 Now, as gunshots echo across the windswept snow-covered reaches of the wild Northwest Quakerpuff wheat and Quakerpuff rice The breakfast cereals shot from guns Present the challenge of the Yukon It's Yukon King, swiftest and strongest lead dog of the Northwest Placing the trail for Sergeant Preston of the Northwest modern police In his relentless pursuit of lawbreakers One King, one Husky Gold, gold discovered in the Yukon A stampede to the Klondike in the wild race for riches Back in the days of the gold rush With Quakerpuff wheat and Quakerpuff rice Bringing you the adventures of Sergeant Preston And his wonder dog Yukon King As they meet the challenge of the Yukon Say the owl is a wise old bird And here's my idea of someone who's pretty smart too It's the fellow or girl who eats a nourishing breakfast Of Quakerpuff rice or Quakerpuff wheat With milk or cream and fruit These King size, ready to serve premium grains of rice or wheat Are shot from guns Yes, actually exploded up to eight times normal size To make them bigger and better tasting No fooling, wheat or rice shot from guns Is so crisp and tender it melts in your mouth It's good for you too, so tomorrow morning Be smart, enjoy this breakfast treat Quakerpuff rice or Quakerpuff wheat Turk Morris and Nick Calhoun Sat in their small cabin on the outskirts of Silver Bend A set up north of Dawson Silver Bend was one of the towns that had grown overnight After a gold strike in the creek that bordered it But Turk and Nick had arrived too late The only claims left were worthless Now their supplies were getting low And the trading post was refusing credit Turk's face, however, looked animated as he talked to Nick I tell ya, Nick, we can do it I've watched Louis every night for a week and he always puts his money in the safe Just after he closes the store As he lets you stay and covers his window That safe is full of the gold the miners leave with him I saw Dutch Anderson leave four big sacks of it one night But Turk, we've sold all our dogs but three of them We've got far with a team like that With two more dogs would be alright With no money, where do you think we'll get them? I got that figured out too You know old Ned Gray at the edge of town? He's got two fine dogs He's primal to raise dogs and sell them He keeps them in the woodshed and back of his place And Ned's a sound sleeper So we steal the dogs first and then hold up Louis And you think of a better plan? The next day everybody finds out we skipped town How far do you think we'd get with everybody knowing who did it? Listen my friend I've got something above my ears besides here They're pretending to check out of here day after tomorrow They'll say goodbye to everyone and then go to the hills And hide out for a while We'll sneak in at night to do this job Nobody will think we did it if we hadn't been around They won't think of us at all Might work It will work While we're out in the hills we'll find ourselves A good hideout somewhere And maybe lie low for a while until they give up looking for us Yeah, if we can get a good team together we can handle it I'm going over to see Ned tomorrow again and get friendlier with those dogs They'll probably tear us to pieces if we try to steal them I'm taking care of that part of it Every time I go there I take a piece of meat with me for them Yeah, they know me already Besides Ned has made their pets of them They're naturally friendly anyway They're good slut dogs The best, especially the female She's smart and strong Lots of stamina Ned says We'll be taking a big chance But if we get away with it We'll get away with it And there's enough gold in Louis's safe to last us a lifetime without working Now, Tamara, you pass away around that we're leaving Maybe the boys will even throw a farewell party for it That'll be a funny one Yeah The following day, as Turk neared the cabin of Ned Gray The old man came out of the door with food for his dogs His leathery face lighted up with a smile of welcome when he saw Turk Well, good morning Turk I didn't expect to visit her this early Oh, are you mad? I just came out to say goodbye What do you mean? You're leaving here? Yep, Nick and I are giving up We got here a little too late to hit a decent claim The one I got isn't good, but I do get something out of it I don't hate to see you go though You and me were just getting friendly Besides, you like dogs just the way I do I'm going to feed them now Want to come along? They're back in the woodshed Sure I do I brought them some meat We had some left that we won't be using Mike, have I given it to them? Well, no, that's mine Thoughtful of you They'll appreciate it It keeps me humping to feed them I'm not so spry anymore And hunting is hard on me Yep, here's the shed Listen to them Yeah All right, all right I'm coming, you bombings There you are Here's your breakfast You'd better give them