Benton of the Royal Mounted: A Tale of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police

Dr. Musgrave's incredulous remarks were addressed to Provost-Sergeant Hopgood, the non-com. in charge of the guardroom, who, reclining in an easy chair in the former's combined...

Now, gallant Saxon, hold thine own! No maiden's hand is round thee thrown! That desperate grasp thy frame might feel, Through bars of brass and triple steel!-- They tug, they st...

Fisk, obtaining money from some unknown source, was the only one of the trio represented by counsel, retaining that eminent criminal lawyer--Denis Ryan--to defend him. Robbins'...

One glorious September afternoon, appreciating the girl's fondness for riding Johnny, Ellis rode over to the Trainors', leading his favorite mount. Entering the house, he receiv...

"Oh, sheriff an' ranger both wished me luck, Yu' bet! when I jumped th' Line last Fall-- Yep!... Kind that a hog gets when he's stuck, For I'd cert'nly made them cattle-men bawl...

It was Sunday, and the sound of the church bells tolling for evening service, interspersed with the merry voices of children in their play, fell unheeded on the ears of the man...

The long, bright May day had drawn to a close, and darkness was setting in, through which a few faint stars had begun to twinkle. Ah, here was a light at last; and a welcome sig...

Brightly, ah, so brightly, the rays of the early morning sun flooded that sad room with their golden radiance, lighting up with a veritable halo of glory the still, peaceful fac...

Three weeks elapsed and Benton again showed up in the Post with the first fruits of his new scene of operations--two prisoners committed for trial on a charge of cattle stealing.

"We've some of us prospered, and some of us failed. But we all of us heave a sigh When we think of the times that we used to have In those happy days gone by. When we used to wh...

"Whoo-oh!--Steady!... Let's git me cigarette lit! Oh, a cow-puncher's curse on that frizzling sun! There!... Whoop!... Go to her, goldarn it! Yu' dirty, mean, locoed old son of...

"Saint Pether ... who hold'st th' Keys av Hivin-- Oi'm poor ... an' Oi'm old ... comin' sixty-sivin-- Thru' booze ... ? Eyah!--partly ... but honust, Oi've bin-- Saint Pether .....

And if you're wishful, O maiden kind, To know concerning me; A far-flung sentinel am I Of the R. N. W. M. P. Renouncing women, as though wearing a cowl-- I live for a monthly wa...

He was a dirty, aged man, who to his bottle clung, And ever and anon did curie in some queer foreign tongue, The tale he told was passing strange, yet pitiful, withal-- Of the l...

The elder was quelled, But the younger rebelled; So he spread out his wings and fled over the sea. Said the jackdaws and crows, "He'll be hanged I suppose, But what in the deuce...

It was a still, fine afternoon, and the bright sunshine flooded everything around that peaceful spot with its sleepy, golden haze. Far away in the distance arose the purple peak...

On those poor frail sisters who've fallen low, And who suffer and die through the sins of men-- More sinned against, than sinning, I trow-- Shew Thy Mercy--Thy Pity--Lord Christ...

Of lovers she had a full score, Or more, And fortunes they all had galore, In store; From the minister down To the clerk of the Crown, All were courting the Widow Malone, Ohone!...

A man severe he was, and stern to view; I knew him well, and every truant knew: Well had the boding tremblers learn'd to trace The day's disasters in his morning face; Full well...