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Show Took Good tare of His Taro.t. , home amusing stories relative to the vlTil0, thereceDt court d fu rtigation, are going about in army ch- thZ Cme8 fr J wrraiks Mo. When.a member of the ttuhtary band at the barracks came to the ne story about a sore throat he wj treat-n? treat-n? , J a.eons"ierotion which was aa marked as it was gratifying "Sore throat, oh?" "said' the nrKeon. tenUf , Vt.me Oh. that not aobad A slight irritation, nothing more, iou'll be all right in a day or two. I gue J ou would better take no chanees of re- though, so I will recommend that vou be excused from active duty for two weeks." Armed with the surgeon's certificale the bandsman obtained his two weeks' relief from active duty. The two weeks had just come to an end when he met tho post surgeon on the parade ground. The bauds-man bauds-man saluted. The surgeon recognized the face and stopped. How's the throat?" he said pleasantly. It s quite well, sir," was the reply. "That's good," said tho surgeon. "You can get back to your duty now without fear. By the way, whxt instrument do you handle in the band?" . "The small drum, sir," said the musician. musi-cian. New York Tribune. |