E-text prepared by Al Haines
THE LUCK OF THE MOUNTED
A Tale of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police
by
SERGEANT RALPH S. KENDALL
Ex-Member of the R.N.W.M.P.
Grosset & Dunlap
Publishers New York
1920
This truest of stories confirms beyond doubt,
That truest of adages—"Murder will out!"
In vain may the blood-spiller "double" and fly,
In vain even witchcraft and sorcery try:
Although for a time he may 'scape, by-and-by
He'll be sure to be caught by a Hue and a Cry!
—THE INGOLDSBY LEGEND