The Snowflake herald., 1922-12-22
SYNOPSIS

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SYNOPSIS
CHAPTER lat the death of his foster
iatner, Bruce Duncan, in an eastern city,
receives mysterious message, sent by q
MRS Ross. summoning him peremptorily
70 southern Oregon-to meet Linda"
CHAPTER II.-Bruce has vivid but baf-
ling recollections of Mis- childhood in an
orphanage, before his adoption by New
ton Duncan. with the girl Linda.
CHAPTER IH.-At his destination
Trails End, news that a message has
been sent to Bruce Is received with
marked displsasure by man introduced
CHAPTER IV.-Leaving the train,
Bruce Is astonished at his apparent IA
miifarity with the surroundings, though
20 MS Knowiedge ne 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
infirm, welcomes him with emotion. She
hastens him on his way-the end Of pine
Needle Trail"
CHAPTER VIII.-Through a country
puzzlingly familiar, Bruce journeys, and
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 fa-
ther, Matthew Folger, was one of the
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 mountain blood
CHAPTER XI-A giant tree, the Sen
tinel Pine. In front of Linda's cabin.
seems to Bruces excited Imagination to
CHAPTER Xu.-Bruce sets out in
search Of trapper named Hudson,
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, II brought to
light. he knowing its whereabouts.
CHAPTER xV.-Hudson and Dave visit
the formers traps. wolf. caught in one,
is dis overed by the Killer. Disturbed at
his feast, the brute strikes down Hudson;
lQrtlf hiu xxyoW To
wounds the Killer. driving him from his
victim. Hudson. learning Bruce's iden-
tity, tries to tell him the hiding place of
the agreement, bn' 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 Elmira 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.
finds a 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
CHAPTER XX.-Charging Bruce with
to reopen the blood-feud, the
clan, after a mock trial, decides to leave
him. bound. In 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 XXu.-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 XXIII-Her surmise Is cor
rect. Simon visiting his helpless enemy.
10 ploat over him. With the Killer ac-
tuaiiy shifting at Bruce's body; Linda, on
horseback arrives, wounds the animal,
and carries her lover away