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The Love Light 1 When great storms rage at sea, far off coasts are lashed by cruel waves, tempest born. Like sullen legions they come - to batter frail craft in peaceful waters ---

2 ---and Life is like the Sea.

3 From vast upheavals born of lust for world dominion, come waves of misery, surging on to buffet helpless lives on distant shores.

4 Caressing the rock-girded coast of Italy are the waters of the calm Mediterranean.

5 Flashing blue in the sunlight, its plumed waves curl about the feet of a little fishing village.

6 A simple folk these -- happy children of impulse -- dwelling amid picturesque squalor.

7 A rising young profiteer - Tony.

8 Apart from the village lives one whose love dreams are borne upon the wings of song. Giovanni.

9 His melody of love sounds an echo in the hearts of Maria and Pietro.

10 It is of the girl Angela he sings and his songs are sad, for he knows that he loves in vain.

11 Sympathy.

12 The good Father Lorenzo, guide, friend and comforter of his tiny flock.

13 Far beyond the horizon clouds are gathering - sullen, sinister, menacing.

14 But the spirit of youth holds sway in the Carlotti home.

15 - where lives Angela Carlotti and her two brothers.

(Angela, translated,	means angel. But,	as her brothers say -	'What's in a name?')

16 The elder brother Antonio looked with favor on the courtship of Giovanni.

17 "I tell you, Giovanni, if you marry Angela you take one fine    cook."

18 The joy and bane of Angela's existence is her younger brother Mario.

19 "When you marry Angela, we'll tell you our system how to make her work - like ten devils!"

20 "We flatter the poor little      sardine --"

21 "Antonio, where is the   gentle Angela?"

22 "You shriveled herring,   you struck me!"

23 "Sure, Giovanni, you stay for dinner. Angela,  she's crazy for it!"

24 "You're going to give me a piece of that chicken aren't you dear?"

25 "You know that chicken is only for Father Lorenzo!"

26 Then, Madonna mia... the wine began to   take effect!

27 "Don't let him bless the macaronies. They'll get cold!"

28 "Please, Father Lorenzo, a very long blessing on this happy home!"

29 Stewed chicken.

30 And then the storm broke A tidal wave of war engulfed humanity, sweeping to destruction the splendid manhood of the world.

31 To part is to die a little.

32 Silent months have passed with no word from the soldier brother, Antonio. But life still exacted its duties and youth danced its vibrant way.

33 "No brother makes his sister a present - for nothing!"

34 "Soldiers are leaving today--"

35 "You are such a little boy. Please to wait for another year."

36 "The courier has just brought word of the death of another brave village boy."

37 "Angela's brother,   Antonio ...     killed!"

38 "When I think, it may  be a long time before I'll be digging out your ears again."

39 "Pig! You said it was yesterday that you    washed!"

40 "You, who love Angela, must be the one to comfort her in her    sorrow."

41 "Goodbye, kids! See you in the spring!"

42 "Remember what you promised about your  underclothes."

43 "Goodbye, my little   sardine..."

44 "Antonio!"

45 "Mario must not go!...... They will kill him too!"

46 The harsh roll of far off battle drums summons Giovanni.

47 "... Send Mario and Giovanni home without too many wounds, to Thine obedient servant, Angela Carlotti."

48 WOMAN'S PART IN WAR No martial music hers, No joys of battle won;

But waiting, dreading,-- Her frail shoulders bent to carry on  man's unfinished tasks; Silent, patient toiler -- anguish torn,-- Who shall say that she is not the bravest soldier of them all?

49 Angela has taken Giovanni's  place as keeper of the lighthouse. Returning home after the night watch.....

50 "You speak so funny my  language. Where do   you come from, eh?"

51 "I - am an American!"

52 "Never before have I met the breed... it is very nice."

53 "Why, Mr. American, are you so afraid?"

54 "Because..."

55 "... I am a deserter!"

56 "You have, perhaps, a good excuse for this deserting?"

57 "We were having a wild shore-leave at Genoa, when our ship pulled out and left us. As our only chance we hired a tug to catch her; then we ran into this storm --"

58 --and Angela, believing Joseph, the American, hid him in her home until he could return in safety to his ship.

59 "Would he like me better if I were romantic?"

60 Or would he prefer one of those kittenish girls?

61 "No, I shall be cold  and haughty like the ladies of Rome!"

62 "Yes -- I shall refuse him!"

63 "I--I was just polishing      the pan."

64 "I though I heard   voices - - Are you alone?"

65 "I must get away from here.  Every hour I stay makes it more dangerous!"

66 "Mario! He's only my little baby brother."

67 Then, as Joseph lingered, Angela knew that the love which sleeps in every woman's heart, had at last awakened.

68 "You will perhaps--   miss me?"

69 "In our country it is the pleasant custom to believe that a kiss will cure any pain!"

70 "Father Lorenzo would never allow this!"

71 "But then, you don't know   Father Lorenzo!"

72 One by one the broken men of the village returned. Came Pietro, once so strong and brave...

73 "This stranger that you wish to marry in secret. Are you sure, my child, that you love him?"

74 "It must be love, Father Lorenzo. I suffer so much the sweet pain of happiness."

75 After their secret marriage.

76 "Don't forget, Angela, our love signal  -- at midnight!"

77 And at midnight, Angela flashed her "I love you" message across the waters to the waiting Joseph.

78 "I..."

79 "...love..."

80 "...you."

81 Angela's code of love carries a message of destruction in Joseph's code of war.

82 Fearing that her continued absence from the village might arouse suspicion, Angela called upon Maria and Pietro the following afternoon.

83 "On an enemy's knife ... Italian blood!"

