The Snowflake herald., 1923-02-02
SYNOPSIS

CHAPTER l.--At the 0eaCn OF MS LOeLoS
father. Bruce Duncan, In an eastern CITY,
receives mysterious message, sent by O
Mrs. Ross. summoning him peremptoruy
to southern Oregon-to meet Linda.
CHAPTER u.-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.
Trails End, news that message has
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 vII.-Mrs. Ross. aged and
inflrm, welcomes him with emotion. She
hastens him on his way-the erd Of Pine
Needle Trail"
CHAPTER vIII.-Through a country
puzzlingly familiar Bruce Journeys, and
finds his childhood playmate. Linda.
CHAPTER X.-The girl tells him Of
wrongs committed by an enemy clan on
her family, the Rosses. Lands occupied
and the family, with the exception Of
Aunt Elmira (Mrs. Ross) and herself.
wiped out by assassination. Bruce's ia
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,
the enemy's claims to tie 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 a message.
CHAPTER xM.-Bruce sets out In
search OF a e Iapper named Hudson: a
father and Matthew Folger
CHAPTER xIIL-A gigantic s5izft,Sx. ftS.
Vicinity, because of his size and ferocity.
CHAPTER xIv.-Dave Turner. sent by
Simon, bribes Hudson to swear falsely
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.
A
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 q 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
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.-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.
CHAPTER xXIv.-Despite their apnar-
ent helplessness, Bruce and Linda decide
to keep up the fight.
CHAPTER XXV.-Seeking to make her
way to Martins store for ammunition.
Linoa Is fired on and turned back.
CHAPTER xxvI.-The Turner clan, IA
a terrific thunderstorm. attack the Folger
home. The Sentinel Pine Is struck by
lightning and set on fire.
CHAPTER xxvII.-The noise and
flames stampede the attackers horses and
OF the giant pine Bruce and Linda find
the agreement so long sought. At that
moment Bruce Is shot.
CHAPTER XxvITT.-Slinon had been q
to the finding of the paper and It
was his rifle that spoke. Linda gets Bruce
into the house. He Is not badly hurt.
Despite the blizzard the two mount the
one horse, with the intention of making
their way to the settlements
CHAPTER XXIx.-In the storm Linda
and Bruce lose the trail While dis
their horse breaks away.
CHATTER xXX.-Bruce, forced to leave
LINDA. starts after the animal The
Killer appears and follows him. Bruce
comes upon Simon, and a fight to the
death ensues. Weakened by his wound
Bruce is overcome. but at the moment of
Simon's triumph he Is attacked by the
Killer. After fierce combat the grizzly
ends Simon's career Of crime.
But 1t had come none too soon. And
Simon-Out of passion-filled eyes
looked and saw that it would likely
bring death with 1t.
He realized his position fully. The
storm was steadily developing into
one Of those terrible mountain biz