The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-09-08
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ppt AMI legan buying cEcryth,ug IN M"
tool line Nn-t ~ Thorn louue -%puruei.
hut when h" iaid n"tnr" hsr lananas ant
Malaga craps she ate She ats nothing
hut that afterward last week she hogan
To hsvs hfts of,rr'igo ami no men Of Truck
~ sisrtri IN To- give her massage treat
m.nt Jennie vent ~ Yesterday m = NJ
and didn't come bark
when Croker vas chief of Tho Third
feailailbn IN lNb, flf Jay w" 'dilNfll W "
BrRzilrr tramp steamer walked IN with
a monkey IN IN arms. and ~ vas thus
jennie came into the department She
was a little bit IT a brown thing then. ~ith
sharp piercing eyes and a comical express
zion They put her M On the top foor
~ the old truck house. which uss.d To he tho
headquarters ~ the obi Volunteer Depart
ment. She had n corner all hy her-elf
and grew until she was about two feet high
She developed n Voraciou- appetite for
peaputa and fnhaeeo I'm tho long NAaFe
Jennie pvt IN At Truck ~ she had only one
nance to distinguish herself on fir" duty
Becense Of It her name will 20 down on the
offcial records of the Fire Department
Just as though she had been a human being
and not a monkey.
One bitter night last winter the men had
10 roll To "A fire and came back with their
clothes soaking wet One man put his
turnouts over a radiator zap on the top
foor. which the men Use as a sitting room.
There were some matches in the pocket
and the heat set them on fire The fire.
spread tothe woodwork and In "a few minutes
the room was filed with smoke and crack
hing flames. All 81 the men had turned In
and we're sound asleep except the mar On
watch three floors below,
Suddenly those IN the dormltorles were
aroused hy the sound Of pool balls coming
dow the iron stairway from the fiOor above.
Then came the sound Of chairs being over
turned and the how'll of the monkey whose
chain allowed her To reach Just 10 the top
Of the stairs. She had seized the pool balls
from the table and had thrown them down
to wake up the hremen, They got the fire
out with the extinguishers. Then Chief
Worth forwarded a report, as was his duty.
to Chief Croker for the official records.
Il have the honor 10 report, wrote the
chief. that the fire in the headquarters Of
he Third Battalion was reported 10 the Def
partment by Jennie the Monk. a member D ~,
said command, and that's the waylt stand
to-day.
Jennie's friends were the fremen and the
rest OF the world her foes. She had no Use
for anybody else. Whenever she got loose.
which WAS often, IL meant damage some
where. One sunday morning some years
ago Jennie got out on the fire escape IN the
rear, took a run over the roofs and got down
into Greene street. 1he proprietor of n res
tsurant discovered her sitting on the coun-
ter. In one minute he was on the street.
while inside Jennie was firing cups. sallcers.
sauce bottles and everything she could lay
her hands on. When the tiremen reached
the place she had completely wrcck@ il.
Chief Crok or got n hill Tor that, hut Jennle
never ent up on charges.
Firemln Murphy tried to keep the chiefs
monkey in, but often the whole company
had 10 80 to tho rescue One day Jennie
stole down the stairs and spotted u girl
coming along with what proved To he her
lunch under her arm. Jennie jumped for
the girl. seized the bundle and united IL.
Then she proceeded TO lay out the contents.
from which she then took her pick The
girl fed shrieking mp the street while Jennie
ate.
"She was q great monk" said Capt.
Jennings Of InIck ~ yesterday. but
nobody will miss her like Murphy. She
went 10 a fire with us Just once, She rolled
nut sitting on the truck and Jabbering
away. hut II ~as winter and before we got
back some Of IN had to give up oar coats
10 keep Jennie from freezing To death.
She never went near the truck again. but
che was n peach AZ getting down'the poles"
Once Jennie just squeezed through
without being brought mp on charges, IL
was before she had made good and got on
the honor roll, While the men were az a
fire she got loose and tore downstairs.
When Chief Worth got back he found that
his room had been hit by something. Jennie
had helped herself to The mucilage and
had downed il all. u also drank the ink
eradicator, removed all the chiefs papers.
spread them on the floor and poured ink
over them, Every hair pill Nv in The dormi-
tory had been opened and shaken and up
etAirs. back in her quarters, they found
Jennie. smeared with ink and smiling,
II was just as though she knew she had q
pull With the chief % the department and
that she was safe all right said Chief
Worth, as he told about II yesterday. Her
pull was good. too. because the chief never
knew who did IT,"
Jennie was the only monk In the Fire
Department.
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