Jinny. The Taming of a Bad Monkey 
As soon as she began to feel a little at home she 
charged at the other monkeys, sending them helter 
skelter and chattering to their highest perches, 
while she walked up and down, puffing out little 
snorts, raising and dropping -her bushy eyebrows, 
and glaring defiantly at all the men outside. 
The regular keeper came to feed her, and as usual 
went inside in spite of her angry threats. As soon 
as his back was turned she sprang and got him by 
the leg. He was badly bitten and she was hurt 
before she was driven off. But they knew now 
that it was no bluff, she was a “‘bad Monkey.” 
There seems to be a fascination about a thorough- 
paced villain, and Jinny was so bad that she was 
interesting. So yielding to an impulse, the big 
man with the strong hands and the soft heart set- 
tled down to his self-appointed task of bringing 
her “‘in line.” 
When he went to feed her she leaped up on a 
high perch, snorting, glaring, making faces, jump- 
ing up and down on all fours, daring him to enter. 
He was not looking for trouble, so he did not go 
in, but he was observing her keenly. One thing 
was sure: Jinny was no coward, and that was a 
great point; a brave animal is far easier to tame 
than a coward, as every Zoo-man knows. 
He fed and watered the monkeys in that cage as 
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