84 "'Gott Mitt Uns!'  That, Angela, is their blasphemous    prayer."

85 "A boat ... bringing home wounded soldiers, was sunk by an enemy submarine last night ...   at midnight!"

86 Joseph had chosen this night to carry out his plans of escape.

87 "Chocolate will be all I dare carry. I can live on that for several days."

88 "Tony is the only one who has any. If I ask for more than the ration it would make him suspicious. But I know where he hides it!"

89 "A thief in this village  means a stranger!"

90 "A stranger is an enemy! Perhaps -- a spy!"

91 "Let the dog follow   the scent!"

92 "Gott---"

93 "Gott.. Mitt Uns!"

94 "You ... a German!"

95 "Angela, I am an enemy  of your country, but not a traitor to you."

96 "You can't hate me, Angela, for serving my own country. It is every man's duty."

97 "Why do you leave your work at the lighthouse and come to the village -- like a thief?"

98 "You sheep, do you think I steal chocolate for my own greedy self?"

99 "I had nothing to send my little brother Mario."

100 "It's a lie! She knows that    Mario is dead!"

101 "You devil! Father Lorenzo   was to tell her!"

102 "Mario was on the boat that was sunk last night."

103 "I've not long to live, Angela, forgive me--- the fever of this war has turned us into beasts."

104 "The boat!"

105 "The lighthouse!"

106 "My love signal to Josepho!"

107 "I have lied to you! Betrayed you! I have been hiding and protecting an enemy of our country...    a spy!"

108 "Angela, are you telling us       the truth?"

109 "Swear to me, Pietro, that you will not  kill him!"

110 "My little brother Mario -- you've killed him! You used my love signals to send him to his death!"

111 To Angela a child was born and they named it Dolora --which means sorrow.

112 For months Angela's mind lay sleeping, -- stunned by successive shocks of sorrow --- innocent victim of a far off conflict.

113 "Have I - still - a little baby?"

114 Maria, now a widow, had lost her little son, And they had laid Angela's girl baby upon her sorrowing mother breast.

115 "Don't take her away from me! Tell Angela that her child is dead! She's crazy! She'll never      know!"

116 The miracle of babyhood kept Angela's faith serene -- and her hands busy.

117 To Angela's tortured brain, there was healing in her baby's fingers.

118 Unceasing wonder that so much joy should be given to one so humble.

119 Caught in the swirl of war's hysteria, driven to distraction by loss of husband and child, Maria conceives a cruel scheme.

120 "Little mother! I think we've both a right to puff out our feathers!"

121 "Angela still insane! You may keep the child until we have seen poor Angela."

122 Distraught -- Angela came to the convent, seeking her baby there.

123 "I know, sister Lucia, you think I'm crazy.  But I'm not!"

124 The sister is convinced that Angela is unfit to care for the child.

125 In this little village, not even the echoes of the battlefield.. yet how War crucifies the innocent and the helpless.

126 "Giovanni!"

127 "At first ... Oh, God ... I prayed to die!"

128 "Then ... I rushed to see the flowers and the trees ... and I struck against things -- like a drunken man!"

129 "Oh, my poor Giovanni, you will see them again ... through my eyes ..."

130 "Feel the sunset, Giovanni. It is warm and golden."

131 "Your hair was golden in the sunlight, Angela."

132 "See, Giovanni, the birds are singing to make our hearts glad."

133 "Do you remember  how I always thought you sang like the lark!"

134 "And Mario said my voice was like a pip-squeak!"

135 "You see, we are going to be happy, aren't we,   Giovanni?"

136 Empty months dragged by -- Angela's mother-heart ached with longing for the baby they had hidden from her in the home of Maria.

137 "He's blind - but Angela's teached him to see with his finger tips!"

138 "Hey, there, you little magpies! I can see you talking about me!"

139 An outcast from the villa- gers, Angela devoted her life to the mothering of Giovanni. One morning, coming from her hopeless pilgrimage to the convent where she believed her child was harbored ...

140 "Oh, the baby!"

141 "Poor Pietro's son!"

142 "I have..."

143 "I had a little baby - a - little girl!"

144 Then through the Shadows of the past came stark remembrance---Maria's child had died.

145 "Oh, Giovanni, I saw  my own baby -- and I didn't know her."

146 That afternoon, Maria, terror-stricken, sought advice from Tony.

147 "She will remember that my baby died.  And then ..."

148 "We are just sailing for   Genoa. Why not run away from Angela?"

149 "Tony, I'll go with you    to Genoa!"

150 "Marry with me, and they'll let you bring the baby home."

151 "You are one crazy fool to sail into this storm!"

152 "I know, Beppo, but adventure is life!"

153 During the dark hours the storm whips itself to fury.

154 Angela's light - the one guardian of the rocky shore - is failing.

155 "The main stays have been broken. And the wind is driving us toward the rocks."

156 "I'm afraid, Beppo, we cannot fix  the light."

157 "It's no use - the light        is dead!"

158 "I told Tony he was crazy to sail into this storm. And to take Maria with him!"

159 "My God, Beppo, it's my baby!"

160 "God ... please, please tell me what to do to save my baby!"

161 Angela's home becomes a beacon light to save her child.

162 "They are close to the shore!  We can reach them!"

163 A sullen dawn watched their efforts at rescue.

164 After Angela's marriage to Giovanni they sought the harbour of his home.

165 "My two little children--"

166 "Googuggeegappapanaaa..."

167 "Why! She's saying - 'papa'!"

168 "Oh, no, she's saying - 'mama'!"

169 "Blop!" [inverted text]

170 "There! It is papa!"

THE END

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