| Show A WOLF FOND OF GIRLS shown by a park A one of the wolves in lincoln park used to be a pet it was brought from arkansas when very young by a lake view man who used to make hunting visits annually to the southwest says the chicago times before entering public life it used to enjoy a large degree of freedom and it seldom abused the confidence reposed by its owner the lake view man had a number of berry bushes and a pear tree when fruit ripened it had been the habit of boys in the neighborhood to steal most of the fruit but the young wolf stopped them the very first season after its arrival no boy was safe in the neighborhood of the vines or pear tree but the wolf did have a liking for little girls a liking more amiable than that of its relative who is embalmer embalmed ed in the tale of little red riding hood after one season of disappointment the boys learned of this partiality on the part of the wolf and then they used to get little girls to steal the fruit for them the girls would walk boldly into the yard when the boys told them there was no one watching and if the wolf approached one would stop and pay with him and the rest would get the fruit but no amount of attention would distract the wolfs attention so that a boy could come in he would break away from the most enticing little girl and chase any boy over the fence in short order and he would play around the little girls who were stealing the fruit but he would never offer to harm them however the girls like to be used in that manner and there came a day when the boys could not get them to steal the fruit after repeated trials and after watching the fruit grow so ripe that if not soon removed it would be ripe enough for the family one of the boys hit on an excellent ruse went homo and borrowed his sisters dress putting it on he climbed over the fence and approached pro ached the lair of the wolf As he prepared for a seductive gambol with the wolf another boy clad in another calico dress climbed over the fence and approached the pear tree but the wolf was na to be deceived he made a i rush for the one nearest him and caught the dress in his sharp teeth he tore the garment into shreds before the lad could escape and then he went after the one who tried to beguile him into play this boy was a little less fortunate for the wolf bit him rather severely so the lake view man sold him to the park commissioners and now he frowns at boys and girls alike from behind the bars |
