The Snowflake herald., 1923-01-12
SYNOPSIS

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SYNOPSIS
CHAPTER I-At the death Of his foster
| father, Bruce Duncan, In an eastern city.
| receives q mysterious message, sent by
| Mrs. Ross. summontng him peremptoriy
CHAPTER II.-Bruce has vivid but baf-
aing 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 man introduced
to the reader as Simon" sa
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
| infirm, welcomes him with emotion. She
hastens him on his way-the end OF Pine
| Needle Trail"
| CHAPTER VIII-Through a country
puxzlngly 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 ROSES,
| and the family, with the exception OF
| Aunt Elmira (Mrs. Ross) and herself.
1ctx,o - g.
thsr, Matthew F'olger. was one Of the
| victims. His mother had fled with Bruce
and Linda. The girl, while small, had
brought to the mountains. I1inda's father
| had decided his lands to Matthew Folger,-
| bu3 the agreement which would confute
the enemys 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
| tinel Pine, in front of Linda's cabin.
| seems to Bruce's excited imagination to
be endeayoring to convey message
| CHAPTER xII-Bruce sets out in
search of a trapper named Hudson.
witness to the agreement between LindRS 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.-Daye Turner. sent by
| Simon, bribes Hudson to swear falsely
/ concerning the agreement, II brought to
| light he knowing It's whereabouts.
| CHAPTER xy.-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
| tity, tries to tell him the hiding place Of
the agreement, bu, 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.
CHAPTER xvIII.-Returning, Bruce
finds 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 xx.-Charging Bruce with
| attempting to reopen the blood-feud, the
clan, after mock trial. decides to leave
him, bound, In pasture on the spot
where the Killer had slain and half eaten
| 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,
to gloat over him. With the Killer ac-
tuaily shifting at Bruce's body: Linda On
horseback, arrives. wounds the animal
/ and carries her lover away.
aCHAPTER 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,
Linos Is fired on and turned back.
CHAPTER XXVI.-The Turner clan IN
a terrific thunderstorm, attack the F'Olger
home. The Sentinel Pine Is struck by
lightning and set on fire.
CHAPTER xXvII.-The noise and
flames stampede the attackers horses and
they scatter. In the half-conSumed trunk
I, of the giant pine Bruce and Linda find
the agreement so long sought. AT that
moment Bruce is shot,
The Turner's had gone. The dim
ming lightning revealed the entire at
tacking party half a mile distant and
out of rifle range on the ridge; and
Bruce and Linda stole together out
into the storm.
The green foliage of the tree had
already burned away, but some of the
upper branches still glowed against
the dark sky. A fallen branch smol
dered on the ground, kissing In the
rain, and it lighted their way.
Awed and mysti1ed, Bruce halted