The Snowflake herald., 1922-12-29
SYNOPSIS

CHAPTER lat the death of his foster
father, Bruce Duncan, in an eastern city,
receives a mysterious message, sent Dy
Mrs. Ross, summoning 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,
Trails End, news that a message has
been sent to Bruce Is received with
marked diSpleasure by q 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 Won the way, Simon"
sternly warns him to give up his quest
and return East. Bruce refuses.
CHAPTER vII.-Mrs. Ross, aged and
inflrm, welcomes him with emotion. She
hastens him on his way-the end OF Pine
Needle Trail"
CHAPTER VIII-Through 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. Bruces IA
ther, Matthew Folger. was one of the
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 xI-A giant tree, the Sen
tinei Pine, in front of Linda's cabin.
seems to Bruce's excited imagination to
be endeavorng to convey message.
CHAPTER XII.-Bruce sets out In
search of trapper named Hudson, a
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 A1V.-DaVe turner, sent Dy
Simon, bribes Hudson to swear falsely
concerning the agreement, IL brought to
light. he knowing its whereabouts.
the formers traps. A wolf, caught in one,
Is discovered by the Killer. Disturbed at
hts 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 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
mand, after securely binding the des-
perado, Linda leaves them alone.
CHAPTER XVIII.-Returning, Bruce
finds a note, presumably from Linda, tell
ing him ehe 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
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 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 XXIII.-Her surmise is cor
rect, Simon visiting his helpless enemy.
tuaily 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.
CHAPTER Xxv.-Seeking to make her
way to Martins store for ammunition,
Limos is fired on and turned back.
{ She logged slowly along In the west
ern fashion-which means sometime
quite different from army fashion or
sportsman fashion. Western riders do
not post. Riding Is not exercise to
them; 1t is rest. They hang limp in
the saddle, and all Jar Is taken up, as
If by spring, somewhere in the region
OF the floating ribs that only a physi.
clan can correctly designate. They
never sit firm. these western riders,
and as rule their riding is not par.
ticuiarly graceful thing to watch. But
they do not care greatly about grace
as long as they may encompass their
dfty miles a day and still be fresh
enough Tor a country dance at night.
Ihere are many other differences In
western and eastern riding, one of
them being the way in which the
horse is mounted. Another difference
Is the riding habit Linda had no trim
riding trousers, with tall, glossy boots,
red coat and stock. 1t was rather
doubtful whether she knew such things