The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1922-12-28
SYNOPSIS

CHAPTER lat the death of his foster
father, Bruce Duncan, in an eastern city,
receives a mysterious message, sent Dy.,a
Mrs. Ross, summoning hin peremptorily
to southern Oregon-to meet LINDA"
CHAPTER u.-Bruce has vivid but baf-
fling recollections of his childhood in an
orphanage, before his adoption by New
ton Duncan. with the girl Linda.
CHAPTER III.-At his destination,
Trail'G End, news that a message
been sent to Bruce is received with
marked displeasure by a man introduced
to the reader as Simon"
CHAPTER IV.-Leaving the train,
Bruce is ~astoniShed at his apparent Ia
miliarity with the surroundings, though
TO his knowledge he has never been there.
CHAPTER v.--Obedient to the message,
Bruce makes his way to Martins cross
roads store, for direction as to reaching
Mrs. Ross cabin.
CHAPTER Won the way, Simon
sternly warns him to give up his quest
and return East. Bruce refuses.
CHAPTER vII.-Mrs. Ross, aged and
inf1rm, welcomes him with emotion. She
nastens him on his way-the end OF Pine
Needle Trail"
CHAPTER vI1I.-Through a country
puzzlingly familiar, Bruce journeys, and
finds his childhood playmate, Linda.
CHAPTER K.-The girl tells him of
wrongs committed by an enemy clan on
her family, the ROSES. Lands occupied
by the clan were stolen from the Rosses,
and the family, with the exception OF
wiped out by assassination. Bruce's ia
ther, Matthew Folger, was one of the
victims. His mother had fled with Bruce
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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.
responds to the call of the blood-feud.
CHAPTER xI-A giant tree, the Sem
tinel Pine, in front of Linda's cabin.
seems to Bruce's excited Imagination to
be e~ndeavoring to convey a message.
CHAPTER xM.-Bruce sets out in
search of a trapper named Hudson. e.
witness to the agreement between Linda's
father and Matthew Folger.
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, If brought 90
light, he knowing its whereabouts.
CHAPTER XV.-Hudson and Dave visit
the formers traps. A wolf, caught In one,
is discovered by the Killer. Disturbed at
his feast, the brute strikes down Hudson:
Bruce, on his way to Hudson, shoots and
wounds the Killer, driving him from his
victim. Hudson, learning Bruce's iden.
tity, tries to tell him the hiding place OF
the agreement, but death mmo him.
CHAPTER X~vL.-Simon, believing Bruce
knows where the document Is concealed,
lays plans to trap him.
CHAPTER XVII.-Dave decoys Linda
and Aunt Elnira from their home. The
man insults Linda and is struck down
by the aged woman. Elmira's son has
been murdered by Dave, and ut her COM
mand, after securely binding the des-
perado. Linda leaves them alone.
CHAPTER Notwithstanding, Bruce
fnds q note, presumably from Linda, tell
ing him she has been kidnapped by the
Turner's.
CHAPTER XIX.-Bruce. falls into 81
mons trap, and is made prisoner.