American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1922-09-14
SYNOPSIS

IN
CHAPTER lat the death Of bfs foster
Iather, Bruce Duncan, in an eastern city,
receives a mysterious message, sent by a
Mrs. Ross, summoning him peremptorily
70 southern Oregon-to meet Linda"
CHAPTER u.-Bruce has vivid but baf-
Mng recollecttens of his childhood in an
orphanage, before his adoption by New
ION Duncan. with the girl Linda.
CHAPTER III.-At his destination,
TraiFs End, news that a message has
marked displeasure by a man introduced
TO the reader as Simon"
CHAPTER TV.-Leaying the train
Bruce is astonished at his apparent ia
mil1artty with the SURROUNDINGS. though
70 mis- knowledge he has never been there.
CHAPTER Y.-obedient to the message.
Bruce makes his way to Martins cross
roads store, for direction as to reaching
Mrs. Ross cabin.
CHAPTER yI.-on the way, simon
sternly warns him to give up his quest
and return East. Bruce refuses.
CHAPTER vn.-Mrs. Ross, aged and
inhrm, welcomes him with emotion. She
2astens him on his way-the end Of pine
Needle Trail"
CHAPTER YIII.-Through a country
RAA6AAAA6AJ 1dillllldIY bIuG6 1QuInGYB, anO
finds his childhood playmate, Linda.
CHAPTER Ix.-The girl tells him Of
wrongs committed by an enemy clan on
her family, the Rosses. Lands occupied
by the clan were stolen from the Rosses,
and the, family with the exception Of
Aunt Elmira (Mrs. Ross) and herself,
wiped out by assassination. Bruce's IA
Their, Matthew Folger, vas one of the
victims. His mother had fled with Bruce
and Linda. The girl, while small, had
been kidnapped from the ~orphanage and
brought to the mountains. Linda's father
had decided his lands to Matthew Folger,
but the agreement, which would confute
the enemy's claims to the property, has
been lost.
CHAPTER x.-Bruce's blood
responds to the call Of the b1ood-feud.
CHAPTER, xI-A giant tree, the SEN
tine Pine, in front of Einda's cabin,
seems to Bruce's excited Imagination to
be endeavoring to convey a message.
CHAPTER Xm.-Bruce sets out in
search of a trapper named Hudson, a
witness to the agreement between Linda's
father and Matthew Folger. VI
CHAPTER xIII-A gigantic grizzly,
known as the Killer, is the terror of the
vicinity, because of his size and ferocity.
CHAPTER XIv.-Dave Turner, sent by
Simon, brides Hudson to swear falsely
concerning the agreement, IL brought to
AlBhlt lie hhOWlllB ~ WhCAtdDOubos
The bear lunged forward with a
howl of rage. He leaped into the trail
mouth, then ran as fast as he could
IN pursuit Of the running wolf. He
was too enraged to stop to think that
a grizzly bear has never yet been able
to overtake a wolf, once the trim legs
got well into action. At first he
couldn't think about anything he had
been cheated too many times. His
FIRST impulse was one Of tremendous
and oyerpowering wrath--a fury that
meant death to the first living crea-
ture that he met.
But in a single second he realized
that this wild chase was fairly good
tactics, after all. The chances for a
meal were still rather good. The
fawn and the wolf were In the open
now, and it was wholly evident that
the gray hunter would overtake the
quarry in another moment. 1t was
true that the Killer would miss the
pleasure of Staying his own game
the ~ecstatic blow to the shoulder and
the bite to the throat that followed it,.
In this case, the wolf would do that
part of the work for him. It was just
a simple matter of driving the crea-
u away from his dead.
But at that instant fate took a hand
in the merry little chase. To the
fawn, it was nothing but a sharp clang
of metal behind him and an answering
%shriek of pain-sounds that in its
terror it heard but dlmly. But it was
an unlooked-for and tragic reality to
the wolf. His leap was suddenly ar
rested in mid-air, and he wal hurled
to the ground with stunning force.
Cruel metal teeth had seized his leg,
and a strong chain held him when he
tried to escape. He fought it with
desperate savagery. The fawn leaped
on to safety.
But there was no need of the grizzly
continuing its pursuit. Everything had
turned out quite well for him, after
all. A wolf is ever so much more fill
ing thar any kind of seasonal fawn ;
and the old gray pack leader was i'm
~prisoned and helpless In n Of Hud-
sons traps.
In the first gray Of morning, Dave
Turner started back toward his home
"Tn go with you to the forks in the
trail" Hudson told him. II want to
take a look at some of my traps, any
how"
At the same hOur-as o o as It was
light enough to see-Bruce was finish
ing his breakfast in preparation for
the last lap of his journey. He had
passed the night by a spring on a long
ridge almost in eye range Of Hudson's
camp. Now he was preparing to dip
down into the Killers glen.
Turner and Hudson followed VI the
little creek.
The first of Hudson's sets proved
empty. The second was about a turn