that meat later, Turk Save it for their dessert All right Think you're sure a good-looking dog, isn't you? Markens are unusual A black face with white half-moons over eyes You don't see many dogs marked like that I hope some of the pups look like it Yeah, Brits is a nice dog too You bet he is They make a fine pair Both of them got the best dispositions in the world, too There's friendlies, a couple of kittens They gulp that breakfast down in a hurry Is it all right if I give them the meat now? Sure thing Here, Peggy, here, Blitz Try this That was mighty thoughtful of you, Turk To bring me that meat to them I'm sure sorry, you and Nick are leaving Nick and Turk were soon forgotten After they left Silver Bend But two weeks later, they were back The snow fell heavily in the darkness As Nick waited in the shelter of some trees The three dogs hitched to a sled beside him And began to bark As the figure of Turk came toward them Leading two dogs, Alish All right, be quiet Let's trick your foals Keep those dogs still Man, I see you got the two dogs from Ned's place Ned didn't have any trouble at all Ned was asleep and I just walked up And took him out of the woodshed They remembered me and didn't make a sound What do we do now? We'll hitch these dogs to the sled And wait a while There's soon to be time for Louis to close the store We'll leave the dogs behind the store And watch Louis through the window When he gets a safe open, then we go When Louis Ranier locked the door of his train post that night He didn't know that Turk watched him from the side window Through a small slit in the hide That kept out the cold As the old Frenchman twirled the combination Of the big safe behind the counter He didn't see or hear the knife That cut through the hide Or hear Turk as he came toward him On moccasin feet Don't move or turn around, Louis Or this gun will go off Where did you feel this gun on the back of your neck? Please, no shoot Get up and walk into the back room I'll bring a rope Don't, don't, don't shoot me I do what you say Sure you will If you do, you won't get hurt And lie down on that cot on your stomach Wait, wait Put your hands behind you They're gonna tie you up I'll tie his hands first And tie him to the cot He won't be able to move till morning That night, the wind and snow Covered all the tracks in the community And when Sergeant Preston stopped The trading post early in the morning The snow lay like a smooth blanket Clear and undisturbed His big lead dog, King, followed at his side As the molly walked to the door Well, King, looks as if we're Louis' first customers this morning Guess we're early That's funny Louis must have overslept He'd usually be around for this Louis, Louis I wonder if he's sick or something Hello there, Sergeant Preston Oh, Ned, how are you? I'm sure glad to see you, Sergeant My two dogs, Peggy and Brits, were stolen last night I just come to Louis to see If he saw any suspicious looking people around here yesterday The dogs were gone when I went to feed him this morning Maybe they got out some way No, the door was shut And there weren't any tracks What, with the snow and wind last night Now let's go in and find out if Louis Saw anyone around Louis' door is still locked I've wrapped but he doesn't answer Let's go around and see if the back door is open Those dogs are mine are valuable I paid lots of money for them And Peggy's going to have pups Hey, Ned, look at that window The hide's been cut Maybe something's happened to Louis Maybe that's why he won't answer the door I'll get through this window All right, Sergeant Yes, I'll open the door for you and King Any sign of Louis? He isn't here in the store Let's look in the back room There he is Found and gagged Got some water, Ned Right, Sergeant Just a second, Louis There you are I'll see him Now I got these ropes off your hands and legs Here's the water, Sergeant Right, Ned Break this, Louis Yeah Merci, Sergeant Can you tell us what happened? Last night I put money in safe afterstores' clothes Yes Then someone put gun to my head Tell me walk to back room You got a look at him? He say not turn round With gun in back of neck, I do what he say I don't blame you There are two of them They tie me up, put gag in mouth, then go All night I lie here and no can move They rob safe, I suppose Let's go have a look at it Up you come, Louis Do you think this robbery has anything to do with my dog's disappearance, Sergeant? I don't know, Ned It doesn't seem likely that anyone would plan a robbery like this Without being well prepared for it They wouldn't care about the valuable dogs If they got all the gold and Louis safe And that's what happened, Sergeant Look, all gold and money, she's gone Much of gold belonged to miners Who leave it here with me to keep safe Oh, Sergeant Blitz What I tell them now There's absolutely nothing to go on Unless they did steal those