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he mail arriced one day anc there it was: a ME fone ane nicasuge from Jane Al pest, an activist of the left who had become a legal fugitice morc than three years age. To prove that the manuscript awtits coccring letter had been writ ten by the real Jane Alpert. they were accompanied’ by a set anf vivht- Fraud Hage rpriats—all fire saitadces rarefully onckocl within the furse vireh: op a female syusbol. These was something ine diddy moving in tat offer of proop few tas person soalone. so iseratesd from her frictals and her past fizs- trait stie reetast present firnverguaits fa prove fee stel! evisterf, Forme ot fuct the better itelf might have | fee a prop ened, (Which ts why ; Gouete thas intradte tory note-fa ronscious of her seriotisness anu «li- explain a personal basis for belief | that this document ts legitimate.) personal } In her letter to me, Jane recalled a — brief meeting of three and 4 half ycars before: she remembered the room in ichich we had met and the elothes we wore, She had been fece on bail then. still cory much en dangercd by the charge of conspir- ing to bomb fedvrat offices, But it was not for herself that she had come ta scek support. dices jor Sam Melteitle, the man ahi divest with and the person accused of mas- teominding this conspiracy to boule, She feared that he would not beable to prepare his defense property tit fess he was ont of jail, free to tat with kawyers and friends, So we sat there, making fists of people whe” micht be avilling to contribute to bis” hail. Eoromember being cory. very rectuess and apparent lack of con cern about her own situation, After all, she. too, eas facing all the cnor- mons pressive that socicty and the eourts could bring to bear. But she never mentioned the danger to her wsclf, And neither did f. in fact, we said not onc personal word. Perhaps t chose not to ques- _ tion hier because f aid uat trish to know whether oc nat she was guilty us charged: violence toward prop caty. and the risk of human life, wean more than t could acecpt even ina - just conse—thonde did aot then ace a nsistance to ciolence as one of the positive calucs of the eamen’s cul- inse. b tet the conversation ziiain impersonal because I dit not teant te disagree with the action of this wenn thom TL instincticcly liked. And get. Janae Alpert. both the pur san and the political symbol, stayed