The sun., 1906-01-21

Later Deerle caught her making monkey
! designs on the headquarters botter with
red ink. She showed a nice sense Of dis
elimination by refusing to touch a bottle
| OF black ink which was handed TO her, pre-
! ferring the brighter color.
/ Bettys powers OF imitation soon got
Deterle into trouble with one Of the girls
at the Jersey City telephone central. The
bell jingied merTrily, and the inspector ran
in from the back room. He lifted the re-
cever from its place on his desk and said;
Hello! What is it2'
What number do you want?' inquired
Central.
Il don't want any number. What makes
you think | do?" replied De'erle.
Then what are you ringing up for9'
asked the hello girl.
Il haven't touched the phone he an
swered.
"You certainly have. have been getting
flashes for several minutes
Il think you are mistaken, ma'am
I'm not, sir"
Then Betty solved tho mystery by trying
to take the receiver from Deterle's ha md
1t dawned on him that she had been signal
ling Central by juggling the receiver up
and down He called up again and said
I'm sorry ma am but you we're right. II
was the monkey who called"
u thought So" sweetly came back the
reply.
One day last week sick cat was brought
into the Society for the Prevention OF Cruelty
to Animals headquarters in feed bag
| While Deterle was busy at his books Bettys
! curiosity got the better of her. She eau
tiously approached the bag and proceeded
to unite the string.
She managed to get the sack open and
was reaching in for the cat when the super.
intendent saw what was going on. He
ordered her to her perch, and she sColdei
him for his interference.
woman wearing stuffed bird on her
! hat walked into headquarters to make
complaint against man for cruelty to
animals. Betty spotted the bright plumaga
| from the door top and jumped on it.
There was screech and a narrow escar"
from fainting fit. The monkey quickly
retreated and Deterle felt the necessity Of
making an apology
Betty's liking for anything in the animal
kingdom made serious trouble day or
| two later when a cat wandered into the
office and quickly srampered out agaDn
with Betty in hot pursuit. The cat climbed
"A telegraph pole in front OF the building
and Betty Skinned after ii.
| There was scrap in mo.air, and the cnt
got the wG;s of Il. Betty was so tlcklet
over her victory that she refused to come
down, and an officer had to go after her
with steel climbers.
statement that Betty recently made her
escape from the building by unlo. king
and opening rear door. Some ut Nh"
men think that he gives the monkey crrdt
| for an almost impossible feat, tut the rlr"-
! dent is positive that the door was lu"Nri
| before she made her exit
! Betty has an abnormal fondEes- for raN
| Jet mnntleS and destroys them whonr'"t
! she gets the chance, She climbs on th" Ed-
| fixtures over the desk and pulls the faaN
| white sui stance out with her for"p""-
| Mr.. Mccarthy has vetoed manlcs as u
steady diet for the monkey and Mr. Dele!'r
is kept busy chasing her away from tnen'
The children in the ncighborhood at"
much interested in BETTY and her antics
and make daily calls to see her per
form. Since she took a fan, y to the kitten
has found little tima for tricks. She is cN'
tremely jealous of any body whom she sJ'7'
poets Of having designi on the ca: and re-
fuses to be diverted from her duty OF pro-
tecting her adopted baby