dogs of yours, Ned It had no way of knowing that I've seen Peggy and Blitz And I'm sure neither Peggy nor Blitz would run away, Sergeant It's a very slender clue, but it's all we have to go on I'll do my best, Louis That I know, Sergeant And with King to help you, I bet you'll catch them thieves Sergeant Preston lost no time following up his only clue In every trading post in the vicinity He described the dog Peggy But no one had seen a dog that answered the description As the days passed, Sergeant Preston grew more and more discouraged Had he known it, Turk and Nick were less than ten miles from Silver Bend Securing their hideout, a large cave hidden in the hills It was eight days after the robbery When Turk and Nick discussed their plans There's one thing I have to do before we leave here, Nick What's that? They may have connected the dog's disappearance with the robbery Ah, not much chance of that We're not taking any chances We need to go But did ever occur to you that Peggy would be an easy dog to spot In case anyone was told to watch for? Yeah, I was thinking of that the other day Not any dogs are marked like her Blitz is different Lots of dogs look like him But not one in a hundred is marked like Peggy We need her for a lead dog We're not giving her up But we can change her looks How? Before we leave, Peggy isn't gonna have a white spot on her We'll blacken her with Chuckles Sure Nobody would recognize her then I think we're safe, Nick We can start our trail tomorrow We'll continue our story in just a moment Everyone loves Quaker Pop Wheat and Quaker Pop Rice The whole family goes for these famous ready-to-serve breakfast cereal They're shot from gun, yes? 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Look over here at Peggy She had her puppies last night Now what are we going to do? We can't make her work today She may be too weak Then we can put the pups on the sled and let her run along beside it She'll be strong enough to be in harness by tomorrow Say, Kirk, don't you think we ought to give her a blanket or something to lie on? No, she's all right We'll hitch up the team as soon as we eat breakfast I guess we'd better find a box to put those pups in There's that case of beans around It's almost empty And we'll use it to carry them on the sled Now come on, let's get going Turk and Nick made slow progress that day with only four dogs to pull the sled They were often delayed by Peggy trying to get to her complaining puppies The following day was even worse When they put Peggy in harness, she stopped periodically and tangled up the team by trying to get back to her brood The last Turk's temper broke Yeah, that fool dog Push! Push, I said! No use! We can't use Peggy as lead dog with those puppies on the sled She keeps turning the team around We'll fix her Put Blitz in the lead and harness her up behind him Then we get going, take that box with the puppies in it and put it behind a tree somewhere and leave it Ah, Turk, they'll... they'll starve or freeze One of it! We can't be bothered with them As soon as she gets used to them gone, she'll work the way she's supposed to We can't lose time on a kind of three puppies All right, you get the sled going and I'll take the pups off so she won't know the difference It was later that day that a trapper named Jim Wilson and his young son Tommy were walking toward their cabin, a short distance from the trail near Cree's crossing Suddenly, Tommy stopped on the trail Hey, Dad, did you hear something? No, Tommy, what do you think you heard? Listen! That sounds like a puppy Where's it coming from? Over there, behind those bushes, I think Come on, let's look We've got their eyes open now In a box? How do you suppose they got here? I'll bet they're hungry I wonder where the mother is Can't we take them home, Dad? Well, maybe we'd better They'll die if we leave mud here They're only about a couple of days old Gee, they're pretty Look at that little black one Isn't he a beauty? We'll bring the box along, Tommy You can run to the trading post at Cree's crossing and buy some milk for him Darkness had fallen by the time young Tommy had reached the trading post at Cree's crossing As the end of the store is face lit up when he saw the tall figure of Sergeant Preston talking to Mike at the counter King sitting beside the Maudy wagged his tail and welcomed as he recognized Tommy Hello there, King Hello, Sergeant Preston Well, Tommy, how are you? Sure lucky I found you here You know a lot about dogs, don't you? Well, Sergeant knows lots about everything, Tommy Well, I wouldn't say that, Mike But I do know a lot about dogs What do you want to know, Tommy? Dad and I found three little puppies in a club of fir trees today Somebody must have left them there to die They were in a box and there was no mother around and they're hungry That's odd Dogs are too expensive up here to do that