New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-03-06

very air seemed brittle under the intense cold Inc
glare of the uncIouded moon was CLASSY hard, IN
placa9le II seemed to devitallze even the strong
steaIthv forms OF the gliding ynXeS. o. -rge then
into pair OF drifting ghosts which -1-ned men
heads from side 10 side as they went ana haShe-
from their eyes pale, blasting IRE.
Put Gray Lynx had very unghos-- a1nger, as
u had also his mate. Suddenly his u7e-r-ng eyes
detected. under a spreading heulOcH. ST 1t Wner7
the snow had been disturbed. To q les seen vision
it would have been nothing. but 20 G-sr LYNX Il
was clear unmiStakable Ind1Catl0- oVeryHs
sharply from his trail he pOunceC mn little
roughness IN the snow and began digging with NJ
fore paws In a moment he was half buried. tor me
snow here in the shelter of the trees Il --e- -ha1
in the wind beaten fields Shifting his ~ oE NJ
we'll instructed nose. he followed dee ---- WHICH
led toward the trunk of the heUlOCk. - his mae
meanwhile drew near and watched enE-
y moment more and his head eri5---- anna
swirl OF ttt1tter1rg wings and HEtng snow" u MS
he held big cock grouse The unhar- irC nae
buried himself in the snow for the nigh hat ne
might sleep more warmly than ON his r..~- among
the branches For a second or two his wings tapped
spasmOdlCav. then GRAY Lynx Crunc-et The NE
out of him and fell to his meal
The i'll humored female crept nearer. .-ouc1as
with a concilatOrv air. but GRAY LYNX not Of
gallant ChIvarOus tribe, and single ..< grouse
IS not half meal for a starving lynx W.T. 5-rden,
snar he thrust out one great paw IN ua---g e. he
female stopped licking her lips hur-r the1
turned like lightning and ran up a ne,2 ing u
tree.
Her ears had caught the sound of a start -wirrer
which had answered Gray Lynx snarl- ere were
snow buntIngS rOOStIng IN that tree. He- % claws
however clutChing at the bark. anDOur.e. Ter com
ing and for all her speed the birds escape ID her
hopping up with terrified Outcrv 20 the mos,
slender branches. where She could not Co. ~-.t--lS
with disappointment. she descended and --cueC
her prowl ar a distance of some twenty .-s from
her selfish partner. who had by this time - ed 'A'
grouse
For perhaps an hour nothing more happened and
the temper Of Gray Lynx's mate grew r..--.--ariy
more dangerous II was bad enough TO be -a1gE
as she was. but to be first led into a trap GIal
Lvnx. and then see him make meal re IRE ne,
eyes. this was hardly to he borne
All at once She gave a leap 10 one side turning IL
the air as she sprang and came down, with --ePa"'
Outstretched and claws wide spread rust a- e edge
of a draped bush. Out of the corner nc her eve
she had seen a wOOdmouSe- With her --'-- lioUs
speed OF action. OF mighty spring uC ..-eL S1'
had caught the tiny victim Iust as II .-iSii1s
under the refuge. II made but one uou---al. 10 e
sure; but II quite good a snow -untiNS
would have been She licked her chops. gave Gra'
LYNX S1delong look, and crept on
Slowly the moon rolled up the vitreous sky, ShoI.
ening the shadows of tree and stump. The torres
was more open here, having been gone over by tEes
lumbernen. Dense thicketS. single trees ranks q
stunps aisles and colonnadeS of tall second growth
not vet quite heavy enough for the wOOd>r'anS az
succeeded one another in bewildering confusion
~ hidden by some bushes. came crisp sound 9;
gnawing. Both lynXeS Crouched fiat. their aoSui35
tails twitching. Then separating that one Shou-
go to each side of the clump of bushes they CfeP:
upon the needless gnawer. As they ~ slgns .
him they stopped 1t big pOrCupine, IA
warmly clad and indifferent alike foe and iToS.
Full well the lynxeS knew that this was no GUAR.
for their hunting. but they could not help daiElHs
with the temptation They stole nearer. their nouns
watering The porcupine went gnaWlnS me uls
hemloCk: but when the lynNeS were come "llIlI -:
few feet of him he stopped put his nose between ~
fore paws and erected his needle pointed qulls -
Z here Of "a "a