Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-03
HEART-bROKEN DOG
| BACK HOME AGAIN
Grief for Lost Mistress Made
Him Difficult Rescue
League Boarder.

Wolf, a pedigreed police dog Of ex
celient manners and habits, is back
at his home today after an involun
tary absence OF several days, during
which he very nearly wrecked the
nerves of everybody, human and
brute, at the Animal Rescue League
HEADQUARTERS, down on Maryland ave-
nue. southwest.
Wolf brought all his troubles on
himself. and on the league people.
through his devotion for his mistress.
Miss Ruth Bennett, pretty young pro
fessional dancer and former Tech
High School girl.
Miss Bennett left her home at 1719
C. street southeast last Friday ana
boarded a street car near her nome
en- route for her studio at 1401 1ngra-
ham street. She noticed that Wolf
followed her to the car stop and or
dered him to go home as she got into
the car The last she saw of him he
was starting to obey her instructions.
Dog Losing Gr@u,ss-
But Wolf decided to change his mind
again and so he began tagging along
behind the street car. The car went
along quite slowly at first and Wolf
had no trouble keeping pace with 1t,
but as the motorman began to shove
his controller around a notch or two
farther, the dog found that he was
losing ground.
With his mistress still unaware of
his predicament, Wolf began to bark
and then to yelp bit more plaintlveiy
lie was getting very tagged. and the
street car. far down the street, was
going faster than ever.
How far Wolf went before stop
ping from exhaustion probably VIII
never he known. 1t must have been
many blocks. however. for he was
found in the downtown section in q
state CT utter despair by gentle
man whose name has not been as
certained. He prevailed on Wolf to
go home with him, but the dog would
not he consOled. He walled and
whired SO much that the gentle
man decided to take him to the
Animal Rescue League.
Then the troubles OF the league be-
gan. There are lots of NUTS of
doubtful extraction there. to say
nothing of cats and one or two other
varieties of homeless pets.
Didn't Like Company.
Wolf. however, did not enjoy his
company. He was just doggone lone
some. He began to cry a melan-
choly cry-the kind one hears at
midnight when the town clock strikes
day long and all night long.
1T was awful" declared Miss Ven
able, one of the league directors. He
nearly drove US crazy. We did every
thing under the sun to appease him.
but he was actually grieving himself
sick for his mistress.
so yesterday we inserted an ad-
vertisement in The Star. The 'ad'
stated that the dog was grieving for
his owner. Miss Bennett, who had
been searching frantically for him,
hurried to us and claimed him. There
wasn't any doubt about Miss Ben
nett's claim, either. He was the
happiest dog 1 have ever seen when
he spied her
Il was feeling just as bad as Wolf"
Miss Bennett said today. He was
given to me for a birthday present
while a young pup, just a year ago,
and We both think the world of each
other. He was sick with distemper
for three weeks several months ago,
and I stayed home with him the whole
time.
He won't let any one hurt me or
touch anything 1 own, either, will you
WOLF"
Wolf proceeded to grab the seat of
the trousers of the reporter as the lat
ter started to open the door. The an
sWer was plain enough.