Yeah, maybe someone tried to steal them Left them there till it got dark Dad and I don't know much about dogs Should we feed them canned milk? Their eyes aren't open yet You'd have to thin it quite a bit Do you think you could come back to our cabin and help me with them? Dad and I are glad to have you there for supper I was going to stay with Mike but I guess he'll excuse me, won't you, Mike? Oh, sure, Sergeant I know how you like dogs You go take care of them pups You better give me some cans of milk, Mike All right, Tommy I'll pay for them as a present to the putts Here's your milk I'm sorry, Sergeant, I can't help you find those robbers but I have seen a dog like you described Keep your eyes open, Mike I know there's some where in this territory Come on, Tommy You can write on my sled Come on, King Here we are, Tommy Hello, King Hello, your husband Come on Dad will be awful glad to see you Do you think King will hurt the pups if we let him come in? Of course not All right, King Come along, boy Who's here? Sergeant Preston Well, Sergeant I'm sure glad to see you How are you, Jim? I, uh, have you adopted three orphans this afternoon? Yep And listen to them I guess they're hungry It's a milk for them But open it up, Tommy We'll add water and then warm it on the stove I'll get it ready, Sergeant All right Let me have your pocket, Sergeant Thanks, Jim Now I'd better have a look at those putts All right, King You can look too Well, wow Small, aren't they? Oh, they can't be more than one or two days old Isn't that a little bright when pretty? Hey, lift them up, take a look at it The prettiest markings I ever saw Come here, little fella I don't know where to jump Wait These markings, huh? Two white-half moons over the eyes Diamond spot on his back and a white chest Why do you have so surprised? Jim, I've been trailing dog with markings Just like these putts Who's going to have puppies? This must be one of hers Where'd you find these putts? Oh, just this side of five crossings Where the trail branch is off Whoever left these putts Could have taken any of the trails In five different directions Look, Sergeant The shell is off, but it isn't very warm All right Well, this'll do, Tommy I'll feed him with a spoon now Do you mix this milk with water? Just the way you told me to on the way home How about this dog you're looking for, Sergeant? Is she stolen? Yes, it's funny, though, Jim Nobody on the trail saw a dog that looked like her I questioned everyone Wonder if this could be just a coincidence Well, it's the darkest pitch outside tonight There's not much you can do about it to a morning You're right, Jim Unless... Unless what? Would you mind if I stayed here tonight? I'd be glad to have you stay, Sergeant I have a hunch that a mother dog Will be mighty concerned about her putts She might do something about it Nick and Turk had branched off the main trail At five crossings Peggy had been hitched behind Blitz And not hearing the crying of her puppies Had followed in the traces peaceably The outlaws reached a clearing And prepared to make camp for the night It was then that Peggy missed her putts It was time to feed them And she didn't hear them crying She twisted impatiently Quit wiggling, you fool How can I get you out of the traces? You better take her back to the sled and let her see That her putts ain't there before you tie her up Maybe that way she'll be quieter All right Come on, Peggy I'll show you your young ones are gone Then maybe you'll like sensible Come on Peggy snipped at the sled anxiously When she couldn't find the putts she grew frantic Always a gentle dog, she suddenly turned fierce And with a quick twist of her head She slashed at Nick's hand Her sharp teeth tore through his mitten And with a whole of pain he dropped her harness Like a flash she was off into the darkness My hand, that's he devil Why didn't you hang on there, you fool Peggy, Peggy come back here My hand's cut We'll never get her back now So dark we can't even follow her We'll have to get along with just four dogs Back in the cabin Tommy and his father slept But Sergeant Preston lay awake And fully dressed on a cot With King on the floor beside Presently King whined And then rose and moved to the door He looked back at his master And then Preston heard the sound For which he had been waiting A dog barked outside the door And King replied Quiet, King Something wrong Sergeant Sorry to wake you Jim Mind if I turn up this lamp a little I know, go ahead I think we have a visitor Is someone coming Sergeant Preston? We'll see Tommy Come on in girl Well I'll be done Sergeant you knew she'd come That's what you were waiting for It's the mother of the pups all right But it's not the dog I was expecting This one's all black Then you thought she'd be marked Like a black and white puppy Still the way she acts toward King She knows him all right No mother