The morning call., 1893-06-19
TED'S SACRIFICE.
His Only Pet Given to the
Park.
THE SHOVEL FIRE BRIGADE.
The Misadventures of a Chinaman
Who Tried to Steal a Few
Flowers.

Teddy Sullivan is noble little fellow.
though he is puny and scarcely 9 years old.
This was proven yesterday. when in COM
pany with his grandmother-for Ted has
no mother-he hobbled along on crutches
through the park until he came to the big
aviary and there turned loose the only pet
he ever ownsd--a tiny canary. And that
canary was dearer to him than most birds
are to their owners, for 1t had been almost
his sole companion through long. long
stage of sickness.
He was playing about on Tehama street
one day when a big truck came along and
well, it's the same old story. The driver
didn't see the child until after the big
wheels had passed over him. The loss of
a leg and long, dreary days in bed fol-
lowed.
During the child's Illness there hung in
cage in his room a canary. 1t seemed to
know that Ted needed cheering up and
used to sing to him for hours at a time.
When the boy was able to sit up in bed
he had the bird moved down near HIM,
and then he became its sole custodian. OF
course, under these circumstances the two
soon became quite chummy. and neither
seemed happy unless in the company of
the other.
Then a time came when Teddy could
move about, and acting on the advice of
the doctor his grandmother took him out
to the park for an airing. The aviary was
visited, and the boy became quite inter
ested in the birds that fitted about and
seemed so free there.
Grandma, do you think Chick
would like to be out here ?''
His grandma replied that she thought
he would, and that's why the bird was
f,,r aA nd ,hryfn na1A A,y fe
brave little lad.
Captain Thompson. of the park police
has at last had a chance to try his amateur
fire patrol. Some misehievous hoys set the
grass over near the football field on fire
yesterday, and the policemen eXtinguished
it.
They didn't go at it with buckets and
even use water. The members of the park
fire patrol don't like water. They used
sand. and it proved just as effective.
When the fire was discovered it was
blazing away at great rate and threat
ened 10 do much harm.
Five Shrlll calls on a police whistle
quickly brought every policeman on the
park force TO the scene, and each came
armed with q shovel. In less than no
time that fire was buried beneath yards of
sand and danger averted.
The prompt action of the policemen is
due to fire drill which they go through.
Shovels are located every 200 feet along
the main driveway.
After the men 60 on duty and whenever
the notion strikes Captain Thompson he
MES himself TO some section of the park
and gives the fire alarm. Eacn man on
duty as soon as he hears the signal
possesses himself of a shovel and starts
for the point from where the alarm came
and in a very few moments the entire
park force is concentrated at given snot
and ready for action.
Policeman Tom Kennedy met with an
accident on Saturday, which will confine
him 10 his bed for many months. He
was endeavorlDg to break new horse for
park service when the animal got away
and dashing into a fence threw him
with such force as to fracture both of his
lower limbs. He is now confined in st.
Marys Hospital.
One celestial who loves flowers has
undergone an experience which will prob
ably cure him of his passion. While
saunterng through the conservatory he
became possessed with desire for pinks,
and as he saw lot of them around him he
proceeded TO satisfy his craving or
course park policeman saw him. They
generally DO manage 10 see people who
don't want 10 be seen, and started to take
him in. Quite naturally the Chinese
ran, and there Is every reason TO believe he
might have escaped had he not vautured
too near the pond in which the Victoria
Regia occasionally blooms. AS it was he
lost his balance and toppled headlong into
the water. When fished out he was the
sorriest-looking individual that the park
has contained for many day.
The policeman who captured him eY-
pressed 1t as his intention to prosecute him
on charge of petty larceny and malicious
mischief.