 Now as howling winds echo across the snow-covered reaches of the wild northwest the Quaker Oaks Company makers of Quaker Puff Wheat And Quaker Puff Rice the delicious cereal shot from guns In cooperation with the Mutual Broadcasting System present by special recording Sergeant Preston of the Yukon It's Yukon King, swiftest and strongest lead dog of the Northwest Breaking the trail for Sergeant Preston of the Northwest mounted police in his relentless pursuit of lawbreakers Gold discovered in the Yukon a stampede to the Klondike in the wild race for riches back to the days of the Gold Rush and the adventures of Sergeant Preston and his wonder dog Yukon King as they meet the challenge of the Yukon Our adventure will begin in just a moment Quote from an employee I'd give my eye teeth for a worker who's steady reliable efficient and trained to do the job end quote Well, there is a new source of workers just like that Men and women ready willing and able to do just the kind of job you'd want them to do They are the physically handicapped who have overcome their disabilities through vocational rehabilitation So mr. Employer you're bound to find someone who fits that job opening of yours to a team How do you obtain a trained disabled worker? Just call your local vocational rehabilitation office Find out for yourself. What survey after survey has proved Handicapped workers are specially prepared steady reliable efficient They can match the work performance of the able-bodied any day and often surpass it You'll find it's good business to hire the handicapped This message is brought to you as a public service Sergeant Preston was seated in his office at mounted police headquarters in Dawson City Across the desk from him sat a husky young man with a square jaw and a pair of steely blue eyes He had just handed the sergeant an open wallet containing a card of identification Sergeant Preston read the name on the card Detective Sergeant Steven Belford San Francisco police A name Belford familiar in relation to Tom Belford. He was my brother. Oh, that's why you came to the account That's right sergeant I Intend to find the person who murdered him. I'll see I Suppose you don't like the idea my butting in this way. Well not at all sergeant. I can understand how you feel Besides, we're just as interested in catching her brother as many as you are There's any way we can cooperate. We'll be glad though. Thanks, sergeant. I'm glad you're taking that attitude Tell you the truth. I halfway expected the mounted police to give me the cold shoulder. Oh, why should we? I don't know. Maybe it's that highfalutin looking uniform. You're aware. I suppose you're used to blue coats instead of red one That's right What's the idea that gold braid the super-organic? I mean this braided corn. Yeah, the end of it is stuck in your pocket Something attached to it by police whistle It was presented to me by the people of its town for capturing two criminals something to be mighty proud. I'm sorry Wouldn't mind having one myself and very useful to me on a number of occasions, but Getting back to the reasons you're coming here Well First of all, I'd like to have all the facts on my brother's death and not much to tell You know, we had a claim to a mining camp called gold center In the morning of November the second he left his cabin and started off with a gold load of gold dust Apparently intending to take it to bank here in Boston That night sometime after making camp he was robbed and shot to death. Any clues to go on? Well, we have nothing in a way of proof. We do have a suspicion as to who did it Your brother's murder is one of a number of crimes that have occurred recently near gold center The strong likelihood that they've all been committed with the same gang gang What do you know about the frankly sergeant not much one member of the gang was captured during the last holdout But so far we hadn't been able to make him talk. Maybe I could change his mind Any idea where the gang's hideout is located. I have an idea They're using a road house near gold center the headquarters road house that you mean one of those places like hotels They have a long new country. That's right. This particular road house is called the Klondike Tavern run by a Joe Gann He may be the brains behind the gang but there again, it's just a suspicion looks to me like I'd better go out and Have a talk with this fellow again. Perhaps there's a better way to go about it from that I told you a moment ago one member of the gang's been captured his name stag Lisbon We're holding him in jail here in Dawson, so if you could gain stag's confidence It might be possible for you to get some evidence against the gang What's your plan? Well, this is what I have in mind certain Suppose I arranged to have you placed in the same cell with stag You'll be posing as a tough sourdough following day at the Dawson City jail Steve Belford was escorted into the cell block by sergeant Preston