 Now as gunshots echo across the windswept snow-covered reaches of the wild northwest Quaker pop wheat and Quaker pop 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 Blazing the trail for Sergeant Preston of the Northwest mounted police in his relentless pursuit of lawbreakers King Gold gold discovered in the Yukon a stampede to the Klondike in the wild race for riches Back to the days of the gold rush with Quaker pop wheat and Quaker pop rice Bringing you the adventures of Sergeant Preston and his wonder dog Yukon King as they meet the challenge of the Yukon Guess what these sounds mean? Oh Boy sure they mean that something tastes extra good Like a heaping bowl of Quaker pop rice or Quaker pop wheat topped with good thick yellow cream and fruit It's a breakfast deluxe taste it every spoonful of those king-sized grains of wheat or rice is Mouth-watering good so crisp so nut-like in flavor So extra delicious all covered with velvety smooth rich cream Don't wait enjoy this deluxe treat tomorrow morning Just reach for the big red and blue package of delicious Quaker pop rice or Quaker pop wheat Never sold in bags or bulk Sergeant Preston was catching up with his paperwork at the Northwest mounted headquarters one evening And King took the occasion to make a tour of the town and say hello to his old friends He was on his way home from Mrs. Griggs bakery when he saw a girl standing in the open doorway of a cabin She was looking past him at two men who were lounging in the shadows down the street The girl was afraid I try to run you'll shoot the girl's name was Joan Manning King knew her well He tried it over to her and licked her hand trying to reassure her and offering his sympathy Maybe you can help me Just for a minute. Come on boy As soon as the door was closed the girl untied a handkerchief and from it She took a necklace a necklace of perfectly matching diamonds. This is what they're after King I try to get away with it. They'll stop me They won't try to stop you King. They never suspected Here See if it'll fit around your neck The girl undid the clasp and fitted the necklace around King's neck Your collar hide it completely Go on King go on home. You don't have to worry about me anymore. I'm all right now go on King trotted down the street and stopped close to the man who were still standing in the shadows One of the men picked up a rock and threw it at him King dodged the rock and continued on his way Later that night when the sergeant turned him into the run with the other members of the team The necklace beneath his collar made him uncomfortable. He scratched at it vigorously The catch broke and the string of shining stone slipped off his neck King sniffed at the necklace and then buried it in the snow Afterwards he made a comfortable burrow for himself and went to sleep The following morning he was with his master when young Tex Cameron came bursting into the Northwest Mounted Headquarters Oh, hello tags. Isn't this the middle of the night for you? Well shucks know it's 11 o'clock. I've been up for for half an hour Howdy, King. You seem to be in a hurry. I am I Suspect foul play. That's all the sweetest little girl in Dawson side Joan Manon who sings at the elder other She's got a voice like an angel better than Jenny Lynn. I've heard Jones sing. What about her? She's gone No, that's too bad, but Jones father's working his claim on wishbone Creek She may have gone up there to pay him a visit. Ah, she wouldn't have gone without telling me Oh, I'll promise that driver the next time she wanted to make the trip You better come and take a look at her cabinets. No, it takes See there's a lot more to it than just her being missing Jones just too big hearted for her own good. I know John That's in fact Well, there's this young cop here, and I got lived with a cop. Yeah. Yeah, real Count Alex Valadimar He's Russian They chased him all the way across Siberia because he told the czar he should run things more like we do in Texas Next time there's a strike Pierre and I gonna take him along with us and show him how to stake a claim in Pangol What does he have to do with John? The count had to leave Russia in a hurry see and it's more slipped in what money she had in a poke along with some Gugars she figured he could pawn to help meet expenses such as all he's got left is a string of beads beads Diamonds this may surprise you sergeant, but they're worth as much as a good claim on the bonanza doesn't surprise me at all Well, it's those beads that are making trouble There's a couple of other Russians in town who know the count and they know he's got the beads They're after them and they're after the count agents of the czar. Nope Anarchists they hate the czar and they hate good Democrats like the count to go on well one night They ransacked our cabinet, but just lucky that Alex had the beads on it. Oh, why'd you come to me then? Well, nothing to go on nothing tall But me and Alex and Pierre had supper with Joan that night and she said Why don't we leave the beads with her? Well, we did not all her cabins in this block you take a look at it. See what you think then Is there any way the count's enemies could have found out that Joan had the diamonds? I don't see how but they must have sergeant Here we are Hello, Pierre this is Alex I count this is Sergeant Preston. Hello, Alex a great honor Sergeant just take a look at this place. It's a wreck they have