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Chapter 14

           Onerashman,anarrogantMilanesewithmorefaithinthepolicethanasainthasinChrist,actuallywenttotheauthoritieswithacomplaintagainsthisfellowItalians,breakingtheten-century-oldlaw,ofomerta.Butbeforethemattercouldprogressanyfurtherthewholesalerdisappeared,nevertobeseenagain,leavingbehind,deserted,hisdevotedwifeandthreechildren,who,Godbethanked,werefullygrownandcapableoftakingoverhisbusinessandcomingtotermswiththeGencoPuraoilcompany.

           Butgreatmenarenotborngreat,theygrowgreat,andsoitwaswithVitoCorleone.Whenprohibitioncametopassandalcoholforbiddentobesold,VitoCorleonemadethefinalstepfromaquiteordinary,somewhatruthlessbusinessmantoagreatDonintheworldofcriminalenterprise.Itdidnothappeninaday,itdidnothappeninayear,butbytheendoftheProhibitionperiodandthestartoftheGreatDepression,VitoCorleonehadbecometheGodfather,theDon,DonCorleone.

           Itstartedcasuallyenough.BythistimetheGencoPuraOilCompanyhadafleetofsixdeliverytrucks.ThroughClemenza,VitoCorleonewasapproachedbyagroupofItalianbootleggerswhosmuggledalcoholandwhiskeyinfromCanada.TheyneededtrucksanddeliverymentodistributetheirproduceoverNewYorkCity.Theyneededdeliverymenwhowerereliable,discreetandofacertaindeterminationandforce.TheywerewillingtopayVitoCorleoneforhistrucksandforhismen.

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