and the Mountie Jailer Steve was dressed in the rough clothes of a Yukon sourdough Well, they're all occupied sergeant. We'll have to put him in here with stag Lisbon. It's all right They should make good cell mates. They're two of a kind and like the selva right All right Baker inside Gotta keep an eye on him Bob. He's a tricky customer. Don't worry sergeant. He'll have a hard time breaking out of here Stag Lisbon was a heavy set black moustached individual He eyed his new cellmate for several moments till the two Mounties were out of earshot Then he spoke. What are they got you informed? What's it to you? Feeling kind of sore, huh? And I don't blame you. I can make a better place to be than this lousy lockup. I don't aim to stay here long You're kind of a nosy gen aren't you and you're kind of a tough talking gen too You don't like the way I talk stop asking so many questions I see you've continued to behave in a sullen fashion, but he knew that stag's curiosity had been aroused Gradually he allowed himself to be drawn into conversation Mind telling me what you're in for yeah, I held up an express driver couple months out of town Yeah, we'll have a red coat caught up with me And I came out to make a getaway when he was bringing me back to Dorson So that's what Preston meant when he said you were a tricky person. Yeah, not that the getaway did much good Preston nailed me the next day down near the Indian River. Yeah, that guy Preston's bad medicine. All right I still don't say every what you meant when you said you don't aim to stay here long I meant just what I said You've got a scheme for busting out of here. Let's hear it. Maybe I can help you Don't worry. I can handle it myself If you do bust out of here, don't ever think the money won't make things hot for you You'll need someplace to lie low So maybe I can fix you up with a hideout Take a look out the door and see if the jail is prong on you. Okay. That's all right. Post is clear What's the deal wait like pull up my pant leg and I'll show you Holy mackerel Daring to strip to your leg. Yeah my little old ace in the hole Later on the night this gun is gonna talk our way out of jail for us Shortly after midnight the jailer made a round of inspection As he approached down the corridor stag rattle the cell door to attract his attention Hey, money Steve was standing just out of sight on one side of the door. What's the matter with you? Let's burn something's wrong with my cellmate. I think he's sick or something Yeah, and I suppose you want me to come in there and see what's the matter with him You better think up a new trick with burn Hey, where is that cell made of yours right here in coach? I've gone. Yeah, and you better start reaching before it goes off Now wait a minute Baker. You're making big mistake. Get up and do like a Sarah plug it All right stag weeks to take his key right Stag took the jailer's keys and unlocked the cell door and Steve forced the jailer into the cell All right held him covered while stag tied and gagged him with strips of bedding I Reckon that ought to hold them for a while. Come on. Let's get out of here. Yeah So long Mountie give our regards to sergeant Preston in the morning Early the following morning stag and Steve arrived at the Klondike Tavern The Roadhouse was already a stir with a few early morning travelers who paid no attention to the two men who just entered Stag led the way to an office marked private knocked on the door Yeah, in the flesh how in places that you get here busted out of jail last night. Thanks to my pal here His name Steve Baker. They tossed him in the same cell with me, but they didn't know he was packing an ace in the hole What do you mean? Yeah, the derringer swept to his leg Steve Steve. I'd like to meet my boss Joe again. How do you know? Thanks, that maybe you could fix me up with a place to hide on Yeah, I reckon we can do that and maybe if you're looking for employment. We can do something about that too and we'll under listen Watch your proposition We'll continue our adventure in just a moment Are you kids there? 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Hurry get a free baseball ticket package of Quaker puffed wheat or rice Muffet shredded wheat or Quaker Paco 10 if your store doesn't have the special packages yet Just send a box top from the regular package of Quaker ready to eat cereals send to baseball box 5205 Chicago 77, Illinois don't wait in miss exciting games act now to continue on The morning after their escape from jail stag Lisbon and Steve arrived at a roadhouse near Gold Center Called the Klondike Tavern, which was run by a man named Joe Gant Gant agreed to hide Steve from the law and invited him to join the gang right now We'll introduce Steve to whitey and Dakota Pulling aside a bare-skinned rug in one corner of his office Joe Gant opened the trapdoor Led the way down a short flight of steps into a subterranean room where two rough-looking men were seated