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She had been bora in a U.S. concentration camp— ‘Ike many Japanese families, hers had been interned for much of Workd War H—had attended the Cali- fornia Coliege of Arts and Crafts and had” worked #5 a waitress, Throust mutual friemis the Scosts ar- raneedat meeting. Wendy explained that she wy satohie was die | fied To Sey bikas MALE US TG GT. nile ww: torn med dark, He couldn't se nj ty: Sufice flowiiiets. or ced flashees, AS be luracd onto | the tel roast: fislio anavunced a folhogup report oop. “From Los Anyetes, wotd has been received thar the STA sighting was a mistake. Police suy that a tecretary + an who lived alone was iniMabenly identified as Party to Hearst. This has been another false fead ia the buat © in for the missing heiress.” Jack's heart stopped hanunering. Rut his face was + ye Mi ashen as die entered the faring Ged Ganhe WN preeted him quizzically. “You luok Hike you just Vs — -” ; got uut of prison.” Ub Jack siumped to a chair and totd his stery of the ° ¥- two radio announcements, Everyhody smiled and ¢ >< patted Jack on the back. The camaraderie carried over ine an Fan hain Baa i ae | SN ee 7 een ar a vaity SME OSL fo € cs OG bawdaitoccdi' ier so she could return to the West Coust. —Jack-asked fher-ta move-iate-the-farmhouse — ani-offered to pay her the $500. She agreed ents. They were good F peopis| “Ciique was wrong. Dat si ay " Seranton. The fugitives also had new dis- and soon became a senior adviser and com- pinion to the SLA fugitives. The Scotts tried to provide everything the fugitives wanted. Micki had stocked the hause with food. books and other supplies. When mere was necded she sometimes 3c- companied Emily on shopping trips to ake guises, Patty’s hair hud been cut to affect a boyish look. Both Bill and Emily had light- ened their dark hair with red tints. But the fugitives sull worrred about unex- pected visitors. So Jack tricd to recruit an- other persan whom Patty and the Harrises could contact in emergencies. in early July he brought out Jay Weiner, a sportswriter friend and summer intern from the Long Is- land newspaper Newsday. Jack had only hinted about his farmhouse guests and Weiner was not prepared to mect members of the FBI's Most Wanted List. Weiser smiled when he was introduced to “Judy,” “Susan,” “Atlan” and “Joan” and pretended not to know who they were. After supper Jack took Weiner for a walk toward the ponds and beean to explain the situation. “] don't want to know what's coinz on,” Weiner replied. “E don't want to get involved.” Weiner agreed to keep his visit 3 secret but the episode left everyone disappointed, A few days later a local fix-it man, hired by the landlord, stopped in to mow the weeds and grass around the house. Micki was there to greet him while the others—who were not listcd as tenants—scamp- | ered out of view. Micki chatted amiably and heiped the man yank out weeds, taking the opportunity to rescue an indigenous three-foot marijuana stalk that the fugitives had found and were planning to harvest. The cannahis supplicd them with an adequate num- _ber of joints since they seldom toked or drank, a security precaution based on the SLA’s longstanding distrust of drucs. In conversations with the Scotts the fugitives explained thut heavy drug users, in the judg- ment of the SLA, usually became paranoid egerists. k and Micki had avoided discussing the issuc of The ar they world go to protect the SLA survivors. But one evening while Jack was driving to the farm a radio news. Rash suddenly contronted him with the $$ itemma. “We have a report that the SLA has heen located. Police’ have surrounded their hidcout und Putty. Hearst's parents are being flown to the scene to plead with ther daughter for her -surrender. Keep tained for further details.” ‘The fugitives were aleme at the house. Jack sugtowed tard. His haads jittcrbuysed on the wheel. grew a felt my parents were cepat B2y37 ato mit hy yrant . As a 3 % Hations bogged down a4 wr y much Twas word, ar * told Jack, “iLixe te , was worth $2 mil wit | wasn’t worth Sif it was a hor iat my parents coulis ime in terms of doila By ts, T feit siek ate over.’ ee an SAS ae to the following days, Jack was asked to teach a basic | 6 set of exercises. He fashioned weights from canerete . hk blocks for muscle building and led the fugitives i 1 through wind sprints to restore their strength and, stamina. ar Races were held between a rickety barn and 2 finish | Jine marked by a child’s rusting vellow swing set. | Patty was surprisingly swift. Jack, once an outstanding | sprinter himself, was hard pressed to outrun her. He } had begun to like Patty, She enjoyed joking around / and displayed an exuberance that had been impossible | to imagine two wecks before. Her snappishness had dissipated, | ‘She stilt chided Jack about the political irrelevaney of sports and his work at the ISSS. But she exercised | daily under his rigorous tutelage. During one hard i Tun she stepped in 2 pepher hole and crashed forward | on a twisted ankle. She limped back ‘to the house j hanging onto Jack's shoulder. There he massaged and : taped the ligaments, A similar injury had enikdd Jack's % athletic carcer and ruined his shet at the Oiympices i when he was Patty's uge. Patty spent the afternoon resting on the porch. Jack stayed with her and they began to talk about Patty's | copversion te the SLA, } i