The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-07

the room. mo, Herr Major"
"As / have said -" a
twist of the mouth, "Berlin is
we'll aware of your vir-
tues as q commander. ] will be
brief. I have stopped at every
station between here and Trond-
helm" The giant in the black
uniform thrust an extended fin
ger under Konig's nose. ION
one point there is extreme dis
satisfaction, both in the general
staff and in Berlin. ! have come
here to correct it. That is the
attitude of the Norwegians to-
ward our troops"
The captains face darkened.
Especially in view Of this Rus
sian affair it eXcites the
population / can hardly
be expected, Herr Major
l am a soldier :"
"Of course" The stranger
looked KONG up and down.
But what has been your pro-
cedure here? Administration
d.. propaganda"
The captain started talking
quickly and nervously. He be-
gan with the blackouts. He men,
toned the strict curfew, the col
lection of taxes, the precaution-
airy patrols and searches, and
ended with the story of the con-
fiscation that morning of all
boats in the harbor.
Ruck was gazing out the
porch window. When the cap
tain was done, very good he
said. Nov l shall want list
of those whom you consider
troublemakerS in the village"
KONG said that one Gunnar
Brogge, fisherman (who had
achieved some noteriety the
previous winter by the single
handed rescue of crew from
the rocks), was undoubtedly the
most dangerous. He mentioned
that he suspected Gerd Bjarne-
sen of smuggling out army food.
Il shall want definite infor-
nation about these people"
"Of course, Herr Major" He
felt uncomfortable under Ruck's
eyes. Nothing will escape this
one" he thought.
During the next few days,
you will delegate whatever men
l need for my investigations
AT your orders, Herr Major
"And of course, you will dis
cuss with no one the purpose of
my visit here. 1t is not even nee
essary that you mention it in
your report to headquarters.
shall take care of all such de-
tails"
Naturally, Herr Major"
"But if there is non-co-oper-
alton, we shall teach them les
son they will not soon forget"
There was such fierce final
ity to this that even the captain
felt a touch of fear. The major
returned Konig's salute, wheel
ed, and strobe out into the other
room, the captain at his heels.
81 want a room," he said to
Gerd Bjarnesen.
Without a word she handed
him the register. KONG was
standing on the threshold. He
looked at his watch, then up at
the soldiers, standing rigidly at
attention. Corporal" he thumb
cred suddenly.
The corporal detached himself
from the group and )u e d
smartly.
1.-TWO men to increase the
guard at the dock.
"Zu Befehl, Herr Kapitan."
The corporal did an about
face. "Gotz," he sn Ape d.
"Krahl."
March," roared the captain.
He stood with his hands on his
hips, watching the men go out.
Gerd Bjarnesen was back in
her alcove. The black-uniformed
officer picked up the pen she
handed him and signed the reg
lister with a few quick strokes.
Wilhelm Gottfried Ruck. Ber-
lin"
Corporal Paul Hermann,
middle-aged, and with a plump
spider belly, was pulling on his
long winter underwear before
going to bed. 1t was going to be
a chilly night, and he was not
willing to catch his death at
three in the m r n in g. Karl
Fischer stood at the window OF
their small bedroom, looking
down into town.
There was something about
the beauty of what he saw that
reminded him of Gottingen. The
moonlight over road and for
est, village and sea, not only
gilded them, throwing a shining
veil, half light, half shadow, but
it made the whole clear autumn
landscape glow as If with self
contained brightness, as II the