at a table playing cards They look up in their game and explain the surprise they caught sight of Don't tell me you bust it out a chance Yeah, they sure didn't turn me loose of their own free will And here with stag cell made they busted out together his name Steve Baker Steve, I'd like to have you meet these two boys here This one here is Dakota. What are there Steve? I don't know you other ones whitey. He's my right-hand man. Hi whitey. Howdy Hey, you know your face looks kind of familiar Baker. Yeah, I was thinking that myself Ever been around this part of the territory before no, I just came down from Alaska about a week ago Well, it must be someone else. I'm thinking about a boy Steve wants to join the gang I'm thinking he may come in handy on that job tomorrow night. Yeah, we can use another man The meantime Steve make yourself right at home. This is one place the law will never find you Later that day Sargent Preston arrived at the Roadhouse He had trailed stag Lisbon and Steve from the jail and had decided on the bold expedient of going straight to Joe Gamble His motive was partly to explain his presence in the vicinity and partly to make the jail break seem even more convincing Joe Gamble greeted the sergeant as he entered What are you doing out this way failing to escape prisoners escape prisoners? That's right jolly jail last night in Dawson. I tell the minister reaction, but King Ross. They're sad a few miles east of here Oh, that's tough luck. I'm wondering if they've shown up here at the Roadhouse What do they look like one's a big fellow with a black mustache named stag Lisbon step stag Lisbon Isn't that the fellow who was captioned and holed up near gold center a few weeks back That's the man apparently setting back to his old staffing grounds And with him is fair haired husky rather youngish about 31 or 32. Oh, I'm sorry, but they haven't shown up here Sergeant, but keep your eyes open Joe if you do see them. Let me know immediately I'll be staying at the consulate's cabin in gold center and I stick around for a while Yes, until I get a lead on the two men. I'm looking for well if I see him. I'll sure let you know All right, Joe. Thanks Joe gand waited until the sergeant was gone Then he went into his office opened the trapdoor Descended into the underground room where Steve and the three crooks were playing I just had a visit from Sergeant Preston Keep your shirts on I got rid of him. What did he want? He was looking for you and Baker Said he trailed you from Dawson, but his dog lost the scent a couple of miles Easter here It was a lucky break maybe and maybe not what do you mean? He's aiming to put up with the constable's cabin and gold center for the next couple of days Well, he tries to pick up a lead on you That's after ruined things for us tomorrow night. You mean we may have to call it off. I don't know yet He plenty risky as long as Preston and that dog of Israel gold center. Why not get rid of them? What's that just how it would do that? I'll handle the charm. You make it worth my while I've got a score to settle with that red coat and might be possible at that I happen to know the constable's out in patrol. He won't be back till the morrow. How much is it worth? Then extra a thousand besides your share of the bootle tomorrow night. Just leave it to me again Just leave it to me That night Steve and Whitey approached the constable's cabin under cover of darkness The cabin was located in an isolated spot on the edge of town Two men hid in the grove of trees a few yards away. He's there. All right. I can see him through the window here Watch out for the dog. He's banded off a gunman I'll cover Preston as soon as he opens the door and tell him to order the dog back, and I'll make him tie the mud up After which I'll plug him one of the times my idea mean time you go back and keep a look out in the Trail leading in the town See anyone come and high tail it back the cabin. I'm all right. Okay. Get going I'm going knock on the door Steve waited until Whitey had taken up his lookout position some distance away Then he left the grove of trees and walked up to the front door of the cabin Steve get your hands up and back into the We get inside. What's the idea? I had to put on an egg I'm supposed to kill you and you mean someone else's outside. Yeah, remember the gang watching us through the window No, he can't see if not the wind side. Oh, I sent him back to keep a look out in the trail leading in the town Tell me what's happened since you both jailed well in the first place. Let's burn took me to the Klondike tab Yes, you were right about Gann. He's the leader of the gang Invited me to join up. You learned anything about your brother's murder. No, not yet But I did learn they're planning to pull some kind of a job the morning any idea of what it will be Gann is Katie second. He's not gonna tell me those just before they pull it off So what about this business of killing me Gann was worried