The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1888-01-15
GEANT TYMS'S Quail.
DID He Know They Were Stuffed with Cot
ton when He Took Them Komes

DID He Know They Were Stuffed with Cot
ton whom He Took Them Komoi
The dog watch had just gone out on duty
in the gray dawn, Police Sergeants Schmitt-
berger and Sheldon having eaten their daily
pies. were fast asleep in their hunks. and Capt.
Reilly was asleep. too. In his room when Police
Sergeant Tins slowly arose from his seat be-
hind the Thirtieth street police station desk
the other morning and glanced f~urtively around
the room.
Sergeant Tins is the Shakespearean scholar
OF the department. His fellow officers say that
his leisure moments for the last fifteen years
Of the great dramatist's works to memory. He
often delivers these choice bits out loud. with
alone with his thoughts In the station house.
His glance around convinced him that he
SeLi1 odi ths sn dssk a ana struck ana h a s watsaa out asti , !
in front Of the big station house stove and
cleared bis throat; His thoughts reverted to
OF which he had witnessed a few. days before
At ss, th so academy ejnJ; as apparently faneied him,
up, and. addressing the hot stove. exclaimed:
Ths az. time ever Cesar pat 4 OF.
that day he oVereame the Nsrvh. ~"
he went right o. stirring, the hot stove up, to
nation. and wiped bis brow when he reached
ths dramatic climax Of Aniony,s speech:
AZ that instant the Captains door opened,
room opened too. and foiieemap Henry ieWS. ".
tallsst man on the whole force, walked out
with o little man. who was a prisoner. Both
the ssnG Gsli snd o4led ard ab sas %DFlse Tsey Gbla sa sse their ser
fiery elocution., The little man. who had been
cheer. had siI brace Of quail thrown over his
SHOULDER and fastened BY stout twlne;. He
his IhAt, laid tho game before the Sergeant.
h. . saId % wits y ieTvi q r ensSusjs 81 the Hiras is sta
ley, who is with Booth and Barrett, deliyertllat
sreech, and l / don't think they could give you
The little man insisted SO strenuously that
Sergeant Tins should keep the quail that the
s ssr : ilRp sns. ' Tfms them sid rpd pt th | II him, In
later. and Sergeant Tins proudly showed him
s snes string g, q quail and generously divided the
ra "Yoa un cam surprise Pr s, the fol- folks 4 at d hSms with q
s Sc sn siip 70 Ills ne own sa' $o% n"s IL tS %asn r. at G's fSs
was, ard t1e latter scowled darkly then Ser
ss.Iss "a ds %ii 4 n'ss i %fn a = He'll 4 js a. ? p sssll;
s ss Ii The hs sshsr d %s SIX snd fa WRss i ! sot h i sailsf
cs Capt !; BELLY Re ". s%ilsd when en- Sergeant Tins
IAS - - sHv o.ovih q i.oi u pIlcl-
Was discovered az Tf the J s'seieo 4 M'frTet te Court Il
that the little man who gave Sergeant Tins
the quail was a taridermist's, apprentice. The
quail, were some. that he had partially stuffed
and had intended to take nome to wire and
mount. but he got muddled up with liquor on
the way and fell into the hands of Policeman
Graham, he didn't think the quail we're any
them away. The man, Sergeant sheldon. said,
bad no idea. though, that two distinguished
Sergeants. OF police would try to eat the quail,
or he would have warned them.
when Capt. Reilly Asked @H' . fWasIIr how 70 aid eHy You
Ike those quail, Sargeant?"
"Whati" cried Capt; Reilly and Sergeant
Lane In the same breath.
Yes" the, Sergeant continued, my wife
never tires Of admiring them. Eye had them
near the aquarium"
TIL reply staggered the Sergeant's asso-
ciates, but Police Commissioners yoorhis says
that Il simply shows that it's a very cold day
when Sergeant Tins acknowledges that any
body can play . practical Joke on him. The
SssFssaqt continues t. spurn the Idea that he
NhsA y took thsM homo g no We. ~