62 BOBBY LYNX OF BOUND-TOP 
smoke and man-smell, she leaped to her 
feet. Well did she know the danger of 
staying there one moment and, with an 
angry snarl to Bobby and Tommy, she 
leaped back into the forest, bounding and 
leaping as if her very life depended on 
her speed, as indeed it did. For the man 
had jumped across the ravine and was 
coming up the rocky mountainside as 
fast as he could scramble. He felt sure 
that he had hit Mother Lynx, and, al¬ 
though her coat would not be worth very 
much in the summer, as it was short and 
thin, nevertheless he wanted to get it. So 
he climbed up the steep, rocky face of the 
Ridge as fast as he could. His gun was 
reloaded and had Mother Lynx not real¬ 
ized her great danger and raced away as 
fast as she knew how, that would have 
been the end of her and poor Bobby and 
Tommy as well. As the gash on her head 
pained and smarted, Mrs. Lynx gave 
