Frank L Packard

Constable Grier’s Detail by Frank L. Packard. P. 0. Box 93 Lachine, P. Q. From The Fonds of Frank L. Packard at The Library and Archives, Canada. Not found in published form and undated./drf. December 2018. Stillwoods. Chapter I. Forty miles due west of the Edmonton trail is Crucifix Cleft. Between the two, in a hollow where the prairie dips to meet the foothills of the Rockies, lies a long, low, ramshackle building known as “The Rest.” Its attractions were a bar and a card layout, and, incidentally, Stella, the daughter of Pop Sampson, the proprietor—but Stella was held in reverence and respect, and the men opined that she must have “took” after her mother, who was dead—seeing it couldn’t be otherwise! As for Sampson, he was a hard visaged, wiry, tough looking character —and he did not belie his appearance. He had a reputation that placed him ace high for most things, as witness the little affair that almost resulted in the death and burial of young Sammy Cockrill of the...