The Adair County news., 1922-11-28
SYNOPSIS

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SYNOPSIS
CHAPTER I.-At the death of his foster
1Bther, Bruce Duncan, in an eastern city,
receives q mysterious message, sent by
Mrs. Ross, summoning him peremptorily
Co southern Oregon-to meet Linda. -
CHAPTER I.-Bruce has vivid but baf-
Sing recollections of his childhood in an
orphanage, before his adoption by New
ton Duncan. with the girl Linda.
CHAPTER III.-At his destination,
Trails End, news that a message has
been sent to Bruce is received with
Marked n ES disPleasures ssy by a man introduced
CHAPTER IV.-Leaving the train,
Bruce is astonished at his apparent ia
mlliarity with the surroundings, though
70 his knowledge he has never been there.
CHAPTER V-obedient to the message
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
iRArm, welcomes him with emotion. She
hastens him on his way-the end of Pine
Needle Trail"
CHAPTER VIII-Through a country
puEElingly familiar, Bruce journeys, and
hnds 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,
Aunt Elmira (Mrs. Ross) and herself.
wiped out by assassination. Bruce's IA
ther, Matthew Folger. was one of the
victims. His mother had fled with Bruce
and Linda. The girl, while small, had
been kidnapped from the orphanage and
brought 70 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 mountain blood
responds to the call of the blood-feud.
CHAPTER X1.-A giant tree, the SEN
tfnei Pine, in front Of Linda's cabin,
seems to Bruce's excited imagination to
Be endeavoring to convey a message.
CHAPTER Xm.-Bruce sets out in
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, bribes Hudson to swear falsely
concerning the agreement IL brought to
Hight, he knowing its whereabouts.
CHAPTER XV.-Hudson and Dave visit
the formers traps. A wolf, caught in one,
IN discovered by the Killer. Disturbed at
his feast the brute strikes down Hudson.
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 summons him.
CHAPTER XVI.-Simon, believing Bruce
knows where the document is concealed,
lays plans TO trap him.
CHAPTER XVII-Dave decoys Linda
and Aunt EImira from their home. The
man insults Linda and is struck down
by the aged woman. Elmira's son has
been murdered by Dave, and at her COM
mand, after securely binding the des-
perado, Linda leaves them alone
CHAPTER XvIII-Retrrnfng. Bruce
fnds a note, presumably from Linda, tell
ing him she has been kidnapped by the
Turner'S.
CHAPTER XIX.-Bruce falls into ST.
mons trap, and is made prisoner.
CHAPTER XN.-Charging Bruce with
attempting to reopen the bloOd-feud, the
clan, after a mock trial, decides to leave
him, bound iE a pasture on the spot
where the Killer had slain and half eaten
a calf the night before. They look for
the return of the grizzly and the probable
Staying of Bruce by the animal.
CHAPTER XXI.-Bruce, helpless, awaits
arrival of the Killer and death.
CHAPTER XXII.-Simon makes Linda
an offer of marriage. The girl refuses,
telling him she loves Bruce. Enraged
the man brutally strikes her, and leaves
The girl is confident he will go to Bruce,
and she follows him.
CHAPTER X%II.-Her surmise is cor
rect, Simon visiting his helpless enemy,
to gloat over him. With the Killer ac-
tually shifting at Bruce's body, Linda, on
horseback, arrives. wounds the animal,
and carries her lover away.
CHAPTER XXIV.-Despite their appar-
ent helplessness, Bruce and Linda decide
to keep up the fight.