dog would let a strange dog Come that close to her pups King was friendly with both Peggy and Blitz Peggy, Peggy Let me have a good look at you girl Sergeant, your hand is all black This is Peggy I wonder nobody remembered her on the trail The white markings have been covered Come on King We owe her to do all the work Why are you going at this time of night Sergeant? She's taking him back to her old Peggy I hope she'd get away that night I'm into a story made camp It takes a lot to keep a mother away from her pups But how did she find him here? She followed the scent Tommy She must have spent hours looking back along the trail Now King we're on our way Come on Sergeant Preston was unable to see the trail in the darkness But King knew his job The Mountie had left his team at gyms And he and King made fast time through the night Dawn was breaking when the Mountie approached a camp Where Nick and Turk were cooking breakfast Hey Turk, look Here comes a man and a dog That looks like the Mountie with patrol silver bin I think he could be looking for us Maybe it's a good thing Peggy got away Might have recognized her He knew Ned Gray Now you let me handle this Good morning Good morning I think we've met before Weren't you two boys prospecting at silver bin A while back? Oh yeah But we pulled out of there almost a month ago I'm Turk Morse You're Sergeant Preston Yes Looking for a couple of dogs that were stolen From silver bin about 10 days ago No we wouldn't know about that We left there long before that The dog seems to have met a friend What is it King? What? It's Blitz That's one of the dogs I'm looking for Quiet I can't be We bought him from a man on the trail Just a couple of days ago As Turk talked to Sergeant Preston Nick gradually edged around behind him An ax lay on a log near the fire And Nick's hand crept toward it The Mountie didn't look around He knew without looking that King was watching Nick I'm afraid you'll have to prove you bought this dog I'll have to hold you for questioning But that's after the dog is linked to a robbery You won't mind if I look at that load on your sled The King had been watching when Nick lunged forward The ax uplifted The King attacked to meet Nick's lunge With all the force of his great strength The man and dog rolled in the snow Then Turk pulled his gun But Sergeant Preston was ready Here's another for your Turk And one more Thanks for your view All right boy All right Nick On guard, King What did you do to Turk? He's just knocked out He'll recover Now I'll have a look at the load on your sled You don't need to bother You'll find what you're looking for We, me and Turk, we rob Louis I know when I'm licked Very well, Nick You're under arrest in the name of the Queen But hadn't meant for that dog You're quite right, Nick Because of King and the three cute pups This case is closed In just a moment Sergeant Preston will give you a preview Of Wednesday's adventure Fellows and girls, remember Here's how you can have your own Swell new miniature Quaker model farm Yes, get 46 detailed scale models Of farm buildings, farm animals And farm equipment They're yours at no extra cost These models are now on all packages Of Quaker puffed wheat And Quaker puffed rice You get farm buildings like Big red barn with sliding door And windmill at turns And other models like Tractor and Shetland pony Build your own complete model farm Ask for the breakfast cereals Wheat and rice shot from gun You get as many as six swell models To a single package Remember, they come only on packages Of swell tasting Quaker puffed wheat And Quaker puffed rice These radio dramas, a feature Of the challenge of the Yukon Incorporated Are created and produced by George W. Trendel Directed by Fred Flower Day And edited by Franz Streicher The part of Sergeant Preston Is played by Paul Sutton They are brought to you every Monday, Wednesday And Friday at the same time By Quaker puffed wheat And Quaker puffed rice The breakfast cereals shot from gun Listen, Wednesday When Sergeant Preston and Yukon King Meet the challenge of the Yukon In the case of The devil dog When I was travelling with a sled train The garden shipment of furs and gold At the Aurora Trading Company At Skagway Strange thing happened I awakened one morning Two weeks to get out of my blankets I didn't realise that I'd been drugged By the owners of a dog That had been well schooled in viciousness King met that devil dog In a showdown fight That had a most surprising outcome Be sure to hear this exciting adventure Wednesday For a delicious hot breakfast Eat Quaker oats The giant of the cereals Is Quaker oats Yes, the giant of the cereals Is Quaker oats Delicious, nutritious Makes you feel ambitious The giant of the cereals Is Quaker oats Say boys and girls Do you want to be a star Some day in sports and activities? 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