The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-18
CuApTES XVIII
MARY WORTnss FAMILY

Midday grew into the snort atters Aeon, and by half past two Into
 dusk, StcnSgard went With Gerd
 back up to the hotel The long Sha~ dGwS from roof and Spire leN2then. ed, and 1t was night Not even Gun. mar had thought they could hold out so long,
 Hours before OSterholm had
 taken e party into the hills to try
 to silence the gun. But he had not come back, and it had kept firms long after he should have reached it,
 Then, at twilight a man came staggering In from the bridge to tell how that small group had been overwhelmed and TrygVc his shells all spent had died, charging the Germans With the butt end ot his gun, He went at them crying, Long live Norway" the man said, He must have got three or four before they brought him down '
 The doctor came back from the hotel alone and went Co work, his eyes looking darker and more tired. his cheeks Sagsmg, his once volullc lips drawn taut He shook his head to their questions, Only Co the pastor would he tell what had happened, Johann was there,' he said, "So so badly hurt he asked me to end 1t Tor him, me his own father
 Ia the general store, Sverre Troy sat by the wireless and called over and oVre again, Nam. sos Molde Tronahem We are lighting in Helgeland, The people of Trollness have riser, against the Germans" And from all over Norway, from little senderS In the hills, from small villages, from groups in the cities in cellars, from hidden stations on the farms the excited word came back, Hold fast"
 The butcher ran after GunnaE who was on his way out to the road "There is only one thing to do," he cried, shove of the boats while we have time, and make for England"
 On every corner, men sat in the snow at their machine guns and kept firing, holding, when often they did not know whether those on the next street were Still alive whether the Germans were not already ct the'r backs, In thc red glare from burning houses on tee north road small party of the enemy charged to the very edge of the square, and Gunnar Kierlof, Jensen, md half a hun. dred more beat them back hand to hand,
 But now they were at the end
 Get the stores to the boats, Gunnar ordered, and went back to the square,
 The men at the guns turned blaekened faces toward him, "Where to, Gunnarp What do We dep"
 Get word to htc gun crews Gunnar said. We sail for Eng land." And his voice was as cas- ual as if he had said, We sail Co the Lofotens," or, We go fishing in the morning
 They began carrying foodstockS 10 the boats, About a thousand rounds of ammunition were left, One of the machine guns had been hit and put out of the fight, btu they took 1t anyway, and the rifles they had captured, On the docks, men buSied themselves at the gasoline pumps, filling the tanks, while behind them the red glare in the sky rose higher and higher.
 But Malken had an Idea. The bridge is destroyed" he cried, "li we took boats to the south shore of the fJord they could never fol- low us. And before troops came up from Stoksund over the snow on the roads We could be miles back in the valleys. How would they ever get soldiers at us m teh mountains9 We could hold out for months"
 T know that region,' Kjerlof said, and they remembered 1t had been he who had led Hammer over those hills to the border.
 And the women2" said Aale. sen.
 T stay with the men, Solvelg broke in. Those who want to ran go to Sweden. At least they will be safe until after the war"
 Gunnar paced rapidly back into .he shop. Fishermen carrying put supplies hurried faster when :hey heard what had been decid- d. Others ran out to the road, Q the line back of the church, 10 the alley beside the shoemaker's hop. Keep hold of your rifles when you come,' they cried.
 The flames rose higher in the Tn Q burst of wind he schoolhouse caught, and tho whole turbulent square grew ,right.
 Mareit Osterholm, white of face, .nd looking much older, was with pru Eriksen, helping wounded men town to the boats. Solveig had run ,pstairs and come back with several .airs of skis. Everre worked with the butcher starting up motors, throw ng out nets and fishing gear ,lnar and Oluf came, bearing the rireless between them.
 Stensgard went to Ounnar. He ad to shout to be heard over Aa ~aA.A cod &laA ssa1iag os tha