The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-27
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You don't Win wars that way, put you'll make hundred and fifty thousand men sick of our kind of war"
 You even win wars" said Hammer, in the end"
 "Gunnar's plan, as far as it goes, has logic" said the doctor. But there are still few points to be worked out"
 "one, of course, Is now the guns are to be delivered
 "The English will get in touch with you. There are hundreds of their men all through Norway. They keep in touch with subma- rines and small ships off shore
 So we must wait"
 The doctor pursed his lips im- portantly, More details will have to be worked out when we know better how we stand. The main thing is that we are clear on policy. We are all together. Is that right?"
 "Ja. Ja."
 Mortensen said, Then there is hope. My son will be free. Did tell you my Trygve was in prisonp But God bless him. Even my wife says so. God bless him.
 Then, later" Gunnar threw in, i've choose men for each post. The only way is to be as exact as possible, and then, even if few things go wrong, what will not stop us from acting"
 Caution is the main thing right now" said Hammer. You must learn here in Trollness from the mistakes we made. The same thing must not happen twice. No one outside this room must hear word. Not one word"
 They began getting up, all around the dim, cold room. The air smelled of a night frost. Men pulled up their coat collars and rubbed their hands together.
 There is one other problem" said Knut Osterholm. My cou- sin, Hammer, doesn't know the hills back here. And it is im- possible for him to stay here with me. The troops may be search ing for him at any hour. One of us must lead him up the ford
 There was long silence. Each man was thinking of his own warm house, and what a cold. dangerous journey that would be. Then little Kjerlof, who had argued the pastors case before, pushed his way through from be- hind. T will go with him" he said. T knew every path. I can get him to the Swedish border ill two days"
 They turned toward him in sur- prise, none of them having thought of him as one who would offer, and he reddered, standing in front of the table. fidgeting with his fin- gers in his little beard. Tt is only right. he stammered loudly. You must realize that am the only one without a family"
 
 Long after the others had gone, Gunnar. Solveig and Gerd stayed to talk to the doctor. The buxom wo- man from the hotel was, for the first time in her life, finding a thing she could enter into with her heart tand not only her shrewd head) and she had joined them enthusias- tically.
 On the far side Of the room Knut Osterholm kept pacing back and forth with his cousin and Kjerlof, discussing ways 10 evade the patrols on the long journey eastward
 After the doctor had taken Hammer aside to dress his wounds again, they packed. ate and drank. | Then they shook hands silently all around, and Hammer and Kjerlof having fastened on their packs ard nodded farewell. slipped out the door. The little farmer looked very proud.
 Shortly afterward the others left. Stensgard was going up to the hotel with Gerd. Every night for weeks sch had been stealing food and having it carried down to town. Usually after midnight. someone would creep Up the path and come down a while later. laden with soups. canned vege- tables. and sides of meat brought in by the conmissariat for the German army.
 For half n mile all four Of them skirted the road toward town. keeping well cut Of the moonlight. Then the fisherman and his wife went on alone toward home. and Gerd Bjarnesen and the doctor cut IA onto the path leading to the hotel.
 It was damp with sea wind un- der the pines. T go in the front door, Gerd was telling him. "and you slip around to the back. will meet you at the kitchen en- trance.'
 THhey climber fast. keeping a sharp watch for the guards or for soldiers going down to relieve the troops at the dock. Once Oerd stopped him with her hand on his arm. They listened, feeling the cold wind on their faces.
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