100 BOBBY LYNX OF ROUND-TOP 
Then her body seemed to freeze with fear 
for she felt Bobby leap lightly on to the 
log, right over her head! And then,—oh, 
what had happened! Sallie listened in 
terror, for Bobby Lynx was slashing and 
crashing around in the snow,—every now 
and then bumping on the log right over 
poor little Sallie’s head,—now screeching 
and snarling with pain and rage. 
For an instant Sallie listened, then she 
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cautiously stole to the end of the log and 
peeped out. Bobby was not looking at 
her at all, but was biting and fighting 
with something on his forefoot. As Sal¬ 
lie saw her chance to escape, she leaped 
out and away from the log as fast as she 
could, scampering up the rocky slopes 
with longer leaps that she had ever taken 
in all her life before! Not until she was 
safely in the warm Burrow-house did her 
poor heart stop its frightened thump¬ 
ing. 
