 Now, as howling winds echo across the snow-covered reaches of the Wild North West, we present Sergeant Preston of the Yukon by special recording brought to you by the Quaker Oats Company, makers of Quaker Pop Wheat, and Quaker Pop Rice, the delicious cereal shot from guns, in cooperation with the Mutual Broadcasting System. It's Yukon King, swift as the strongest lead dog of the Northwest, breaking the trail for Sergeant Preston of the Northwest Mounted Police in his relentless pursuit of lawbreakers. On King, on you, Huskies! 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, bringing you the adventures of Sergeant Preston and his wonder dog, Yukon King, as they meet the challenge of the Yukon. The adventures of Rin Tin Tin presented on Mutual every Sunday over most of these stations is a listening treat especially designed for the whole family. Several generations have thrilled to the heroic exploits of Rin Tin Tin, the dog that's almost human, and now you can hear his further adventures every Sunday. The new series of Rin Tin Tin adventures are laid in the colorful and legend-filled era of the Pioneer West. His young master is Corporal Rusty, stationed at Fort Apache. During the troublesome post-Civil War era, the Army cavalry finds plenty of action in keeping under control the renegade Indians who set fire to the early settlers' cabins. And as members of the Fort Apache cavalry unit, Corporal Rusty and Rin Tin Tin are engaged in many stirring escapades. Make sure your family enjoys the pleasurable listening on the adventures of Rin Tin Tin, presented by Mutual every Sunday over most of these stations. Macy Vale, a rough type of woman in the Southwest United States, had gone to the Yukon territory during the first Gold Rush. Macy started a cafe in Selkirk, and though it prospered to a degree that should have satisfied her, she used it as a cover-up and headquarters for a tough gang which brought her added revenue. Macy considered herself a power in the town and also considered that anything taken by force without becoming involved with the law was the quickest way to help. One day, Macy sat in her office with two of her henchmen, discussing the last job they had pulled. The trouble with you, boys, is that you seem to be getting careless. What do you mean by that, Macy? Yeah, yeah. Like Joe says, what do you mean? That's all. The other night came in here boasting that you didn't get but half his gold. He had the other half hidden his cabin. And how was we to know that? I can see why folks call you Sniffy. You almost drive me loco with that eternal sniff into your... Or can I help it? Oh, forget that. Like Sniffy just said, Macy, how are we to know the old goat was holding out on us? You should make it your business to find out. Well, is that all you brought us in here for? To ball us out for not getting the gold it hid? No. What I really want to talk about is another job. A big job, Joe. Yeah? What is it? The first season will be leaving here for the states tomorrow morning. Yeah, sure. What about it? A lot of the prospectors are sending their gold back on that boat. It's been accumulating at the express office. Yeah, that's right. Now we're going to get that gold. But Macy, it's risky holding up the express office. It's working too close to home. If the constable gets a lot of that... Lead a minute, you dope. I'm not saying you and the others that are going and rob the express office at all. And how are we going to get the dust? Easy. Here's my plan. I have all worked out. I happen to know the express agent, Lynn Selden. Now, he puts all the pokes in a big canvas sack. They're bound at the top with fine wire that's twisted together at the end. And then covered with red sealant wax. Yeah. Where do we come in? Now, here's how we do it. I've had Jake and Sam fill a lot of pokes with sand and pack them in a canvas sack. Look, there it is in the corner. Fixed with the wire and sealant wax just like the one from the express office. Well, I'll be dying. But how do we... Give me a chance to explain, will you? Sure. Sure. Go ahead, Macy. Selden will take the canvas sack on the express buckboard from the office around nine o'clock tonight. How do you know? The purser from the boats out front right now. One of the waiters heard him say he had to be at the boat at nine to take on the express. Well, Selden will drive through that deserted alley between the fishing shacks near the land and to get to the boat. You and Sniffy will be waiting there in the shadows. Then what? Use your bandanas for masks and hold them up. See that he gets knocked out. Don't you want us to plug him? No, that's the one thing I don't want. Now listen, Jake and Sam will be waiting in the shadows with horses. Take the sack of gold off the buckboard and put the fake one in its place. Then you and Sniffy head back here. What about Jake and Sam? They've got a rumpus shooting their guns and so on. That'll draw a crowd. They'll make out like they drove off the bandits. And when