The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-19
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I Two blocks away, some soldiers were marching up Q side street toward the hotel, There was Q tenseness in the air.
 "our men have been fighting tn stoksund," dunnar said slowly
 "The dogs" she burst out, and Q delighted smile spread over her broad face,
 II saw pr. stensgard less than an hour ago. He spent half the night with Knut osterholm's cousin, who escaped"
 What does it meanp What about the boatS9"
 He brought news that guns are to be landed all along the coast" ]"
 They stopped talking for several minutes because the old school master sixtous Andresen, was coming toward them, He stepped along slowly with Q cane, keep ing his lwrinkled white head up to get the sun in his face.
 Good morning, Master Andre- sen" .
 "Good morning. Fru Brogge," The aged gentleman bowed slowly in his invariably courteous way, and went on,
 dunnar said in c lower voice, Tt would be good Co 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,
 solvelg looked after him, She don't have to walt any longer, heard her husband say, "Ja, We The fight Is coming here too, and we can begin to make ready for it."
 She started rolling down her sleeves, Are you crasy9' she asked grown more serious. Her voice was no more than c whis- per. We have no guns, yet, and already you talk Of fighting, Maybe you can soy that to Maiken or to those down on the dock but not to me" She was button. ing her cuffs, Not to me- she repeated Q little more loudly.
 dunnar's face grew dark, Every man who works in this town" he said fiercely, "wili be with us, I don't count the ToreersenS and the cid women. But if we walt until the whole country Is ready It will be too late. They made no plans in stoksund, and 70 they were slaughtered before they had q chance"
 Good enough" she said im- patiently, good enough, but you have only the doctors word"
 i've thought Of that, We meet tonight at osterholm's to talk to the man Hammer, and outline a plan of action"
 Who meets?"
 Some few we can trust l want to give you their names. You must carry them the news"
 "What do we dop"
 First" he said slowly, i've must collect gasoline from every man in town and hide 1t in a safe place" He was walking with head bowed hands clenched in the pockets of his trousers. T think I have worked out a plan, It's been going through my head for months, and now that this has come about, 1t begins to grow clear We will talk about 1t tonight. I think 1t 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 shop window where dusty little dolls in peasan, costumes, green and red. with Norwegian flags in the helms oi their dresses, had been lying since the summer of the year before The shoemaker's wife had used tt sew them for the tourists. q am sure," he said suddenly A dozen pictures raced througf his brain. but his dark expres' sionless face gave no sign. Men trenches, barricades. Before thu fighting ever starts,"s he saiC thoughtfully. leach man will haY' his special task. If we wait fol the snow. We can use skis
 The sun rose higher and higher The sea lay calm. The sterI ridged hills. like giants. gazes down at the little shelf of lanS where the town lay. in terrible peace. between them and the sea The boats. with slender masts, sa