Show AH JACKS CORTEGE Sent off to Joss to the Strain Of a Battlins Quickstep The Opera Houso band marking a II trail of sweat in the centre of Main Street bursting their cheeks in the rendition ren-dition of a lively quickstep and followed by a dozen wagon loads of heathen Chinese formed the attraction of yes terday afternoon I was the funeral cortege of Ah Jack who lay in the r he rsc next to the band and whose soul was supposed to be keeping time I in a polka step on the way to Joss to I the lively strains of Olsfns trumpters Seventylive or a hundet Chine e one or two with whit bauds aronna their heads and any number with colored ribbons wound around their arms filled the wagos and one grave looking duffer who came immediately behind Ah Jack flung myriads of small pieces of paper punctured with some cabalastic signs to the horde of small boys who trooped after the wagon Arrived at troop K U depot Ah Jacks remains were transferred to an ice b > x and were soon ziiping sally sway ir thedir ctiun of China while hu brother heathens tore madly back to the suds and Cat irons they had temporarilyabandoned The band looked fagged out us it came up thestreeton tts retreat from the uepot The heathens would notallow i bre thing th-ing space it bad contracted to luruisn the music torso much and the raonev was not bin earned i there was the I slightest drums cassation of the horns and |