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2 ir Pm areal ental tantiapie lal,» wile that oh wt ceerh 2 . a" iy didnit take many chances, not many at all. + * « ' eo. a ed . 4 ‘ , ‘ . »* ‘ take ne for a conplet idiot, ‘why the hell do you think I ordered two sets of chates, It wasn't a bad night for a drop--overcast bat I wuld bail clear of that, Checking ny time, I cleared the altitude md speed nith the captain over tha com . dine. kverything was about right even though X riuissed the airpott bean at Kelana because of poor visibility. I had to clear Lake vorwins Clearing the clouds, I Doated down, Heard later. there were three military trail planes but thoy couldnit seo ne through the soup. I tugged and jerked the lines just right. Hit in 2 field. Thank God I didntt get hung ap in a tree, Cormealed both chutes, ‘Then checked my reading. X know pretty well where I was tut confixned dt with my comoas ond county map. I just had 5 to 10 miles to go to get to my car, Reached it by serly morning. ‘Let ne tell you that man cannot live by broad alone or by K rations for that matter, Heard later vhen they nade a skidding » sparxs-flying stop at Reno that they sot dogs lose trying to spot me in the hangers end adjoining homes. Yes, they must have taken no for a fool. put T had it a2 planned out, alk planned out, they underesti- mated me atl the way. I dropped short of where they said I did. And by tho tine they find any traces of me, if they ever do, Itll be lorg gone. Might have holed up .4in Portland or Seattle or lit straight out for Canada, Odds are they!ll never find ma. Not if theytre looking for a lOish, Latin type man in a dark suit with sun glasses, Esesides knowin alot of other things whatts to stop re from doing an expert at Gemisel?] vothing, X tell you. . | Well, X could go on nore but Live got things to coe Think ‘Z deserve a Littie rest smd you can bet your stars itts going to bo in style. Oh, contt believe that malarky at tho start of my story about there being accornplices. Do you think I'd } ds crazy cnough to Goal anybody in on this, especially a blabby, spineless fenale. and if x found one X cared enough for to deal in, X wouldnt expose her to the risk, But from now on I wontt have my trouble finding companionship if and when I ever noed 4t. Yes, Iina loner from the word go and thatls the way ¥ Like it. for this * _ a a, eee age A 1 a {me ff I j ; } Right now I'm laying low, .Don!t even care if the magazine pays me BB Cooper-32