The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-03

4, on his long. thin lips.
"You are a leader OF the
men," Torgersen said now slow
ly. They will not forget your
work last winter with the fleet"
He made a pause and then add
ed, I'VE will hold you respon-
sible for keeping order"
You mean ="
II mean that first and fore
most l am a Norwegian. You
know that we'll enough. The in
terests of the men are my in
terests. But / feel that is,
/ am sure we can accom-
plish a great deal more if we
do not act rashly. That lament
able business in Stoksund yes
terday :"
"Where did you hear about
that, Herr Torgersen?"
The smile left his face. why
it's all over town. l want
to assure you, of course, that
any action you may feel oblig-
ed to take will have my sup
port as a Norwegian, you
understand my full sup
port, even if ! disagree. But
Suppose Gunnar drew
close, peering toward the door
first as if he wanted to make
sure they could not be over
heard. Suppose / were to tell
you that there is a plan on foot
to overpower the guard. cut
loose the boats. and set sail for
England.
Torgersen flushed, looked at
the storekeeper, whose mouth
dropped in horror, and then
back at Gunnar. Are you
mad?" he snapped. THAT would
be theft" And then as an after
thought, Besides, you wouldn't
get so miles. But but of
course, you are joking"
Yes" said Solveig. "We are
joking"
She and Gunnar went out.
They walked across the CEN
ter of the broad square. Pigeons
from the church roof wheeled
overhead.
In the doorways of the shops,
men were standing in little
groups. Two blocks away, some
soldiers were marching up side
street toward the hotel. There
was a tenseness in the air.
Our men have been fight
ing in Stoksund," Gunnar said
slowly. 1.-THE dogs" she burst
out, and a delighted smile spread
over her broad face.
81 saw DR.. Stensgard less than
an hour ago. He spent half the
night with Knut 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 sew
eral minutes because the old
schoolmaster, Sixtus Andersen,
was coming toward them. He
stepped along slowly with q
cane, keeping his wrink e d
white head up to get the sun in
his face.
Good morning, Master And
resen."
Good morning, Fru Brogge. /"
The aged gentleman bowed
slowly in his invariably court
eous way, and went on.
Gunnar said in a lower voice,
1T 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 And
resen 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, ia, we
don't have to wait any longer.
The fight is coming here too,
and we can begin to make ready
for it,"
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 can say. that to
Malken or to those down on the
dock, but not to me-" She was
buttoning her cuffs. mot to
me-" she repeated a little more
loudly.
Gunnar's face grew dark. CIV
cry man who works in this
town." he said fiercely, will be
with us. I don't count the Tor
gersens and the old women. But
il we wait until the whole coun-
try is ready il will be too late.
They made no plans in Stok-
sund, and 50 they we're slaught-
cred before they had a chance"
Good enough" she said i'm
patiently, good enough, but
you have only the doctors
! word"