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Positive He went back up the trail a few miles this afternoon By the time he gets back We can be well on our way in the snow Cover our tracks Are you just as sure about the time that last boat leaves Selkirk? Yeah The last boat leaves tomorrow night We got a good fast dog team and we'll be as cinched to make it to Selkirk Just in time to get that boat Once aboard Nobody will be able to prove anything against us It seems like a perfect setup, all right When are we gonna pull a jump? Right now is as good a time as any We'll go and get the dog team all set to travel Then we'll go on over to the bank Yeah, come on Dirk and Hank left the cafe and went to get their dog team ready for a fast getaway Then they walked up the street toward the bank I hope nothing goes wrong, Dirk You seem to be a little too sure of yourself to suit me Why shouldn't I be, Hank? I've been laying my plans carefully What do you mean? I found out just when the mining company payroll was called for at the bank That's today Yeah, I know But how could you figure that the constable would be away from the town, though? That's easy You see, I paid a miscimo to go to the constable this morning And tell him there was trouble up the trail a few miles And I watched until I saw the constable leave Say, you did plan things pretty well a day And here's the bank I want to make sure there aren't too many people inside At this time of day there shouldn't be As far as I can see there aren't any customers in there at all right now Yeah, you're right about that Well, I guess this is it Come on and stick close to me since you don't have a gun Meanwhile, the owner of the Indian Fork Bank spoke to his teller Well, Frank, is the payroll all made up for the mining company? Yes, sir, there it is in those two sacks Someone will be along shortly to pick them up, I guess Well, here comes two men now I guess they're here after the payroll all right? Yeah, I guess they... See, they have their faces covered with handkerchief Just so hold up, don't move either of you I'll reach in and get those sacks Don't let them take that You can't take those sacks, mister You asked for it, fella Frank Grab those sacks I got them Now let's get out of here and find Frank, Frank, are you all right? Are you all right? Can't let them get away A short time later, Dirk and Hank run the trail toward Selkirk with their dog team They moved along in high spirits in spite of the driving wind and swirling snow Yeah, it sure was easy, Hank And this storm is covering our cracks as fast as we make Yeah, the only thing I don't like about it, Dirk, is it just slugged that teller Maybe it... Well, maybe you killed him Well, what if I did? Yeah, no business trying to interfere He dies, it means you'll be hunted for murder That's what worries me I don't like it Yeah, trouble with you, Hank, is that you're too chicken-hearted What's more, like I told you, how is anyone gonna know where the ones you're hunting for? None of those prospects an Indian fork is going to try to track us And the constable isn't there And once we're on that boat to Selkirk Well, I have a funny feeling about it anyway Sometimes things happen that you don't count on I sure be glad to get aboard that boat I won't feel safe until I need it Ah, stop worrying, you act like a scared old woman Mushroom husband! A branch trail a few miles ahead Sergeant Preston and his great dog King were heading back to Selkirk after making a trip back into the hills On King, on your husband! As the mountain reached the point where the branch trail joined the main one one of the tugs connecting the dog harness to the sled snapped He called the hall immediately On King, on your husband's honor Well, I guess I can fix that easily enough, eh, King? Getting a piece of raw hide from his sled Sergeant Preston knelt in the snow and worked on the broken tug Meantime, Dirk and Hank came along the main trail toward the place where the branch trail joined Suddenly, Hank spoke Hey, look, Dirk Somebody stopped just ahead of the trail Yeah Can't mean come out, though He's crouched down over sled What's the broken down? What are we gonna do? Act natural, that's all Acting might be a good idea for us to travel into Selkirk with a trail mate If anyone does have enough follows, he won't go hunting for three men Howdy, I'll do it Hey there! He's standing up now I wonder if... Hey, Dirk He's a mountain Yeah, so he is This is bad Now what are we gonna do? Get hold of yourself, Hank He couldn't have heard about that robbery He was on the trail ahead of us Or else he came along that branch trail Yeah, but a mountain, we can't travel with him I know, it's all a better Act natural now, don't let on your nervous understanding Yeah, I'll try I'm Sergeant Preston, Northwest Mountain Police Glad to meet you, Sergeant Going to Selkirk? That's right Hey, that dog, you look vicious He's a king He won't hurt you Well, anyway, I would like to meet him alone, Sergeant Oh, that's my friend, Hank Miller I'm Dirk Cary Glad to know you are I... Look, a tug on my sled, so I had to stop Well, perhaps we can go on to Selkirk together, do you mind? No, not at all Well, yeah, but we're in a big hurry We have to catch the boat to leave tomorrow night Well, you'll make it all right You come for him? Yeah, quite a way, Sergeant We had a claim at the Indian River Travelling since yesterday I see Well, let's get going Yeah, sure Much, you ask me Much On King Hall, New York For a few miles, the two crooks in the mountain Moved along the trail in the driving storm Finally, Preston, who was bringing up the rear Called out