LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



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Frontispiece 



" If only he could come at them ! " . 15 



" The unhappy bird had buried himself in the 



snow for the night " . . . . .21 



" From time to time the prowler raised his head 

 . . . and questioned with strained ears the 

 deathly silence " . . . 33 



" Perhaps he saw the menacing glitter of that 



yellow, unwinking stare " . . . .51 



" Proceeded to souse the morsel vigorously up 



and down in the water " . . . -75 



" The fight hung exactly in the balance " . -93 



" When she saw the dark robber descending upon 



her" . .... . . . 107 



" Sent a long derisive peal of his wild laughter 



echoing down the lake " . . . . 145 



" Fell upon him noiselessly out of the whiteness " . 171 

 " The whole herd moved off toward the north- 

 east " 193 



" His first mate disappeared mysteriously " . 219 



" At the doorsill she listened long and intently like 



a cat at a mouse hole " . . . . 245 



