Scarlett of the Mounted

Scarlett of the Mounted is a Western adventure novel about the residents of Lost Shoe Creek. Sergeant Scarlett, the resident lawman, struggles to keep peace among the rowdy residents. Matthew Durant, a gold prospector, had previously had successful finds of gold. But now his goldmine, the Lucky Rainbow mine is faring poorly and he shows up in town a disheveled man. Meanwhile his daughter Evelyn is looking for her father believing that he is now a wealthy man. But nobody seems ready to tell her the truth about him, least of all Sergeant Scarlett.