Dirk, how about stopping for a bit of food and rest? All right, Sergeant Okay I suppose you have your own supplies The matter of fact, Sergeant, we haven't You happen to have enough with the three of us Well, I guess we can manage with what I have I'm bothering you, fella Have you sent something on? So do I I don't know what it is I do know they haven't been travelling Since yesterday, like you said Not having any supplies ends the proof of that But keep our eyes and ears open, King What have you got, Sergeant? Some hard-tack and dried meat That'll ease our hunger a bit, anyway Yeah, sounds good to me Yeah, sure does There it is Help yourselves Thanks It's doing nice up here, Sergeant You must have really been in a hurry To come away without supplies We didn't think we'd need them For just one night on the trail One night? Well, Hank means We expected to go through Indian pork on the way But we decided later Not to lose the time by going that way I see Excuse me a minute I'll go give my dog some food And bring something for yours Be right back Dirk, I don't like this You're so suspicious You fool, no wonder I tell him we've been on the trail Since yesterday And you make a break about expecting to be on the trail Only one night I wasn't thinking Well, yeah, better start thinking Hey, that doggie should have let her sled Get away from there, you get away You pull the blanket off Go put it back quick before he sees us What? I guess King was curious, Dirk Too darn curious if he asked me Guess he thought you had food in those sacks I saw on your sled I told you we didn't have any food with us I know, I believe him I'm not trying to quarrel, Sergeant It's just that I don't like dogs bothering our sled Oh, can't blame you for that Guess we'd better get started, what are you saying? Sure, we're ready if you are Be with me in a minute What did he say, Dirk? Saw those sacks on our sled And he's getting curious I've got to do something Like what for? We can't move against him with that dog around Not with guns, I mean What? Yeah, he's looking at us We'd better get going Have tough years we'd do a little Mushu, Husky! Now tell me what you plan to do, Dirk Well, this trail runs along a narrow ledge Some distance ahead On the right of the ledge There's a deep ravine Yeah, what about it? By the time we get there It'll be dark When you have a chance You slip under the blanket on the sled Stop at that ledge And holler that you slipped into the ravine Dirk, you're late Now wait a minute, I'm not through yet Then Preston will come running up, see Now get him to the edge And start pointing to where I think you went When he's bending over looking I'll pretend I'm slipping Bump into him and knock him into the ravine Then I yell I'm going for help and we'll leave But that dog is like a... That dog won't know any more than Preston That it wasn't an accident He wouldn't attack me unless Preston told him to And anyway, I'll have my gun handy by then That Mario freezed, Edith We'll be safe on the boat We'll continue our story in just a moment You will have to hurry, hurry, hurry Yes, sir, speed's the thing If you're going to have your own new official Challenge of the Yukon secret two-way flashing signal light Our wonderful offer, the terrific offer Made by Quakerpup Wheat and Quakerpup Rice Is all but over So act now, hurry And you can still get your amazing signal light That flashes red and green It's like a special kind of flashlight It's new, it's different Now it flashes red, now it flashes green Think of it, with a simple flick of your finger It sends off beams of red light or beams of green light It's out of this world for signaling, for sending Or receiving secret codes and messages Between you and your friend It works much like blinker signal guns Used by the Army and Navy Yes, listen, this is a secret two-way signal light It has a special plastic directional signal barrel That means you cannot see the red or green rays Except from directly in front That's to prevent others from detecting Your secret signal flashes Except the person at whom they're aimed Man, oh man, talk about fun Say, you can make up your own special codes And messages to signal friends For instance, one red flash and one green flash Might mean I need help, come at once Or two green flashes and one red flash Might mean there's a special meeting At our secret club at the hideout And listen, this specially designed Two-way signal light is pocket size It's less than four inches long You carry it hidden snugly in your pocket Anywhere without anyone being the wiser It's keen looking too Your mystifying new official Challenge of the Yukon signal light Is shiny black and it has Sergeant Preston's name In his own handwriting across the side What's more, this special flashing signal light Comes complete with standard replaceable Electric bulb and batteries Send for yours while there's still time And now for your secret signal light It's amazing, it's mystifying It sends out beams of red light Or beams of green light All you do is send 25 cents in coin That's all, just 25 cents And one box top from a package Of delicious Quaker Puff Wheat Or Quaker Puff Rice Print your name and address And send it once to Flashlight Chicago 50 Illinois This official two-way signal light Is not on sale in stores anywhere To get yours, remember Send only 25 cents And one box top from Quaker Puff Wheat or Quaker Puff Rice The official tasting breakfast cereals Shot from guns Don't delay Address your letter today to Flashlight Chicago 50 Illinois Write down that address Now, it's Flashlight Chicago 50 Illinois To continue our story Unknown to Sergeant