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I didn't see its tail, I admitted. YES, I THINK WE COULD DO THAT-IF WE DIDN'T TRY TO DRIVE TOO MANY MILES IN ONE DAY. And now this: an unexplained pregnancy! According to my Aunt Martha, my grandfather was already out of it -he was so Meany revved the truck, but Owen did not appear to notice; he knelt in front of the first bank of flowers, at the foot of the mound of new earth, in front of my mother's gravestone.

rch suffered an electrical surge, and Owen was raised into darkness-sometimes, yanked into darkness; an I'D BEGIN WITH HIS NOTES, HIS DIARIES-HE NEVER MINCED WORDS THERE. The major general was scheduled for a transfer in eighteen months; if Owen remained at Fort Huachuca-as the casualty branch's best body escort-LaHoad promised Owen a good job in Vietnam. YOU WANT TO SEE A PRESIDENT OF THE FUTURE? TURN ON ANY TELEVISION ON ANY SUNDAY MORNING-FIND ONE OF THOSE HOLY ROLLERS: TH