Date:         Wed, 11 Feb 1998 06:41:21 +0800
From: Raymond McDowell <bbgpted@ASIAONLINE.NET>
Subject:      INT: On the Road: When a hero falls

There was a break in the action. A hero had fallen. Rqy and Xiao stopped
eating their shark's fin soup and made their way over to a small pool of
water and sat down together.  Rqy started to cry.

"C'mon Dad. Omar wouldn't like it if he saw you crying like this."

"Don't fool yourself," said Rqy. "Omar would be sitting right beside us if
he could, wearin' a black veil and sobbing in a silk hanky."

Xiao leaned back and watched a cloud go by.

"Maybe you're right, Dad.  He wasn't ready to go by  a long shot.  Too young
and too ornery. But you can bet B.B. Loi's red pants that he would have
patted us on the back and told us not to stop bein' silly on account of him.
He was that kind of guy."

"You're right, Xiao.  He probably would."

So the two stood up.  Xiao reached into his trench coat and pulled out two
black silk arm bands. They helped each other tie them on and headed back.

Komrade Rqy, offering a small tribute to my friend and fellow Blues Brother,
Daffid