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. . with more expected. They have artillery, but no

tanks as yet."

"Lan Villar is confirmed?"

"That's ten-four, sir. Our scouts report that

Khamsin and Kenny Parr have been spotted as

well."

Ben nodded and thanked her. He walked away,

chewing on a sandwich and washing it down with water from his

canteen.

"Traffic coming up from the south, sir," a Rebel

pointed out.

Ben turned, squinted his eyes, and smiled. The

un-

mistakable rattle of many VW engines reached his

ears. To the rear of the VW column, a shiny black

hearse was rolling stately along.

Ben walked out onto Highway 61/67 and waited

until the strange convoy drew abreast of him. A

familiar face looked out at him from the lead VW

van.

"For a peace-loving hippie, Thermopolis," Ben

said, "you certainly pop up in the most violent of
places."

"We were listening to your radio transmissions,

Ben," the aging hippie said. "Actually it was