that you and King my trailers back to the race Roadhouse after we pull the job. So I offered to kill you. I Figured it would throw them off guard and give me a chance to communicate with you. Good work The gospel Alan gets back tomorrow. I'll have any spread the news around town. All right Now I'm gonna fire two shots The first shot is supposed to be for you and the second for Now put out the lamp and I'll leave before you go you better take my whistle here You can tell the gang you took it because it's made of gold Tomorrow night the council and I will keep a watch on the roadhouse and trail you as soon as the gang starts out What we're after is proof of criminal intent. So a jury will convict them Blow the whistle at the exact moment when we can cast them red-handed If anything goes wrong beforehand, blow two short blasts at the danger signal right now. I'll get go The following day Joe Gann sent whitey in the town to pick up news of the murder He stopped off at the cafe and soon got in the conversation with a sourdough standing next to him at the bar I suppose you heard about sergeant Preston being murdered last night. Yeah That's the ball Allen found his body this morning when he got back from the cool Sergeant dog was killed who I heard What would get it? Yes, me it's a work of that gang They killed a pal of mine not so long ago. Oh Who's that a minor named Tom Belfort? I remember that Robbed in shots of that one. That's right He's bad. His brother Steve isn't up here in the territory. Hey, wait a minute You say you had a brother named Steve. Yeah, Steve Belfort. He's a police detective down in Frisco And he's a plenty smart one too. What why what's the matter? Oh nothing? It just happens. I knew a detective down in Frisco by that name. I wonder if it's the same guy probably so Do you know him personally? Sure. I knew both Tom and Steve back in the States What does Steve look like? A lot like Tom. He's fair-haired big husky build Must be somewhere in his early 30s And he got a scar across the back of his right hand. Yeah, that's right Some croaky was trying to arrest last him with a knife. That's the man all right So you knew Steve too? 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We know rice Muffet shredded wheat or quaker packo 10 If your store doesn't have the special packages yet Just send the box top from the regular packages of these same cereals to baseball box 5205 Chicago 77, Illinois How to continue Whitey left the cafe and hurried back to the roadhouse. He burst into joe gan's office What did you find out whitey? I'll tell you what I found out that guy steve baker is no jail bird Is a detective a detective. Yeah, his real name is steve belford. He's a brother of that minor We killed tom belby mackerel. How'd you find that out? I got it from a sourdough at the cafe He started talking about tom belford's murder mentioned the tom had a brother named steve When he said that name, I realized all of a sudden why steve baker looks so familiar to it. Uh, what do you mean? But don't you savvy he looks like tom belford Hey, that's right. What's more? I asked the sourdough what steve belford looks like and the description checks with baker Including that scar on the back of his right hand and you say he's a detective. Yeah Come on, let's take care of them right now. Oh, hey, wait a minute. No, what's the matter? If baker is working in cahoots with the Mounties, he must have told preston we were planning to pull another job That means preston and the constable are probably watching this place right now Holy smoke, I never thought of that What are we gonna do when we start out tonight? I'm willing to bet the Mounties will trail us Well, we'll lead him into an ambush and get rid of all three of them at the same time Late that night the gang left the road house But instead of heading toward town as steve had expected they followed the trail the lead northward through the hills One hour later after rounding a sharp bend in the trail joe gam signal for a halt This is the end of the trail for you belford get your hands up. Hey, you've gone crazy. My name's not ever mind Bluffer, we know who you are You're the brother of that minor we bushwhacked and it was you and your gang who killed town You're we're gonna kill you too and those mountains you're working with Take his gun whiney. Oh boy I got it. I'll turn around belford. What are you gonna do plug me in the back? Yeah, eventually First I'm gonna do this Well, I reckon that'll keep him quiet for the time being All right boys get your guns ready And stand by to spray those mountains with lead as soon as they come around the bend Larger president costable luke allen had been following the crooks at a safe distance ever since they left the road house The trail wound along the foot of a steep cliff and was bordered on the other side by a thick forest of pine trees As the two mountains approached the point where the crooks were lying in wait They