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ise ee vst rer eee pee a he's a pig.” @ "Cimon, how tight.” Wher Inc minted he speed away as ag “p don't like the way he looks.” looks tike a pig.” Patty's repeated reviling of “pigs” seen ted to 3 dixcrssion about the politics! criterion fer such a ¢lasdtvation, Paity tect the position that a pig was anyone who did not give wholehcarted support 9 the SLA. Jane Fonda and Tom Hayden, for instance, were pigs because they'd criticized the SPA tactics. Patty sounded Ike what she was—a new convert to radical thinking. } | : ar hw. | dag. Don't be sop k pulled in for gts she frequents de- attendant approsched, she'd capltin “He + ‘ rhe eruciat thing is that L " Jack's anger b if you could come SLT try winte Sr ane . . | aut ll. ( a ‘tm Y 4! sites. anti) Sik Hnished. them necdeet quictly. % afer't tines dats besos the SLA finetions. to von, T think ae hie a geod Ree amd talked stirectly te him.” Jack and Eavly aurgherdd lo a searby pay plese: and diated Berkeley. Bill was diplomatic. Te assist blame for not brighng Jack about the SLA‘ bar nevis structure. AW af that could be drctecd ationally whea he Wyte tea - ave f igs yen mi ‘Toho shoud have tardy i chese a we called bebe reaches! the Tavs ter t get oul there.” Hat) parrcad, “Tr wottd be a great hel) pte £ ad cooled. back and ride with me.” { Jack pointed aut Fonda and Hayden's ; untiring work to cad the Victnam war. “It’s ane thing to disagree with them but i's an- ther thing to call trent pus. We fave to i recounize who our friends are and who our : : enemics are.” Patty sneered and changed the subject. What sert_of author wos Sack Scott? She : . fad never read any of his “hooks -_ : or te had writtcn about sports, he explained. { He believed that athictes had a right not to j be treated like cows al an auction. His books j challenged those attitudes. “I don't sce how sports is relevant {to anything at all,” Patty said. “Certainly not to the revolution.” Jack did not reply. . For the rest of the trip they yeached an uneasy accord. Their conversations were oe confined to those logistics necessary to reach ot the Scott apartment in New York. < Emily had arrived there four days ¢ar- ye lier. She and her escort had had a bad scare a jest as they crossed the city limits. A feet ad of police cats, sirens blaring. had raced up . 5 n ; E from behing and pulled over the car ahead Ao ¥ EEEOOT ghar 2Gele en O° i; ; But ance at the apartment Emily was *; : warm and refaxcd. Micki happily erected 4%. - her. The two women shared a sense of hu- 4 Red mor. an emerging feeling of feminism and ge the anxiety of waiting for the others. 2 The next day was spent in search of a : é 1 medica! clinic that didn't require ID cards fj teres US ead Dp Fe oy BEY and Social Security pumbers For 3 couple i 12 y a < of weeks Emily had been convinced she was H Z et ayy iP 4 q ¢: . pregnant, She had to find out for sure be- eomG tea A Witiout Fae: BS. ° cause a baby could dramatically affect her : —— to a ee underground lifestyle. ; a ae Emily was prepared for 3 positive test. Throughout | Jack's nerves were suil on edge from four Jv all : history other revolutionary women had delivered ba- : sifting BEAt {0 Putty. But if Bill were caught. th Box te | i bics while waging guerrills war, But when the re- ? all bc in trouble, 2 : sult proved negative Emily was relieved. The fugitives “} I} be there as soon as T can.” Jack flew to Be “* 1 still faced so many other hassles. | Iey and borrowed a car. : S: i Jack and Patty had made it to New York without | Bilt and Jack opted for a southern fous ‘ ; - i mishap. But Bill had calicd with disheartening news. { Rackics and across the Great rains we \ BS: ! His ride had fallen through. The driver's girlfriend 3 7° a oy couple. On the hack ledge were TS ES had found ovt and pressured the driver to call it of, | ons rackets that Jack and Party had carricd 4 ai “ . ” - 1 before—he had brought them west again in his Fr ‘ Bill was stranded in Berkeley. case. . Re A meeting “as convened in the Scott living room ; Jack found himself enjoying the second trip i: to deal with the crisis. “since Teko isn't here Pim in | more than the first. The two men had common » command,” Emily begun. “T'lt decide what to do.” ' osts, had played sports and could talk without : - Emily's tone had changed. She was speaking: in | torical interference. Bill was fot as preocetpr sy * the same strident terms as Patty. . 1 the chance he'd be recognized. They ate i a Jack stopped her with an impatient wave. “Wait | in restuarants and at one point changed a a, 3 SS. 3 minute. What's this shit about you being in com- | for an old couple stopped by the side of the bis : oe mand?” . mitre only tense moment came in Jn br. f . . is hometown. “cy were stuns t co; | Be Patty stood up and confronted Jack as if addressing i cavh register of 3 rao dside cafe ines 3 phil: 3 #4 backward schoalboy. “In our umt Teko Is first 4 | tate highway patrolmen got up from 2 nears Bio} Bes 1 command, Yolanda ts second and Fm third. You were | and appeared to converge on them. i Rao] BS ' under my command on the trip out here und you're Bil hurriedly walked out, leaving bchind his : 3 :. under Yotanda’s command now.” to-go and an extremely nervous companien =a } His face reddening, Scott exploded. “What the | quickly paid the bill and raced after Bill. rand * 3 _ 1 } ; 4 5