Then he explained his scheme to Weyman.

If the lynx was caught, and the two wolves came to destroy it, the fight would take place in that shelter under the windfall, and the marauders would have to pass through the opening.

So Henri set five smaller traps, concealing them skilfully under leaves and moss and snow, and all were far enough away from the bait-house so that the trapped lynx could not spring them in his struggles.
"When they fight, wolf jump this way an' that--an' sure get in," said Henri.

"He miss one, two, t'ree--but he sure get in trap somewhere." That same morning a light snow fell, making the work more complete, for it covered up all footprints and buried the telltale scent of man.

That night Kazan and Gray Wolf passed within a hundred feet of the windfall, and Gray Wolf's keen scent detected something strange and disquieting in the air.