BOBBY LYNX OF BOUND TOP 91 
stunned, to a small ledge far below. But, 
fortunately for Mollie, she was so little 
and so light, that the fall did not hurt her 
and, in an instant, she was darting up the 
bank and bounding and bouncing home 
through the pine forest. 
But Bobby! Oh,—poor Bobby! He 
was about to learn another lesson this 
morning and it would be a very hard one. 
Mollie had been much nearer the brink 
of the falls than Bobby had realized. As 
he struck, his powerful claws dug in the 
ice, but the force with which he landed 
swung his heavy body right over the edge. 
Dig in as best he could, he felt himself 
slipping—slipping—slipping! 
Snarling with rage because here was 
something that was trying to conquer him, 
he ripped long furrows in the brittle sur¬ 
face with his forepaws, while his powerful 
back legs kicked and pushed against the 
smooth, icy slope over which he hung. 
