BOBBY LYNX OF ROUND-TOP 103 
the lonely woods. The man broke into a 
run! The thought of a child out in the 
deep snow, alone and wandering on the 
mountainside, made him plunge desper¬ 
ately through the deep, clinging snow. 
Fainter and fainter came the cries and the 
man turned helplessly to his dog,— 
“ Go get ’em, Sliep! Hunt ’em out! ” 
At the word, the dog bounded away, the 
bristles rising on his neck. Shep knew 
what his master did not know, that it was 
no child crying up on the Ridge but the 
howl of an animal, and Shep plunged 
fearlessly on to “ hunt ’em out ” just as 
his master had told him to do. 
Bobby’s keen eyes saw him coming long 
before Shep caught the scent of Bobby 
and Bobby cowered in terror! Free from 
this thing that was holding his paw, he 
would make short work of this dog, big as 
he was! But Bobby was not free and he 
tore viciously at the trap on his foot as 
