The Snowflake herald., 1922-12-15
SYNOPSIS

0INOC ot0
CHAPTER lat the death Of his foster
father. Bruce Duncan, In an eastern city.
receives a mysterious message, sent by
Mrs. Ross. summOniug him peremptorily
to southern OregOn-to meet LINDA.
CHAPTER II.-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.
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 fa-
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 VI.-On 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.
Aunt Eimira 1Mrs. Ross5 and herself.
wiped out by assassination. Bruce's ia
ther, Matthew Folger. was one of the
victims. His mother had fed with Bruce
been kidnapped from the orphanage and
brought to the mountains. Linda's father
had decided his. lands to Matthew Folger.
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 Bruce's excited Imagination to
be endeavoring to convey message.
CHAPTER XM.-Bruce sets out in
search of a trapper named Hudson. a
witness to the agreement between Lnda'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, brbes Hudson to swear falsely
concerning the agreement, II brought to
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 summons him.
CHAPTER xvl-Simon, believing Bruce
knows where the document Is concealed,
lays plans to trap him.
CHAPTER XVII.-Dave decoys Linda
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-
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 a mock trial. decides to leave
nlin, DOuHu, III u pasture OIl 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.-Smon 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,
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.