264 WILD ANIMAL CELEBRITIES 



Baltimore, a big Nubian lion, Pluto was in the 

 most depressed and wretched state of mind, 

 worse than he had ever been known to be be- 

 fore but, as it was an exceptionally hot sum- 

 mer, it was thought that possibly that might 

 have something to do with it.* 



When the fateful day arrived he was more 

 nervous than ever, and perhaps — who knows? 

 s— had his warnings been heeded that shocking 

 affair might never have happened. As it was, 

 his distress was pitiful to witness, and, the 

 first few days that his master was in the 

 hospital, where it was found that nothing 

 eventually could save his right arm, so fear- 

 fully had it been lacerated, Pluto would 

 neither eat nor sleep, and during the long, 

 tedious period of convalescence Which followed 

 through many weary months, the dog could 

 scarcely be persuaded to leave him, even for 

 the run which had always been such a joy to 

 him. 



In time his own health suffered and he 



*A full description is given of this incident in the author's 

 ' Behind the Scenes With Wild Animals." 



