The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-25
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| Have you always naQ Vo uo Vi"' when you wanted to speak your mEd2'
 ITO be a free man." said Gerd Bjarnesen harshly, "is a right that nobody ever gives you, You've got to work for it yourself"
 "I know" said Kjerlof, but it's a great sacrifice, And how can we be sure, even if we make itP'
 We can't" Hammer snapped And anyway, what sacrifice is itP | What are you giving upG Your lifeP Maybe they'll take that from YOU whether you fight or not, Your farmP It's not yours anyway until you fight for it, Your peaceP What peace do you have when a body of troops come in the middle of the night and arrest you as hostage, to be shot for something you never did and never even heard about? Think of that. Asleep in your bed at ? in the morning, and they come and tell you, We know you didn't shoot the captain, but somebody did, and so we're going to shoot you, You call that peacep You call fighting that a sacriticeP"
 Its time we talked business" said the doctor,
 "Dr. Stensgard is right" said Gunnar. He saw Solveig nod to him. and plunged on, Ever since he told me this morning what happened, I've been thinking 1t over. think have a plan whereby we here in Trollness can hold our own when the trouble somes,"
 ga" said Kjerlof, But what forP Understand, I'm only ask ing" ;.
 Hammer had heard dozens of such conversations. He thought, So it comes now. That Is the man they wait for. There is always one" He sat down. The fisher men drew closer. Gunnar had gone over to the table.
 Let's get to the point" said one of the fishermen.
 well" said Gunnar, Hook here" He pointed down at the table. Here, this line is the coast" He traced it with his fin- ger. Here is the place where the ford cuts inland. Here is the town, and here. at the end, is the bridge going south"
 Lars Malken came forward and stood at Gunnar's shoulder, look ing down at the pointed finger.
 Here is pr. Stensgards little summer house, and the two row boats he keeps moored at a pill ing. "The Germans will never bother about them.'
 "Ja." said the doctor, nodding gravely, that is right"
 Lars, do ycu remember that this morning I asked you to hide three outboard motors?"
 "Motors?" said the old man. Yes. you did Of course re- member"
 Where are they?"
 "In the cellar of my shop
 Good. Those three motors must be moved out to the summer house and buried in wooden boxes, or hidden so we can get them in hurry when We need them
 "Ha" cried Malken. T mis- judged you, Gunnar. Good. Good
 Every one Of us must give as much gasoline as he can spare. That too. must be hidden in drums down at the summer house. It can be moved there at night"
 We must delegate men to do that" said Stensgard.
 You see" Gunnar went on, "one thing that wins battles is being able to move with more freedom than the enemy. So first want to make sure We are not trapped the way they were i'll Stoksund. That we do now. And second. I want to make sure the enemy cannot move. If we can do both those things, We have won on the first stroke
 50 far you are better of than we were" said Hammer We were caught unawares."
 Wait" Gunnar interrupted.  If it comes to fight, and We are well armed and ready, what is the first thing the captain would do?"
 Send for endorsements, or get planes the way they did down the coast"
 He would telephone 10 Stok- sun. Right? Or even down to Namsos. At any rate. to the near est strong post Of command"
 "So.'
 Here Is where the wires cross over the bridge" He marked the place with his finger again. Two men must be chosen to cut those wires before the action ever be- gins"
 And what will you do," Lars cried excitedly, about the wireless2"
 And what will you do," Lars cried excitedly, about | the wireless?"
 Gunnar stopped 10 look up. [ We come to that in a minute. rheer are only three ways for them to get . message out the went on. By tele- | phone, by wireless, as Lars Mal- zen has suggested. and by courier" |