they went out "Good morning,
Herr Torgersen."
"You are a leader of the rnenr
' Torgersen said now slowly. "They
will not forget your work last
' winter with the fleet," He made a
pause and then added, "We will
hold you responsible for keeping
order."
"You mean . . -1
mean that first and foremost
I am a Norwegian. You know that
' well enough. The interests of the
men are my interests. But I feel
. . . that is, I am sure ... we can
accomplish a great deal more if we
do not act rashly. That lamentable
business in Stoksund yester
: day ..."
"Where did you hear about that,
Herr Torgersen?"
The smile left his face. "Why
. . . . ifs all over town. I want to
. assure you, of course, that any
action you may feel obliged to take
will have my support ... as a Nor
., wegian, you understand ... my
full support, even if I disagree.
- But . . ."
"Suppose ..." Gunnar drew
close, peering toward the door first
.as if he wanted to make sure they
. jcould not be overheard. "Suppose
' jl were to tell you that there is a
' mlan on foot to overpower the
guard, cut loose the boats, and set
call for England."
rpOHGERSEN flushed, looked at
the storekeeper, whose mouth
: dropped open in horror, and then
back at Gunnar. "Are you mad?"
. he. snapped. "That would be theft."
And then as an afterthought, "Be
sides, you wouldn't get 50 miles.
' But ... but of course, you are
Joking. , - - . .
"Yes," said Solveig. "We are
' foking.";
j. She and Gunnar went out
i. "Our men have been fighting
In Stoksund," Gunnar said slowly.
; "The dogs," she burst -out and
. . delighted smile spread over her
. tiroad face.
"I saw Dr. Stensgard less than
an hour ego. He spent half the
night with Kn'ut Osterholm's
cousin, who escaped."
"What does it mean? What
about the boats?"
. "He brought news that guns are
: to be landed all along the coast"
They stopped talking for several
minutes because the old school
, . master, Sixtus Andresen, was
-, coming toward them. He stepped
along slowly with a cane, keep
ing his wrinkled white head up
to get tne sun in ms lace. -
"Good morning, Master Andre -
sen."
"Good morning, Fru Brogge,
The aged gentleman bowed slowly
In his invariably courteous way,
ana went on.
Gunnar said in a lower voice,
"It would be good to include him
if he were not so old. He hates
them more than most" They both
" remembered how the doctor had
said that old Andresen was the
' only one among them who really
knew how to fight the Germans
'' without guns.
. ' Solveig looked after him. She
. heard her husband say, "Ja, we
, don't have to wait any longer.
. The fight is coming here too, and
we can begin to make ready for
a."
She started rolling down her
' sleeves. "Are you crazy?" she
asked, grown more serious. Her
voice was no more than a whis.
per. "We have no guns yet, and
already you talk of fiEhtina.
Maybe you can say that to Malken
or to those down on the dock,
but not to me." She was button-
. ing ber cuffs. "Not to me," she
repeated a little more loudly.
Gunnar's face grew dark. "Ev
ery man who works in this town,"
lie Bdiu ueri:eiy, "will De Wltn us.
I don't count the Torgersens and
the old women. But if we wait
until the whole country is ready
ft will be too late. They made no
plans in Stoksund, and so they
were slaughtered before they had
a chance."
"Good enough," she said im
patiently, "good enough, but you
.' have only the doctor's word."
"I've thought of that. We meet
tonight at Osterholm's to talk to
, the man Hammer, and outline a
plan of action."
, "What do we do?"
" "First," he said slowly, "we
must collect gasoline from every
man in town' and hide it in a
safe place." He was walking with
head bowed, hands clenched in
!the pockets of his trousers. "I
ItMnkJ have. worked out a plan.
It's been going through my nea3
for months, and now that this has
come about it begins to grow clear.
We will talk about it tonight I
think it is a way by which . . .
by which we could even win."
Solveig, seeing the strange, in
tent look to his eyes, realized why
in this unsure, disjointed world,
men looked up to him. She was
proud. "Tonight then," she said,
"don't talk nonsense. And make
very sure before you start You
know the men will follow you."
They passed a shop window
where dusty little dolls in peasant
costumes, green and red, with
Norwegian flags in the hems of
their dresses, had been lying since
the summer of the year before.
The shoemaker's wife had used to
sew them for the tourists.
"I am sure," he said suddenly.
A dozen pictures raced through
his brain, but his dark, expres
sionless face gave no sign. Men,
trenches, barricades. "Before the
fighting ' ever starts," he said
thoughtfully, "each man will have
his special -task. It we wait for
the snow, we can use skis."
The sun rose higher and higher.
The sea lay calm. The stern
ridged hills, like giants, gazed
down at the little shelf of land
where the town la-, in terrible
peace, between them and the sea.
The boats, with slender masts, sat
empty in the placid water of the
harbor. The pigeons wheeled
higher over the tense and silent
square.
"Give me the names."
He looked carefully about
Then, taking her arm, he started
to list them off to her. She re
peated after him to get them sure
in her mind. They pressed close
to each other, walking side by
side.
'(To Be Continued)
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"Sorry I haven't any costume,
George, but I rushed right over
from the foundry."
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