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Ienhgere WC }s«. T3is tee was (Cyn hunt, “Listen, we cavtedy in this howe una Aoager, bike Yorunls says, We ca place in the Contry where we er pel pur shit lngether, FI be hanes, We need your help. We'll werk wilh you an the book. ot cur weapons are our onty protection, We all fech the same way, When we jomerd dhe SLA we unieatyed we'd have te he acme at all lings.” The discussion continued. The Cigitives were weary, j But they clung to the SLA tenet of armed sirierle, | Jack could not make up his mind, Seven yeas efare,” ducing a “Stop the Draft Week” in Onkhind, he and his wife, Michi, had couveried their sun inta a oake- shit medical center io treat students why bad been | clubbed aml blovdied hy she police. “Phat had been theie intraductinn to the Movement aod had seta pat tern for their style of radicalism: Their house was open to dra resisters, cvicted tenants and others necd- ing 2 sanctuary. . : It was past milnight, Maybe the moraing ——) fer the Sb-A, tek tan stig were cvcoleed sp tte ad : show bet ey who doeht be rg valution fag a Lh Moat tee fia a gueal agdrgsy peay feo many New You‘ tee the: simanice ta com plete the beaks. Ci ple bat byve dchiyedd while Jack New to erketgy but omy he adked ler ta start lewkinn fier a Gerewiuative. Michi bepain chpping out cloviigd ads from Ne Tinns ant the Vithue Yaice. For for conycentiveg days” Nhe searched re New You and Pesssylyaais County - side. She taspectell tea houses, Nowe were ay oropry ¢. The dith was a wooden beo-stary lise Grat ad Lnpretcatiously by 2 shirt coual (hice hours west af yar York and a half-hour hottlicast of Scranton, Meaty ie vania, where Jack bed beca a high-whoat athlete 13 years befere. The house was owacd hy a New York City fireman who wanted S200 for a sumnucr's rent. Micki wrote a check aad phoned Jack, Jack's schedule also hed been hectic. The fugitives eT ees rt Hi Se at et RR ee ee - : . RT Te eS el te — —_——. : we _ = ° . - ——— — manane © our anatase ee ee eee ren 1 AS Hetkeley without the hand af money Jack | seests Ndac Vranlia’t deuce Sands erates beg atecun barry mi estes a Tadeo [ts €t0g) tipsters Year thiol athe a@pabish. dies Dy Saad: hablwen ays foe o'chat - bern + “Eh ant Br dy gost sigas!. “Thes five on Neat of otdces, f: safe. “Stay < a Oe fre 4 i? + fy ; Id bri I decision. Jack > iM = ° > would bring a clearer decision. Jack rose to Tf} seered . ; } ould bring > | Tie fugitives gave himno| & > “You can’t Ieave.” Emily's command was 3 eh ’ precise, “You might attract attention.” told to SiPLD ta } Now Jack was seared. In his fantasies the wn st. 4} police had the house surrounded and were s on. if moving in for another climactic fusillade. 3. \ But the fugitives gave hin no choice. He ° h: i was told to stcep sandwiched between Emily nay Ny Ps ttt at tre “ah, 5 and Patty. Positioned at the head af their bed ‘ fawree % 054 b. ; was an arsenal of guns and grenades, i } x C ak = be] iM in { turned out the tights and Jack lay back, star- : bead Ot gases bec WaS An arse . f ing at she ceiling. th a , » wyery te ‘ He couldnt sleep. Thirty minutes passed. ATI SGPATaAGA a 34: ao ‘ Tk scemed like decades. Then 9 loud crash € ZrCuAGes, ou) ue , jarred everyone upright. Patty rolled over - nytt AE = LA pny A J t ue ‘ and grabbed 2 gun in a single motion that. |: urmed OWT cas Yicht ait yas be, « . ; she had practiced many times in the dark. : 2 ‘s r * “It's the pigs,” she whispered. . ® : Someone had knocked over a garbage can “N 7 4 “. in the alley. Nobody said a word as the three re Pat nd : fugitives trained their suns on the entrances. } -5 , Stowly Bill pulled back a curtain