turned over everything the diamonds aren't here No, but it is not the diamonds that matter sergeant They're only value to me is that I might sell them and help Joan to a great career We feel proper training. She will be another party. It is she who matters we She's the girl. I love she's the girl. I'm gonna marry ball Ball he called me that because in French it means and some sorry in Texas It means hobo. Oh Joan likes me more and both of you And it's time you can argue about that after we find her What about these two Russians these enemies of yours Alex names descriptions everything you can tell me one is called a Bar talk the only name I know for the other is a yacht key It's the name of a place. What do they live the palace? Oh, but I meant to tell you sir And I stopped down the way to headquarters. They've left when yesterday afternoon. What did you last see John? Four o'clock I saw her at fire. Why you know, I can't I saw her at sea What's normally do you saw her here, Alex? It is correct It was what you call a night off at the cafe. She was going to read and go to bed early All right, let's have a description of Bartok and Yachty. They both wear beer Bartoks is dream short. There's a face like a hawk's very sharp eyes Yachty is huge and animal. That should be enough Now I take it that all three of you would like to help as much as you can There's nothing to indicate that here I'm going to check all the cafes on front street You take the stores Alex techs the cabins on the banks of the Klondike Chanty town beer we any information you can get about Bartok or yacht key will help we'll meet back at headquarters in two Hours let's go But when techs Pierre and Alex reported to the sergeant two hours later They had very little information tax nobody saw him drive up the Klondike last night and they did not go south on the Yukon The day before yesterday they buy supplies at Colby store and the same day they bought a dog team and a sled from Richard's Sergeant you don't think there's any doubt. They've taken Joan prison. No, is there not something we can do Well as much as being done Words been sent to build 40 mile in white past to stop Bartok and Yachty if they try to cross the border Also the whole story is being carried on the front page of the Klondike nugget That'll be on its way to all the mining camps this afternoon Every man on the creeks will be on the alert by tomorrow, but I cannot help but be afraid Joan had the necklace Bartok and Yachty must have taken it from her Afterwards to keep her from going to the police white Sergeant the human life means nothing to such beasts I'm afraid that John has been killed At that moment, however, Joan was still alive She was bound hand and foot and lying on the floor of a cabin at the top of windward pass Bartok sat on a bench facing her and the brutal Yachty stood by his side. Are you hungry John? You know I am and a little thirsty perhaps. Yes There is food and drink on the table All you have to do is be sensitive. You can't make me tell you anything What did you do with the necklace? Why do you try to save it for a worthless aristocrat? He's worth a thousand of your kind Oh, you're a fool deluded by a handsome face Tell me What right does he have to those diamonds? They belong to him, but why by what right by what right should they belong to you? I will use them for a great purpose for murder and destruction That's your only purpose a means to an end the glorious world Revolution revolution to make you and your kind King. You are a stupid bourgeoisie. There is no point in arguing with you Yachty the army. No, please don't get a steady pressure if you please You're in pain for Good good to release her yet now quickly. What did you do with the necklace you? You saw me get rid of it when When you were waiting down the street, there was no way you could have that dog The big silver gray one that belongs to sergeant press I put it around his neck. You lie. He passed us. I saw no diamonds And he still has them I don't know Why not? Hidden by the color who would notice them It's a job for you Yachty It takes no great brain to shoot a dog. We'll continue our adventure in just a moment Man, oh man, here's a breakfast treat. It's got them all be it's Quaker puff rice or Quaker puffed wheat These famous ready-to-serve breakfast cereals are shot from guns. Yes Quaker puffed wheat and Quaker puffed rice our choice premium wheat or rice grains shot from guns They're giant size king size colossal. They're actually exploded up up up to eight times normal size That makes them bigger and better tasting. Yes, that's what makes wheat or rice shot from guns so crisp and tender There's shots through and through with bang up nut like flavor to even more important Quaker puffed wheat and Quaker puffed rice are Nourishing. Yes, both delicious kinds furnish extra food values of restored natural grain amounts of vitamin B1 Niacin and iron. 