Selden comes to and finds the canvas sack still on the buckboard, they'll be heroes. Gosh, that's sure some plan. Yeah, but when that sack is open in this state, there'll be an investigation made. Yeah, yeah, but that'll maybe be six weeks or so from now when the boat reaches Seattle. By that time, the crowd in town now will be scattered and folks will forget what happened. The company will put the blame on young Selden. It'll be up to him to explain his way out. All right, Thunder Macy, I think it'll work. Sure, sure it will. I've already given instructions to Jake and Sam, so they'll do their part. Well, you can count on us too. If you don't do your part and do it right, you'll be mighty sorry. That's all I got to say. Well, now let's get our front and have some reports. Sure. That evening, Lynn Selden was at his cabin on the edge of town having his supper before returning to the express office. His wife, Helen, and their eight-year-old boy Danny were at the table with him. I have to go back to the office, you know him, to get that goldboard to board tonight. Lynn, that's a big responsibility for you to take alone. You should have a guard along with you. Why don't you stop by and ask the constable? Honey, stop worrying. I've been putting the goldboard alone for some time now and I've never had any trouble. Anyway, it's only a short distance from the office to the boat landing. May I go with you, Papa? May I? Kevin, Danny, you'll be in bed and asleep by the time your father drives to the boat. But I want to see you boat once more before it leaves. Ah, please, Papa, let me go with you. Do you think you can stay awake that long, son? Oh, sure, I'll stay awake. I'm really not thinking of taking him with you. Why not, honey? The kid wants to see the boat once more and it sails at dawn. We'll be back home well before midnight. Well, all right, if you want to be bothered with him. I will be a bother on him. Okay, son, it's all settled. We'll be leaving in a few minutes for the office. I have a lot to do before we drive to the boat. That night, Danny dozed a bit while his father made out weigh bills and attended to other office routine. Finally, Lynn awakened the boy and they started out with a sack of gold for the boat. As the boat board started through the narrow darkened alley between the fishing shags, Lynn saw two figures step out ahead of him. He spoke quickly to Danny. Get under the seat, son, quick. Hide under the seat. Stop. Don't go over your gun. We got you covered. Oh, there. Oh. Down on that seat. Hold on, mister. What's this all about? He said, get out. Yes, I have to. Your faces are masked with bandanas. You won't get away with that. Hold up. You keep them covered. Sure. I'm ready to plug it. This'll take care of you. You went out like a light. Hey, call Jake and Sam. Jake, Sam, come on. Yes, sir. Here the men put the sack containing the polks of sand on the boat board and transferred the sack of gold to us to the pack holders. Then Joe spoke again. Now, sniffy or me, we'll get going. As soon as we're out of sight, Jake, you and Sam start a ruck, all right? Come on, get going. Come on. Let's start things gold. This'll bring a crowd of no time. Shoot a few more times. I'll leave down besides selling. Looks like I'm trying to help you. Danny. What about Danny? Who? My boy, I have it. Okay, we came along and we did. I don't know who you are, but I'm sure thankful. I was taking gold to the boat, but it hadn't been for you, too. They would have stolen it. Let's ease out of here. Glad to do it for you, mister. We got to be getting along. See you again sometime. Hey, wait a minute. I didn't get your names. They sure did you a good turn, Selden. They act like it was done every day. I don't understand. After delivering the sack to the boat and getting a receipt, Lynn Selden and Danny returned to their cabin. As they were about to get ready for bed, someone knocked at the door. I'll go. And King. Sorry to come here so late, but I just arrived in town. I heard you had some trouble. I wanted to get the report first-hand. Thanks. King again, Sergeant. I suppose you heard about Lynn's awful experience. Yes, that's why I've done things so late. Sit down, Sergeant. Thanks. You know, they were fortunate those strangers came along and prevented the robbery, Lynn. I sure was. The crooks had knocked me out. Danny hit under the seats if they didn't see him. Oh, is that he was him? Uh-huh. I sure was scared, but I kept real quiet. Lynn, was there anything familiar about the two who tried to hold you up? No, they used bandanas, and though it doesn't get very dark here at night, it was shadowy enough to keep me from seeing much. I was kind of upset, too, thinking about them getting the gold and about Danny being with me. Oh, you understand that. I couldn't see anything from under the seat, but golly, I could hear him talking. He sure talked tough, too. I heard the ones who were scared away, the bandits did quite a bit of shooting. I wonder if they wanted