Preston The two men with whom he was traveling As trail mates to Selkirk Realized that he was becoming suspicious of them And they planned a way to get rid of them out of him Darkness fell And combined with a swirling snow Hid the sled in front of him As Sergeant Preston followed along Behind Durkin Hank As they moved along a ledge on the trail Of which Dirk had spoken to Hank Preston was suddenly startled By yells from Dirk up front Okay, sorry officer, hold on Dirk, what's happened? We gotta do something He slipped and went over the edge Into the ravine I have some rope on my sled If we can locate him Come on over here I'll show you where he slipped over All right He fell over right about here Hank! Hank! Don't answer He must have been hurt We gotta do something Hey, look down there Seems to be something It's too dark to see anything down there What do you mean? There See? If you lean over a little You can make it out Legs if he was caught on something I don't see anything there Hank! Hank! How can we have Okay, I'll show you Look out of here Preston! Preston! I've got ropes to get on I'll get help for you and Hank Must you askies Must! It took Sergeant Preston A few minutes after Dirk left Before he began to put Two and two together Even then Dirk had put on a good act In pretending to slip And grabbing at Preston In such a way as to shove him Over the edge Strange If Hank fell over in the same place I wouldn't be able to find him He's not down here I wonder The way those two acted Why should Dirk have to go for help When he knew there was rope on my sled For a moment Sergeant Preston flushed with chagrin As he realized he had let himself Be taken in by Dirk and Hank He thought of the two sacks He saw on their sled And of the suspicious way they had acted His next impulse Was to order King to follow them And then feeling certain They had guns And might be ready for any attack He decided on another course of action King! Go back, fella Go back and get help Get Constable Murray Go get Constable Murray Meantime, after Dirk and Hank Had left Indian Fork Constable Murray had returned to town And heard about the robbery He immediately set out on the trail For Selkirk By the time darkness had fallen He had traveled several miles Ho, ho, you husky ho Sounds like a dog Coming down the trail King Well, Sergeant Preston Must be coming this way That's strange King seems to be alone Trying to get me to follow him Is that it, fella? You want me to follow you? All right, King Take me to Sergeant Preston Take me to Preston, fella Must you, husky Must you! About an hour later The Constable arrived at the place Where Dirk shoved Sergeant Preston Into the ravine Ho, ho, you husky ho Where's Preston's dog team? Sergeant Preston! Sergeant Preston! Oh, smoke Have you up in a few minutes? Working fast The Constable got the rope From Preston's sled And tossing one end of it Over the ledge He tied the other To Preston's dog team Then, putting his strength To the rope along with theirs He soon managed To pull Sergeant Preston Up out of the ravine Preston was once more safe Beside his dog sled Thanks a lot, Murray I don't know how you got here so quickly I was coming along the trail When King found me Trailing a couple of bank robbers Who came this way Oh, fine Fine, what's the matter? Murray, I've got to admit I'm feeling rather foolish right now What do you mean? I met two men on the trail Came along the brand's trail We became trail mates For the trip to Selkirk I thought they acted Around the suspicious I thought they acted Around the suspicious And I saw two sacks on their sled too But still, I gave them The benefit of the doubt For such an extent They tricked me Tricked you I'll tell you about it as we go If you have any time to lose They're heading for Selkirk To take that last boat Let's get going Find them, King I'll tell them, fella I'm King I'm King I'm King Sergeant Preston and the Constable Pushed on toward Selkirk In their race against time They knew they had only A slim chance of reaching There in time They knew they had only A slim chance of reaching There in time to catch the boat They also realized The two crooks Having had better than an hour's start Would likely get aboard And escape them Sergeant Preston told the Constable What had happened As they rested on the trail That's the story, Murray Now you know what I mean When I said I'd been tricked Frankly, I'm a bit embarrassed about it Well, I'll be frank With you too, Sergeant You see, I fell for one Of their tricks too You did? Yes Eskimo came to my office This morning Told me there was trouble Up the trail a few miles Instead of making him go along with Me, I let him leave Then I went to investigate And, of course, found nothing wrong I see Those crooks are clever That's right I became suspicious And hurried back to Indian Fork There I found out About the bank robbery The mining company payroll Was taken And what's more They struck down the teller With the butt of a gun Huh? Huh? We have to reach that boat We've got to get going Yep Until Durkin, Hank Had had such a good stuff That it was just a short time Before the boat was to depart When they arrived in Selkirk And went aboard Well, Hank Had a plan worked And here we are on board Just in time Oh, gosh, Durkin I sure was afraid That Manny would realize That you shoved him over And yelled at that dog To attack Be a hand out of plug The dog with a bullet I was ready for that But the Manny didn't realize it He's back there In that ravine right now Waiting for me to get help He's our captain I was thinking, Durkin What? Well, that Manny Can't be as dumb as you think he is This time