The Snowflake herald., 1923-01-26
SYNOPSIS

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SYNOPSIS
CHAPTER lat the death of his foster
father, Bruce Duncan, In an eastern city,
receives a mysterious message, sent by q
Mrs. Ross, summoning him peremptoriiy
to southern Oregon-to meet Linda.
CHAPTER H.-Bruce has vivid but baf-
fling recollections of mis- 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 "Stmon."
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
inflrm, 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 K.-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 CMrs. Ross) and herself.
wiped out by assassination. Bruce's fa-
victims. His mother had fled 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.
bu1 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
tinel Pine, in front of Linda's cabin.
seems to Bruce's excited imagination to
be endeavoring to convey message.
CHAPTER XII-Bruce sets out in
search of a rapper named Hudson,
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 XIV-Dave Turner, sent by 1
Simon, hribes Hudson to swear falsely
concerning the agreement, II brought to
light. he knowing It's whereabouts.
CHAPTER xv.-Hudson and Dave visit
the formers traps. 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 tden-
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.-Daye 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
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
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.
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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.
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,
Linoa is fired on and turned back.
CHAPTER xxvI-The Turner clan, m
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
IH0y scatter III the HdlI-COHSuHieU trunk
of the giant pine Bruce and Linda find
the agreement long sought. At that
moment Bruce is shot.
CHAPTER xviii Simon had peen "a
witness 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
mounted, their horse breaks away.
The Whole issue was clear I'm his
mind at once. The cold had deepened
In these hours of dawn, and he was
SLOWLY Stoadilv froa1;no to dao+b