either of the crooks. Oh, no, Sergeant Preston. I heard the crooks tell them to start shooting after they left. What? Please, you don't know what you heard. You were too frightened to be sure. But, Papa, I did hear them on it. Now, Danny, let the men talk. It's time you bring them. Just a minute, Helen. Danny, tell me everything you can remember. Everything you think you heard. Well, one thing I remember. One of the crooks that stopped us made a funny noise all the time, like this. Danny, are you sure you weren't imagining it? The boy might be able to help us. What else do you remember, Danny? After they hit Papa, I was plenty scared. But I remember one of them called out two names and said, come on. Then the other two came and they all talked together. Then they took something off the buck board and put something else on it. Hold on. Hold on, Danny, not so fast, please. You see, the crooks called the other two and they talked together. Uh-huh. And they took something off the buck board and put something else on it. That's right, Sergeant. Was it a sack they put on? Yeah, that was it. I heard one of them say, change those sacks. But I was afraid to look. Then two of them rode away on horses. Horses? The crooks who held us up were on foot. But them men came with the horses, Papa. Honest, Danny. I hope you haven't made all these up, have you? Oh, no. I'm beginning to see the whole idea. Lynn and a plan like that would be too clever for a boy to imagine. What do you mean, Sergeant? You believe that what Danny said? I think Danny saved the day. Come on, I want you to go with me to the boat and have that sack opened right away. If what I think is true, then you've been robbed after all. We'll continue our adventure in just a moment. Say, wouldn't the kids in your neighborhood wish they were in your shoes if you saw a baseball home run king in person and saw him smash a homer right out of a ballpark? Carly, nothing beats the fun at a ballpark. The game, the crowds, the hot dogs, peanuts and soda pop. Come on, kids. Come on to the ball game as guests of your favorite team. If you are 12 years or younger and can bring a paying adult like mom or dad, grab a pencil and paper quick to get a free baseball ticket, tear off the box top from a package of Quaker Puff Tweet or Quaker Puff Price or Muffet Shredded Wheat. Send with your name and address to baseball box5205 Chicago 77 Illinois. Go off and see baseball's big hitters in person. For each ticket, send a box top from Quaker Puff Tweet or Puff Price or Muffet Shredded Wheat. You get two free tickets with the guarantee seal from Quaker Packer 10. We'll give you the address now and again later in the program. I'll write it down. Baseball, box5205 Chicago 77 Illinois. The president and Lynn left the Selden cabin and went aboard the boat. The night watch aroused the purser and soon the three men stood in the purser's office with the sack before them. Sergeant Preston and the purser watched as Lynn broke the wax seal and opened the sack. Now I'll open one of the pokes. It's filled with sand. Sand? Great day. Then he was right, Lynn. They did change the sacks. This is off. Not as bad as it would have been if Danny hadn't remembered what happened. If that sand had been opened in the express office in Seattle, you would have been suspected, Lynn. I gave you a receipt for thousands of dollars worth of gold. Well, what do I...? One will go back to receipt but keep this quiet and let it get out that you know about it. But the boat sails are gone. It's after midnight now. I'll have to talk to the captain before I leave. Maybe since the cooks will be off guard, we can get that gold back before the boat does sail. Let's go then. Come along, King. After leaving the boat, Sergeant Preston and Lynn, followed by King, walked toward the main part of town. I was thinking, Sergeant, maybe you could pick up the trail of those cooks who left with the horses. I wonder where they'll hold up to a place, Lynn, before I came to your cabin. Half the town were all over the place. I spoiled any trail that might have been there. I didn't think of that. Now, how do you begin? What can you do? Your face to open. You go there quite often. Quite a bit. Why? And it wouldn't be unusual for you to be single. No. Once in a while I go there after closing the office. I go there now. Please keep your eyes open for either of the men who pretend to be helping. I remember it was shadowy in the alley where I was stopped and I was rather dizzy even when they left. I might not be able to recognize the old tri anyhow. Much more. I remember what Danny said about one of the cooks who made the sniffing zone. The kid might have been imagining that. He's been right so far. Yeah, he is at that. I'll go to the cafe and look around. Oh, wait outside with King and the shadows across the street there. Do you think you found one of them? Come out and signal me. I'll follow it up from there. All right, Sergeant. I'll do the best I can. Short time later, Lynn sat