he gave a spring, and being caught only 
by one toe, he broke loose and delib- 
erately walked away. I passed the re- 
mark that “he wasn’t such a handsome 
animal after all.” My partner gave 
me a very mournful look but said noth- 
ing. 
| HAVEN’T caught any lynx for ten 
years and have seen only a few 
tracks. The bay lynxes are now tak- 
ing their place and are getting quite 
plentiful. They go by the name of bob 
cat and are much the same as the Can- 
ada lynx, only not as Irge, but are 
equally as bad for killing deer. They 
have a much longer tail and smaller 
feet which are not half the size of 
those of the Canada lynx. 
Unnatural History or the Mystery 
of the Little Blue 
DEAR FOREST AND STREAM: 
N an early day my grandfather set- 
tled on the Little Blue near where 
it empties into the muddy waters ot 
the Missouri. This was a beautiful 
region of wooded hills and swift flow- 
ing streams that were afterwards 
made famous by the exploits of the 
James boys. 
My grandfather kept a small flock | 
of chickens to supply the ‘“Ham-an,” 
which was much esteemed even in those 
days. The chickens kept disappearing | 
mysteriously, and in spite of the traps | 
set for the thief the flock kept dwin- 
dling down until only one old hen re- 
mained. 
My grandfather arose early one 
morning and, with his trusty rifle in 
his hand, secreted himself in the limbs 
of a shell bark hickory tree that stood 
close to the running stream. He had 
not long to wait. Soon there was a| 
ripple on the water and the head of 
an enormous channel catfish, with a 
worm in its mouth, slowly flopped its 
way out on the banks and laid the 
worm down; then concealing’ itself be- 
hind a clump of bushes, it made a 
clucking noise like a rooster does when 
it has found a dainty morsel for its 
flock. The old hen hearing, as she 
thought, the call of her mate, came 
running to pick up the worm. As she 
passed the clump of bushes, the chan- 
nel cat, with extended jaws, leaped to- 
wards her; but as he leaped a rifle 
shot rang out in the crisp morning air, 
and the career of the chicken catching 
fish was ended. The mystery of the 
Little Blue was solved! 
IrA E. GOTT. 


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