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AW wt Mee could he aliacussed * few maotorats she honpett past the house Wers jniro- v7 gehed rhe Ease Comet. | spectivy Paraets whe lived down the duonty corse out _ jonatly whey be ree s that P pot out there. WEL pursed. j of aisht and gagshut, Fs | From the outside i t “the enicial thing Jack's angee had goated, “St would be a great help The hearse abo was eal. ib rinks with me.” oo loomed Bull sad weatheral, Dirty white paint pecled> > _ onty waisi-high wwevds Ural ae: if you could come back An ° aly hid an old fy and lemperuncotal water lank, . “eye Yael - Spats mire Fat A tactics. ; aavert bt On the #t- + and far was @ palcony will 3 wreught-iroa .+ railing. Betaw was a sc¢ee ned in porsh with oo hinsing lan? where cs cmuings gould be spent ¢a * Limening 1 the litany of frogs aac ecickets whe Inside vere four bedrooms, 2 kitchen, aN.) a rom, dining room and atic —ON OX {," AS A * psosive Leyout for three people who'd been! eIcening on floars in cramped spariments. “t wet ® 4a" . +. : ° PTT Et) : (3 ~' at , Merriags beoueght rich sUnriecs fending: a atitadve “e . : over the Pecone Mountains, driving ine ‘ : _ plack flies and mosquitoes iAlo the shee of ¢ ‘ a clump of trees that bordered the reat of us the farm. Dy midaroraing the fugitives Were “. - gut lying in the sun like weve whiterbellied + - * pass tussed vA the banks of the ponds. Patly - spent tong hours on & grassy hummock. The - ve, Hatsies adupled te the suo mure slowly. | Within days, however, sli three were 2s . ernnsen brown. co a _ ‘The Poanssivania sumer seemed to re. * lax and rejavencte Whe funitives. They read * Ature and Debray during te morning cool, _ otha went sianiag and sviewming, chasing - cach ether inte the water. They picked wild _ plackbecries from pushes grOWING avlesy the “3 read and dropped hook and line in turch of Lt the scavenger fish they grew 60 like covked with butter and onions. Bil carefully insirusted Patty how 10, avoid 2 bullhead’s spiny fins oF 3 pickerel’s © fearsome teeth “hen tating then off a hook. 5 Bur Pay pleehilly ignored he advice and ° grahbzd them barchanded, shrugging off the ullhead 1 resutting cuts and bilcs. When one b fell off her hook, she jurched headlong inte gi. we the pond afer it. % Pauy’s Eeistiness amazed the others. She wr . he first to ify skinny-dipping in the muddy 1) be The others had joined ‘a unl Bill emerged ah clutching his penis. “Sone “And Christ docs it hor. > the pond had nipped him. ‘ smiled Emily. “But.” . uN living from fuur days of ; wast ht, they'd © ponds. {rom the water one day thing bit me,” he yelped. Onc of the waterssukes in te Mill on edge y. Bur if Bill were coug’ ae Poet Throughout | Jack's nerves We 2 + eh delivered ba- 7 sitting nert lO Patt ” : at when the re- ' all be in trouble. ‘ ™ PY be there as on a8 | can. ™ Jack flew to Berke- - Ve acd. The fugitives | - | Icy ant borrowed a cof. wea York without | Bill and Jack epted fae a southern route below the ; *] think yours going 10 hive. ss the Great Pisins. They posed © your fucking dass may he numbered.” ty “Fd like to see yout EO in there HOW,” Came back his .j venrtening ntas. | Rockics and acre covers pisl{riend ee couple. On the hack ledge were the samt . rece to tall i off { tennis rackets that Jack and Patty had curried a week 5 taunt * | beforse—he had brought them west uguin in his suit.’ Suddenly Iheir bantecing Ws > Jaughed. slipped olf her clothes and i pond, Daring childhood surumers 2! interrupted: Patty, iorped into the t ber family’s + . “- to Scutt ting roam | ye ; a m3 , ‘ ¢ fev Jack Court hunself enjoying the second Up Touch ‘ ent bere Fin in | more thao the Get. The twa men had common inter- * evtates Patty bil learned 10 ke snakes, NOW when- - . te what ae ds.” ests, had Played sports and could talk withant she. . eset She'd find ane curled up bchiad the farmhouse * 2 Bas Spcuking in | tories interterence. Bill wae nat os presecapicd by} shed pivk it up to abow the vthess. But po onc else a * Vhe chance he'd be recupaired. They ale torether | woul! loueh then. . ! nent wae. “Wait in restsurudts and at anc poiot chanyed a Gat tice © Im ther poluical Mindy sessions Linily and Micki .ou peing in com- [or an ols couple stapped hy the side af ths highway. ‘were Halley's mEMOTs, “Tania is a sister.” Emily told . - Their aunty tense moment came it Indiana near - Micki. “yu she's sill Learning” The we older women . rs pow SRR E pacewsin Bil’s hometown, They were standing in bing at the © hecame chac. Semetunes they'd have lope canversae - . in ‘teha vb YE cash register of a roadside cafe when a plstana of: Tons ahout tenia while siting on the bitchen Moor to ‘se vrai ny » hi ay — ny arby taltg | drinking ¢ hee. Micki coaf Jed that shed felt Vauuk : ; SEB in third. You were state hile ay patrahinen yal up fram a nearby ie 8 Maa) Mi N ats ely a Title ay a =. . and appeared to converge on then. } Jealuus when Jack was Iraveling aces CoURTTY with Me fog 0 here and you're Dil hurriedly walked out, leaving behind his coffees j a Woman she had not thee incl. Enily replied that ie : we. OU” é to-go and un eatremely nervous companion. Jack } andl tht ticd nat ta be 30 ssessive of each olf = plaked. “What the, | quickly pod the bill and raced after Bilt. Hot the } They were working it out intetlectually, she said, Bt =