at the table in the cafe looking over the crowd. Hello, Selden. How about joining you a minute? Good evening, Miss Bear. I'm glad to have you. I've been here and you had a bit of trouble. That's right. A couple of oblasts tried to hold me up. Oh, then they didn't get anything. Well, I started from the express office with a sack filled with pokes and I put a sack of pokes aboard the boat so I... In other words, they missed out on getting the gold up. You were mighty lucky somebody came along and scared them off. I heard all about it. I say, who were the ones who acted like heroes, you know? No, I don't. They left right away. It was kind of dark. Sure, sure, I know. Did that gun butt do much damage to your skull? No, it was a glancing blow, I guess. Lucky for me. The back of my head is still sober. Yeah, well, that's to be expected. Lucky, they didn't put a bullet in you. I guess I am at that. Hey, Maisie! Well, I guess I gotta be running along. See you later, Calvin. Good night, Miss Vell. I stayed in the cafe for almost an hour and then he left and joined Sergeant Queston and King when the shuttle was across the street. He was saying, Yes, it's no use, Sergeant. I didn't see anyone who looked familiar that could have been one of the crooks too loud. Maisie Vell sat with me for a short time. She asked me about the holdup. She seemed quite concerned about whether the gun butt had hurt me much. She asked you about it? I mean, she mentioned the gun butt? What she actually said was, did that gun butt do much damage to your skull? Hold on a minute. How many people knew you had been struck with the butt of a gun? No one, I guess. By the time the crowd gathered, I was on my feet in worrying about the gold and Danny. Well, as far as anyone knew, he could have been knocked down by a man's fist. That's right. I didn't talk about it, it didn't seem important. It might be important. Only the crooks would know how you'd been knocked down. Strange, Maisie should be so definite about it by saying that gun butt... Why are you driving that, Sergeant? It's just a thought. What do you mean, Maisie, no? In her office, somebody was waiting there to see her. I'm going to question her. Let's walk around to the back of the cafe. I'll get in to talk to Maisie privately through the back door of the office. Meantime, in Maisie's office, the four members of her gang were having a discussion with her. Maisie? The boys think that gold ought to be divided tonight, so that... Well, so Jake and Sam can clear out before morning. You might be recognized by that express agent. Are you taking chances? I happen to know Sergeant Preston came to town tonight, too. So what if he did? There's been a report of an attempted holdup, but that's all. And the guy that gathered covered the trail like I thought it would. But that guy, Selden, came into the cafe a while ago. If he saw Jake and Sam... What if he does see them? He thinks they're heroes, don't he? But if he recognizes them when news of the robbery breaks after the boat reached Seattle, he'll go to the mountains. And they'll begin to check. That's right. Sam and me want to pull up states and get out of here without meeting Selden again. It's safe. Yeah, that's what we want to do. We're going back and divvying up the gold now, Maisie. Well, all right. Lock the doors, Smithy. Yeah, sure, sure. You get the sack out of that closet over there, Joe. With Maisie. They open the sack, Joe, and put the folks a gold dust on my desk. Then we'll divide them up after I get my half-burnt. Meantime, Sergeant Preston and Lynn with Yukon King reach the back door of Maisie's office. I'll knock on the door and go in to talk to Maisie. You wait over here with Jane Lynn. I'm going to make some kind of argument going on in the office. Let's move close to the door and listen. Cautiously moving close to the back door of the office. Sergeant Preston and Lynn, listen closely. Listen to me. You're locked. Why'd they go in there, Sam? Don't worry about me. We take the chances and you, brother, you'll get up here. You know what he means by that. Listen. But like Joe said, we deserve to get as much as that gold as you. Don't worry about me. I'll kill you. I'm getting tired of that. Listen to yours anyway. It gets on my nerves. If you don't like working for me, see this someplace else. I'm sure he'll do it like I said. Then he's right again, Lynn. That man must be one of the cooks, the one who sniffs. Oh, yes. No. And you think Maisie does? Yes. I never did trust her. He'll get the constable. Bring him here as fast as you can. We'll continue our adventure in just a moment. Say, kids, wouldn't you like to be out at the ball game and maybe catch one of those balls? Golly, everything in a baseball game is fun. The crowds, the eats, the excitement. Come out to the ballpark as guests of your favorite team. Yes, see the game free if you are 12 years or younger. Just bring your mom or dad a paying adult. To get a free baseball ticket, send your name and address with a