didn't realize they were heading straight into an ambush They had nearly reached the bend in the trail when they were startled by two shrill blasts of a whistle Stop your team luke that means danger Take cover fat as the two moneys dashed for covering among the trees Three of the crooks downed out from behind the corner of the cliff and began firing at them But they had no time to take careful aim before the moneys were lost among the darkness of the trees As a result all their shots went wild a moment later the moneys began to return the fire Dakota fell and then whitey two was shot down Realizing his danger joe gan turned in panic and ran back for cover behind the corner of the cliff But before he could reach a protected spot king was charged after him and dragged him down. Come on luke It looks like these two won't give us any more trouble. They hear and look after them Right target as the sergeant rounded the bend He saw a king pinning joe gan to the ground while steve battled desperately to stag lisbur All right, lisbur and your cupboard get your hands up. All right. All right. I'm doing it I've done enough. Let him up king. That's enough boy On your feet gan So then you and lisbur and back up against that cliff wall and keep your hands high You're under arrest in the name of the crown And I heard those shots. I didn't know whether they'd gotten you or not This signal warned us just in times, dude. What happened somehow or other they found out who I was They figured you'd be trailing us so they stopped here and set up an ambush And they knocked me out knocked you out. Yeah Luckily, I came to just in time to blow those two blasts. Well, then what happened? He'll stay turned around started to shoot me, but I jumped him and grabbed his gun The other three ran around the bend and started firing at you Apparently you've got two of them. Yes, the constable is looking after them Sergeant these crooks are the ones who killed my brother. You can't admit it I didn't have anything to do with it. Helen. It was why do you shot him? I'll come clean if you let me off in the motor rat You're a sniveling scoundrel. It'll be up to a judge and jury to decide your fate lisbur But you'll all for stand trial That is if you two partners survive their wounds. Oh, by the way, sir Here's your whistle back. Oh, thanks, Dave. It sure was a good thing. You lent it to me This isn't the first time this whistle to save my life. Well, probably won't be the last even though this case is closed We'll return in just a moment for the word about our next exciting adventure Weekends are wonderful when you stay tuned to mutual Gay entertainment to suit every member of your family puts bright sparkle into your days of fun and relaxation For anyone who likes quiz games and that includes just about everyone There's the kind you like where you can sit back and see how close the contestants come to the answer There's music too, of course on mutuals weekend schedule Lowbrow or highbrow, you can take your choice From full-scale productions of your favorite operas and operettas with all-star singing and dramatic casts To swing your partner sessions of real old-fashioned barn dance jamboree You can take your choice on mutual Your need for late news headlines from the field of sports as well as on the national and international scene Is not neglected on the weekend either 15-minute round-ups plus brief five-minute digest come your way regularly Gather your family around this weekend and enjoy entertainment on mutual Where there's something for everyone all heard every weekend over most of these stations Sergeant Preston stands beside the doctor as he probes for the bullet in the chest of a wounded man. Will he live doctor? I don't know Any idea how it happened? No, he stumbled in here and collapsed Before he could say a word his claims on south creek. Yes He's been panning out a lot of gold. Lordy was undoubtedly robbery Come on king. We're heading for south creek as fast as we can What will a sergeant and king find when they reach south creek? A storm is raging But the north wind is no more ruthless than the men who kill for the sake of gold How many men were behind this robbery? How many guns will a sergeant and king have to face? Don't miss this next exciting adventure These sergeant Preston of the Yukon adventures are brought to you every monday through friday at this time by the quaker ropes company makers of quaker pop week And quaker pop rice the delicious cereals shot from guns By special recording in cooperation with the mutual broadcasting system They are a copyrighted feature of sergeant Preston of the Yukon Incorporated Created by george w trendle produced by trendle cambo mere incorporated and directed by fred flower day The part of sergeant Preston is played by paul Sutton This is j michael wishing you goodbye. Good luck and good health from quaker pop wheat and quaker pop rice so long This is mutual radio network for all america