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Show LOST THE DA86 DRUM. Absolute Proof That Such a Thing It Possible. The man who lost the bnss drum hat been found. Newspaper pnragruphers havo inndo merry with the nbscuMiiludcd mnti, nnd he ban been nccused of all sorts of deeds of omission mid commission Therefore some of tho stories told nt his expense havo been taken In ft Pickwickian sense. Tho tnlo that a mini said he wns bo aht-ent-mindcd thnt lit one time ho lost a huss drum has alwu)s been considered a mere Joke. Originally this story mny hnvo been n fable, but now it is true A mnn has nctunlly lost n bass drum, and nil the members of an low 11 band will bear witness to tho fact. It happened near DaveniKirt a fow Sundays ago. There was 11 celebration celebra-tion nt Davenport nnd an up country band had arranged to tnko part In tho festivities. The train stopped nt tho station Just n moment, and tho mow bers of the hnnd piled Into the smoker with their Instruments and their ro-gnlln. ro-gnlln. Just ns tho train was moving away a fat, red-nosed man grasped tho ra.il and swung aboard. Then ho turned pale nnd gusped. "Where's my drum?" he cried, ns ills o)cs bulged nnd his knees shook. "I saw It on the depot platform," said the trombone player "Suffering enrnhosks! I forgot It!" When the band liognn business at Davenport it labored under n handicap, handi-cap, nnd the bass drummer was not a popular member of the aggregation. . |