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Show The Missing Remnant. A certain Lancashire town boasts a full brass band, Including a big drum. Tho drummer, according to tho Tat-lor, Tat-lor, is about flvo fcot high and rather deaf, but ho thinks nobly of his Importance Im-portance to the band. When tho band parades, It always takes tho samo courso through tho main streets; but tho other day tho lcador, for somo purpose known only to himsolf, turned down a bystreet. Tho llttlo drummer did not see what was happening In front of him, for to componsato for his lack ot holght ho holds' his drum high boforo him. So with his gaze concentrated con-centrated on his music ho banged away, and marchod straight ahead, as usual. About flvo minutes afterward ho flnlshod hlo part, and, hearing no othor Instruments, ho stopped. Part of tho crowd had accompanied him, and they gavo him a choer. But ho was ill at easo. Ho shoved his drum to one sido and gazed ahoad; thon on tho other, and did Ukowiso. But ho saw no band. Thon, In uneasy astonishment, astonish-ment, ho turned to tho smiling bystanders by-standers and inquired: "Height Has ony o' you seen tho remnant o' a band anywheres about 'ero?" |