: The Rambler Club with the Northwest Mounted by Sheppard W Crispin William Crispin - Boys Societies and clubs Juvenile fiction; Royal North West Mounted Police (Canada) Juvenile fiction; Northwest Territories Juvenile fiction

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"HOW DO YOU DO?" 67

"GOOD LUCK, OLD BOY" 147

THE WHOLE CROWD WAS THERE 203

HE LOOKED UP AT THE MAN 273

The Rambler Club Among the Northwest Mounted

AT THE BARRACKS

Sergeant Jarvis Erskine of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police, stationed at a lonely outpost barracks, was hard at work on his headquarters' report. Occasionally the sergeant, a tall, spare man with a military bearing, stopped to stroke his iron-gray moustache, while a serious expression now and again seemed to creep into his keen, deep-set eyes. He glanced toward his lone companion, Teddy Banes, a half-breed, who sat so motionless in a shadowed corner of the room as to give the impression that he was enjoying a doze.

Teddy Banes, often employed by the police as a trail-breaker and scout, had on many occasions rendered valuable assistance to the "riders of the plains." And though his sullen, morose nature prevented him from being a favorite, he possessed the confidence and esteem of the men at the post.

For the first time, Teddy Banes stirred, shifting his position so that the light fell full across his swarthy, large-featured face and long black hair.

"Yes, a bad business, sergeant," he echoed. "He gone. No one ever see him more. He--what you call him--deserter."

The palm of the sergeant's hand came down upon his desk with a bang.

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