he knows I didn't fall into that ravine Then he'd get wise to what happened All right What if he does He couldn't get out Unless that dog's room are open And that's something We don't have to worry about By the time someone does come along there He'll either be frozen to death Or else we'll be miles away Down the river On the last boat till spring Well, maybe you're right But I still can't help feeling nervous Oh, calm down Hit one of the bumps And relax In a few minutes The boat will pull out And then we can forget The whole thing Meantime Sergeant Preston Constable Murray Had pressed on at a fast pace Until finally They reached the outskirts of Selkirk We're entering Selkirk, Murray We'll head right for the dock I hope we're in time, Sergeant That boat should pull out for me Get there They'll get away to the states I know, one came on your face We'll soon be at the dock That whistled The boat must be leaving We've got to get aboard On, new husband In their cabin aboard the boat Durkin Hank relaxed on their bunks Waiting for the time of departure They too heard the warning whistle And even Dirk sounded relieved As he spoke There's no warning with you, Hank We'll be shoving off anytime now Can't be any too soon to suit me, Dirk I'm gonna look out the window And watch him cast off Yes, this is it, all right Yep They're pulling up the gangplank Right now Now I can light up Take it easy We're sure now That nobody's followed us There's the boat They're pulling in the gang Wait! Wait! Don't let that boat leave Oh, King Oh, your husband Just made it in time, Sergeant They're pulling down the gangplank for you Good Watch our dog teams Come on, King Let's get aboard, Murray In their cabin The two crooks also heard The shouts and confusion outside As Sergeant Preston and the constable Approached the boat And yelled to be taken aboard Hey What's all the racket Outside there, Dirk They're darned if I know Did you hear that? Yeah I'd better take another look To see what's doing What's it all about? Holy catfish What is it? What's the matter? It's Preston and his dog With another Mountie They're coming up the gangplank We gotta do something Yeah, yeah, I know Now wait Get on the side of the door So we'll be behind it When it opens And have your gun ready Then we'll both let them Have it as they come in Come on Come on, King Let's get aboard, Murray I almost missed the boat, Sergeant You can say that again, Captain I almost missed the boat In more ways than one We're looking for two men Who came aboard Find them, King You mean that dog Can find their cabin Without you knowing Which one they're in? Come and see for yourself, Captain Let's go, Murray And have your gun ready It's quieter down, Sergeant Yes, he knows we're getting close Look He's at that cabin door Up ahead Come on This is it I'll shove the door open quickly Watch it now There goes The cabin's empty Yeah, so it is I can't understand why they're not in there King led us here And he's usually right As the two Mouties and the Captain Stood staring into the seemingly empty cabin The great dog King Standing beside his master Suddenly caught a strong S**t from inside the cabin Instantly, the intelligent dog Knew the man who Sandy had followed Were in that cabin With his hair bristling And with a deep-throated growl King sprang forward through the door That dog, look out, Joe Let go of my arm, help They're behind the door Come on Come on, get me That's what you think No, my leg, help me Take that dog away Hunting down for now Yeah, we should have shot both of you When we were on the trail together If you'd tried, that would have settled things quicker You haven't anything on us Search the cabin, Murray For the two sacks I saw on this land All right The jerk planned the whole thing Shut up, you Yeah I found the two sacks under the bunch Huh? The two sacks they took from the bank At Indian Fork, all right That's all the proof we need If we hadn't met you and that dog years on the trail We'd have got away with it You still might have got away with it If you hadn't pulled that trick on me What do you mean? I was suspicious because I knew you lied About how far you'd traveled But there was nothing I could actually pin on you And you could have taken the boat and been away Before Constable Murray arrived in Selkirk You're a fool, nerd Why? When you left me in that ravine Knowing I had a rope on my sled I was sure you were afraid of the law Well, the law has you now You're under arrest in the name of the queen Well, I'm sure glad you got here in time, Sergeant We're glad too, King and I It's a relief to be able to say this case is closed In just a moment, Sergeant Preston Will give you a preview of Wednesday's adventure This is important, fellas and girls We want to make this very clear This is the last week We can tell you how to send for your official Challenge of the Yukon flashing signal light That's your mystifying new pocket-sized signal light That works two ways It sends out beams of red light or beams of green light Yes, with a simple flick of your finger This terrific new flashing signal light Flashes red and flashes green You can't beat it for fun For sending secret signals, codes and messages To your friends So act fast, get yours All you do is send one box-top From Quaker Puff Wheat or Quaker Puff Rice Plus only 25 cents And your name and address Meal tonight, tomorrow, sure To Flashlight Chicago 50, Illinois Here's that address again Flashlight Chicago 50, Illinois These radio dramas A feature of the challenge of the Yukon Incorporated Are created and produced by George W. 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