box top from Quaker Puffed Wheat or Quaker Puffed Rice or Muffet Shredded Wheat. Send to baseball box 5205, Chicago 77, Illinois. Get as many tickets as you want. Details are on every ticket. For each ticket, send a box top from Quaker Puffed Wheat or Rice or Muffet Shredded Wheat. You get two tickets at one time with a guarantee seal from Quaker Packerton. Send to baseball box 5205, Chicago 77, Illinois. Send right away. Preston hurriedly told him what was going on in Maisie's office and then outlined a simple plan. Meantime, Maisie and her gang were still arguing inside. Look, I have this gun in my hand, see? Now I'm boss here and I have enough in my safe to send all of you to prison for life. So you better do as I say. You've got stuff in your safe like what, for instance? You remember when each of you came to me to join up? Sure, sure. Remember when I had you write down what jobs you pulled here and in the states telling each of you was sort of an application? Yeah, I remember that. Well, all of you were stupid enough to sign what you wrote and give it to me. Those are regular confessions that would fix you plenty. You wouldn't dare use that. That's right, we could talk plenty. Then we would, too. You couldn't prove a thing against me. Every job I lined up for you did yourself. Yeah, while you sat around here and raked in the grave. Oh, while I sat around here and established an alibi, Joe, why, if I had a mind too, I could send you all up for murder for killing that old prospector over at Pelly Landing last month. You told us to kill him. But who'd believe that? Now, it's for this gold. Hey, somebody from the cafe. I'll send him away. Who's there? The festival, Miss Dale. I have to talk to you right away. It's important. Can't it wait till morning? Sorry, but I must see you now. You'll be suspicious if you don't talk to him. Only if you clear out the back way. Then I'll let him in. Get that gold out of sight quick. Put that sack in the closet. Yeah, I got it. Man, this is official business. All right. The back door boys, quick. Right, Sergeant Preston. For a moment the four men stood crowded in the doorway looking in surprise at Sergeant Preston. Then Maisie approached. Hey, what's the idea? You have no right to stop these men. They haven't done anything. Get back inside, all of you. Why are you... Joe, hold it. Come on in, Sergeant. If there's something on your mind, maybe we can sit you straight. All right, Maisie. Come on, Lynn. Hey, what's that guy's spell then coming in with you for? Two guns are better than one in this case. King, standing in the doorway behind Preston, saw Maisie ease her hand from behind her back. The intelligent dog could see the gun in her hand before Preston got a glimpse of it. You won't ever break in here again, you dirty... Pull the gun man off. And as the bullet went harmlessly into the ceiling, Maisie fell under the impact of the dog's attack. King stood over her, crawling so that she feared to move. Meantime, Joe reached for his gun. Now plug that sneak and bounty plan, man. But the bounty sidestep, the same time throwing a hard right to the crook's jaw, rocked him on his heels. Sam, another one of the gangs, saw Jake go down and deciding to get away during the excitement, Sam headed for the back door. There he stopped by Lynn Seldon. Stay away or you'll die. Preston quickly looked around. He saw that Maisie and three of the crooks were taken care of. The fourth snippy cowered behind Maisie's desk. With all thought and resistance gone. Look, I give up. I give up. Come out of there, you old cheater. I'll open the other door now, Sergeant. All right, Lynn. Seems to take it all the fight out of Maisie. Yeah, King saved the Sergeant from Maisie's bullet. Oh, God. Easy fellow. Watch your boy. Look in that closet, Lynn. Right, Sergeant. Sack of gold. All right, Maisie. We arrest you and your gang for the crown for robbery. Later, I'm sure the additional charge of murder will be made against all of you. I don't have any hardly found any. Out of the mouths of gangs come words of wisdom. Oh, there's something to that effect, Sergeant. All right, Lynn. They're crazy. All right, please. Crazy enough to catch all of you red-handed. We'll get them to jail and get the gold to the boat, Lynn. This case is closed. You can play a vital part in the defense of our country. Radar is a wonderful invention, but it cannot completely eliminate the chance of foreign aircraft slipping through undetected. To prevent the possibility of such an unwelcome surprise, the Ground Observer Corps has been established. This volunteer organization is composed of civilians who are spending a few hours of their spare time each week sky-watching. They have been taught how to do this job by Air Force personnel to maximize the observer's time on duty. Today there are 49 filter centers located in 27 states to which observation posts report. All these centers and posts are manned by volunteers. 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