Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1922-11-03
SYNOPSIS

STNOPSIS
CHAPTER I.-At the death Of his foster
father, Bruce Duncan, in an eastern city,
receives q mysterious message sent by q
Mrs. Ross, summoning him peremptorily
to southern Oregon--to meet LINDA"
CHAPTER H-Bruce has vivid but baf-
iing recollections Of his childhood in an
orphanage, before his adoption by New
ton Duncan. with the girl Linda
CHAPTER IrI.-At his destination,
been sent to Bruce is received with
marked displeasure by 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 vH.:-Mrs. Ross, aged and
infirm, welcomes him with emotion. She
hastens him on his way-the end Of Pine
Needle Trail"
CHAPTER V1u.-Through a country
puzzlingly familiar. Bruce journeys. and
finds his childhood playmate, Linda.
CHAPTER N.-The girl tells him of
wrongs committed by an enemy clan on
her family. the Rosses. Lands occupied
by the clan We're stolen from the Rosses,
and the family, with the exception Of
Aunt Elmira CMrs. Ross) and herself,
wiped out by assassination. Bruce's ia
victims His mother had fed 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 mountain blood
responds to the call Of the blood-feud.
CHAPTER N.-A giant tree. the Sen
tinel Pine, in front Of Hnda's cabin,
seems to Bruce's excited imagination to
be endeavoring to convey message
CHAPTER XM.-Bruce sets out In
search Of trapper named Hudson, q
witness to the agreemsnt between Lnda's
CHAPTER xIIL-A gigantic grizzly,
known as the Killer La the terror OF the
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 N one
his feast the brute strikes down Hudson:
Bruce, on his way to Hudson, shoots and
wounds the Killer, driving him from his
tity, tries to tell him the hiding place OF
the asreAment but death summons him.
CHAPTER XvI.-simon, believing Bruce
knows where the document La concealed,
lays plans to trap him
CHAPTER XVII.-Dave decoys Linda
and Aunt Elmira from their homo The
man insults Linda and Is struck down
mand. after securely binding the des-
perado, Linda leaves them alone
CHAPTER xvIII-Returning, Bruce
finds 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 xx.-Charging Bruce with
attempting to reopen the blood-feud, the
clan, after mock trial, decides to leave
him, bound, in a pasture on the spot
where the Killer had slain and half eaten
d Gail Tile night DclOT0 4uoy lOOh IOT
the return Of the grizzly and the probable
Staying of Bruce by the animal
He was in perfectly plain sight of
any one On the hill behind. Possibly
his distant form might have been dis
cerned from the window of one of the
lesser houses occupied by Simon'S kin.
But he was too close to the wall to
l, ~ xxy;r of IN
house, except by deliberate scrutiny.
And the window slipped up noiseless-
ly In his hands.
He was considerably surprised. He
had expected this window to be locked.
Sorue way, he felt less hopeful of sue
cess. He recalled in his mind the d.
rectioGs that Linda had left, wonder
ing II ne had come to the wrong win
dow But there was no chance Of a
mistake In this regard it was the north
erDnost window in the east wing.
However, she had said that she would
be confined In an interior room, and
possibly the Turner's had seen no need
of barriers other than its locked door.
Probably they had not even anticipated
thai Bruce would attempt rescue.
He leaped lightly upward and
siir}>ed silently into the room. Except
fov tie mSOnlit square on the floor 1t
was quite "a darkness.
lie stood a moment, hardly breath
ing Bu: he decided it was not best to
strike a match A match might reveal
hts Cressnce to some one in an adjoin-
iig rom. He rested his hand against
the vaO then moved slowly around
:s@ room He knew that by this course
he would soon encounter the door that
led into the interior rooms.
In moment he found it. He stood
waiting. He turned the knob gently;
then softly pulled. But the door was
locked.
There was no sound now but the
loud beating of his own heart. He
could no longer hear the voices Of the
wind outside the open window. He
wondered whether, should he hurl all
his magnificent strength against the
panels. he could break the lock: and