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What if the sergeant is locked the dog up by the waiter all night most of it If you do not see the dog by 4 o'clock, you will go to the dawn and back of headquarters. No Bartok No, what danger is there at that time of night? It will not be necessary to shoot perhaps a Piece of carbur steak in your hand a quick grasp and you will have him by the collar With your strength you will have no trouble in ranging the necklace loose. No, this is a command Yachty Would you have me report that you have been in subordinate? No, you will go then take the team. I hope he will come to the bridge. I will shoot him It's the best way you be such concern for a door man in the middle. It amuses me That evening King sat beside his master's chair in the headquarters office as long as he could stand the heat Then he trotted to the outside door and scratched on it King exalted in the stinging cold He raced between buildings from front street down to the banks of the Yukon and there He stopped for a moment and howled at the big white moon and the aurora that streaked across the sky and turned the night into day Then he started investigating the thousand wonderful smells that came from the warehouses along the waterfront He worked his way upstream to the point where the Klondike joined the Yukon and it was there He saw the man standing in the shadow of the wooden bridge. There was no one else around here King He called King by name and he held out a piece of meat in his hand the Santa the meat was delicious This is what you do but King knew the man from the night before he had been with the other one who had thrown a rock at him King growl Great dog realized the danger in the flash of metal and before Yatke could level his gun King was racing for the shelter of the warehouses The gun spoke and King felt a searing pain in his flank But he had rounded the corner of the first warehouse and he ran on on to the sergeant and headquarters When he reached the door, he scratched the box Well, that wasn't much of a run What's the matter? Let me see you cut yourself boy. Don't look like no cut to me No, no to me pure first aid kit in that cabinet get it Wait, you believe that King has been shot the bullet wound Alex. I didn't hear anything the wind's pretty high Oh, thanks, pure. I think I'll just take a little stroll outside and shoot it out with the first man You'll find wearing a gun. Well, you leave it to me only take a minute to fix this scratch And then King will show me where it happened. We can come along with you. Can't we you like easy boy won't sting long Outside headquarters the sergeant touched King's bandage and said show me boy lead the way King understood and trotted down front street to the bridge over the Klondike The man had gone, but his tracks were clear in the freshly fallen snow The sergeant and his companions followed them for a quarter of a mile up the stream A sled and a team had been left here in the shelter of a tree From the tree the sled tracks swung into the center of the frozen stream heading east easy trail of follow side. Yes I'm heading up the Klondike tomorrow morning. There's no reason why I shouldn't do it tonight Of course, this may have been an accident. I'll find out we'll come with you I'll have my team harness and ready to go in 10 minutes. It'll take you longer than that Oh, we don't want to hold you upside and you go ahead and we'll catch up all right come on From the moment yaki had missed King he had been afraid that the dog would put sergeant Preston on his trail He had driven his team hard and now as he stopped for a moment to the entrance to winward pass He was congratulating himself on not being followed And then at the far end of the long valley below him. He saw a dog king Oh Yaki raced on up the pass to the cabin where Bartok was waiting Bartok Sooner than I expected I shot at the dog, but I miss you fool now the sergeant is coming after me He's crossing the valley will be here in 15 minutes and the dog he leads a team good We will be waiting for them. We'll shoot it out. Nothing so dangerous. No Have you noticed the big rock on the slope above the cabin yet? We will go up there We will put a charge of blasting powder underneath it when the sergeant enters the cabin We will set it off. There will be another lunch Cabin the girl and the sergeant will be better with the gag in her mouth Be convenient if the dog escapes then we will not have to dig him out As the sergeant neared the cabin he studied it closely That's the team we've been following king There was a light inside the cabin, but otherwise no sign of life Now we'll find out who took a shot at you king as the sergeant and harness king the great dog looked up the slope behind the Cabin he knew the man they were following was up there and he tried to tell his master But at that moment the sergeant heard some muffled cries from inside the cabin. That sounds like a girl. Come on, King Just as the sergeant entered the cabin and explosion rocked the ground a Second later an avalanche was roaring down the slope behind the cabin Instinctively the sergeant ran to the girl picked her up and started back for the door King leaped ahead of him parking furiously and driving both dog teams away from the front of the cabin The sergeant was out of the house with the avalanche But a young fir tree uprooted by the avalanche and now tossed like a matchstick The sergeant had knocked him to the ground Joan was thrown clear into a snowbank. The sergeant was pinned beneath the upper branches of the tree Instantly King was at his side tugging at the branches Sergeant lifted the tree and with his help King pulled it aside then the sergeant tried to rise a Searing pain shot to his leg. He sank back to the ground Joan roll over here. I'll get that gag out of your mouth and cut your robes There They blasted a rock up in the slope and