| Show the missing remnant A certain lancashire town boasts a full brass band including a big drum the tha drummer according to the Is about five feet high and rather deaf but he thinks nobly of his importance to the band when the band pax parades ades it always takes the same course through the main streets but tho the other day the leader tor for some purpose known only to himself turned down a bye treet the little drummer did not see what was happening in front of him for to campens compensate ate for his lack ot heigh he holds holdo his drum high before him so with his gaze concentrated cent rated on his music he banged away and marched straight ahead as usual about five minutes afterward he finished his part and hearing no other instruments he stopped part of the crowd had accompanied him and they gave him a cheer but he was w as ill at ease he shoved his drum to one side and gazed ahead then on the other and did likewise but he saw no band then in uneasy astonishment he turned to the smiling bystanders and inquired heigh has ony 0 you seen the remnant 0 a band about ere |