and pesred . y 5 . - out, He turned to the rest and grinned, “It's I. it : "only a cat.” ; i \ * : Jack forced himsclf to laugh. The others 2. M : 2 joined in, a trace of hysteria showing in their i: . > » smites. : : €. t $ Pensath the bravado in the gun-filled as 1: room, Jack realized, there was a sense of -t BY } deepening desperation. His mind was made fy ad. _— : up. Jf the SLA survivors surrendered their t . r sm ‘ : guns, he'd help’ them ficd 2 haven, spond . ¢ 4 : 5 ; some time with them, get to know them— : { ‘apd write his book. L -_" i i He seule into a fitful sleep, his night- : i mares filicd with roaring Manies and caplod- . ra x* , ‘ing cartridges. His face still felt hot from the dream | hed been outfitted in new clothes 1o help them blend | Jack regis: i, ‘ .. Blames when Bill shook him awake. The fugitives had { inte Middle Ainerica. Their hair had been wealy | HA te oe } ' potlen up early and had reached their own decision. | trimmed and combed, The new diseuises passed toes ES aw x : “We've talked it over. [f you'll help get us out of |} first vest with encourating cuse when DBAl heprencd to 2S dor. | here, we'll Ieave our guns behind,” walk past the caplain of the Ozkland police “Red | mz,” he t yo | o « @ : : Squad,” a unit set up to monitor Bay Arca radicats. “E | dec beea: co : Waiting at a pry phone for Jack to call was a new almost fel} over when 1 saw him,” Bul told the others | [ don't»: “ 5 and unnerving expzricnee for Micki. He had sounded } back at the hideout, “But he just glanced at me and | mein fc. x A very mysterious when he'd called their New York | kept right on walking.” . want yor - apartment earlier in the day. Withoul an eaplanation The next major problem was transportation. Too 7 way. Al : he'd asked Micki to locate an unoceupicd pay phone, | many wanled posters had been cicculated to isk The he esil him with the pay phone number and then wait for planes or trains, They would have to split ap aad | she smite. . his return call. J aravel by car. Bill and Emily would get rides from | worry 3b . Jack and Micki Jiked 10 wark closely. Through 12 | two friends. But Jack would have to chauffeur Patty. | now. F tos years of living together their carcers often had inter- | None of their other frizads was willing to drive 3000 | —hadt be ‘ twined in both sports and politics, She frequently can | miles with the most famous fugitive in the country. eahsuslts: the ISSN and recently she'd begun writing a masicr’s Jack’s curiosity outweighed bis fears. He wanted The ne thesis in sports socialagy and started work on a profile | anwers to the questions that had been naggigg him. | stacting ‘ of wamen in sporty that was to be her first book, | Why had Palty eouvertad te the SLA? Had she Been { had seca . Friends considered hee more eudieal than Jack. jorsuaced? Or brainwashed? Or was she still a Mase? | coser of . . . . Micki stand fidgeting in the phone booth. It felt | She had been the most Iosty to Scow’s demand Cat yon tardive q Hike asweathis, ; the fugitives divaces and she bial yet be speak a fewndly (0 Foe ne ‘ > The phune sang, Jugh's voice was shaking. “We're | word Ge him. iin amayhe that was 3 pisy to teal the f cosped + 5, > poing to have three guests living with us—some people Ulrrises. Once free of them, she might want (0 rctura i ended in . ‘ who need total privacy.” Micki dide't wanl to ask any | te her parcats and boyfricnd. through - : ’ questivns aver the phone hut sbe guessed who the | - Bnily and her cacort tefe on Friday night. The fa- | mote ary : . ~ + . ~Sl- ‘ wom tee od - . mee me re ee oe. ——— ~~ Toa Se eee pope ede co ee cee Hoppe gee pee ~ Te re ne a ear me am