started the slide by a talk in yaki Must have been one of them who shot at King back in town They're after Alex diamonds. I put them around King's neckline. I don't know. I'll show you King. Come here Our talk and yaki were outside my cabin. I wanted to get rid of the necklace. Oh But it's gone No, this is all news to me the class must have broken Must have fallen off somewhere But by talking yaki don't know that Well, they'll be coming after us in the diamond. I see them now Way up there coming down the slope wonder if they see us Covered with snow. They probably think we're underneath the avalanche all over behind those rocks. Oh, what about you? I guess it's broken. I can make it if I take it easy go on a Moment later the sergeant King and Joan were huddled down behind the rocks Through a small break. They watched Bartok and yaki descending the slope five minutes 10 minutes and then they could hear Bartok's voice Oh Bartok and yaki circled the huge pile of snow and dirt and rocks as they stepped into the clear the sergeant shouted Bartok commanded yaki to shoot he stepped behind the huge rush and it headed for cover yaki backed up in the same direction The sergeant put a bullet through yaki's leg and he dropped to the ground Bartok had dispaired by the pile of rocks and snow yaki crawled toward him Surely I'm in the back. He do it to you. We have an ace in the hole John You'll see what a fire top manages to get farther up the slope find cover there These rocks won't give us any protection and you can't move. I'll have to make sure that Bartok doesn't move As Tech's Pierre and Alex entered the pass they could hear the distant shots and half a mile farther on Tech's was able to size up the situation. Oh, oh, oh there boys There's the sergeant He that looks like Joan with him. It is that he's part of talking yaki you shoot at them Well boys will just leave the dogs here and follow the region to a right behind those pulled cats Come on The sergeant was gritting his teeth against the pain in his leg Joan if I should happen to blackout keep on shooting Other dogs down the trail a while ago Maybe I only imagined it, but even so help of becoming sooner or later. Yes, you're three suitors keep shooting until they get here Listen That was a rebel yellow if I ever heard one it's Texan here and Alex That was the end of the gunfight in the past When they realized they were exposed to gunfire from above them Bartok and yaki yell for mercy That same afternoon. They were in jail The sergeant his leg in a splint and propped up on a chair was playing host to Joan Tech's Pierre and Alex Well, it turned out all right sergeant but Figure you need somebody to protect you from now on Joan So I'm asking you to marry me Thank you Tex, but no, but of course it is Pierre you will marry no, that's right It is Pierre. I will marry no Is that the last proposal I'm going to hear Joan I have no right to ask you Diamonds are gone. They were all I had couldn't I Take their place You would You mean yes, I have witnesses now You can't back out of as if I wanted to congratulations Alex my best wishes John I'm wondering if the diamonds are really gone. We haven't asked King about it yet. Oh the chain must have broken Oh, we'll see you're making Color King the sergeant made a circle around the dog's neck with his hand color for John He pointed to the girl that's boy King looked up into his master's face. The sergeant repeated the process color for John Fetch King turned ran to the door open it for him Go on follow him see where he goes Leave the door open Pierre The run was close to the cabin and King stopped as soon as he reached the gate He asked Tex to open it for him. Could it be in there? You said collar. Oh, maybe there's an old collar inside the run He's digging for something There he comes It's true, it is the necklace I can see it sparkle give it to John King Well, how's that for a wedding present? Good working Bar talk and yet here in jail now the diamonds safe this case is closed Say if at breakfast time you're Yes hungry as a lion well, sir Just you dive into a heaping bowl full of delicious quaker pop rice or quaker puffed wheat Man oh man, there's a treat that'll tame that hungry as a lion appetite. Make it purr like a kitten Yes, these ready to serve giant grains are shot from guns are nourishing Chris tender loaded with nut-like flavor So tomorrow enjoy this breakfast treat quaker pop rice or quaker pop wheat Remember wheat or rice shot from guns is never sold in bags or bulk Always look for the big quaker red and blue package with the smiling quaker man on the front That's your guarantee of the original Chris fresh quaker pop wheat and quaker pop rice Mm-hmm delicious Listen Wednesday when sergeant Preston and Yukon King meet the challenge of the Yukon in the case of The long trail. Yes, it was a long trail that King and I followed when we started after the minute with murdered bill Totten and we reached the end of it during a howling blizzard The night was pitch black and somewhere in the darkness We knew that half a dozen outlawed guns were trained in our direction be sure to hear this exciting adventure Wednesday These radio dramas a feature of the challenge of the Yukon incorporated are created by George W. Trendle produced by Trendle Campbell Enterprises directed by Fred flower day and supervised by Charles D. 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