BOBBY LYKX OF KOUND-TOP 21 
nearly gone,—an ache she had felt very 
often all that terrible winter, especially 
after Father Lynx had gone hunting one 
cold night and had never returned. Fa¬ 
ther Lynx had been a great hunter and 
even when she failed to find anything to 
eat, he would be sure to bring back some¬ 
thing to the den for them both. All of 
the animals on Round-Top had been 
afraid of Father Lynx. Not one of them 
could beat him in a fight and they all knew 
it and let him alone! Many a bit of food 
had been hastily left by Renny Fox and 
Jimmy Weasel’s family when they had 
heard the piercing cry of either Father or 
Mother Lynx echo through the forest on 
those cold, winter nights! And Father 
and Mother Lynx had greedily grabbed 
at the choice morsels abandoned by Renny 
and Jimmy. But, after Father Lynx had 
gone,—the cold became keener and keener 
and the drifts and snow deeper and deeper 
