 Now, as gunshots echo across the windswept snow-covered reaches of the wild northwest, Quaker Puffed Wheat and Quaker Puffed Rice, the breakfast cereal 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. Yukon King, on the new 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, with Quaker Puffed Wheat and Quaker Puffed Rice bringing you the adventures of Sergeant Preston and his wonder dog Yukon King as they meet the challenge of the Yukon. Going over like a house of fire. Yes, collecting official challenge of the Yukon dog picture cards is the big thing these days, but here's a warning, don't be left out. Today's the last day we can tell you about the great new offer made by Quaker Puffed Wheat and Quaker Puffed Rice. Listen for full details in just a few minutes. Summer had come to the Yukon and most of the men who had gone to that vast territory to make their fortune in Gold were busy working their claims or conducting various types of business in order to profit as much as possible before the long winter months returned. But the two men who rode the trail from Elk Creek to Selkirk had other ideas about how to gain some of the riches of the northwest country. Prospectors have been going to the bank in Selkirk during the last month with their take, Bill. It's been a good time to strike. Yeah, I know. We gotta be sure we'll succeed. First, we gotta check on the fact that Constable is away from town like we heard he was. You heard right, Bill. Fact is, I sent an Eskimo to tell the Constable there was trouble at Fort River. Since he's the only Mountian Selkirk right now, you went up there yesterday. Yeah, that was smart of you, Joe. When do we pull the bank, Robert? We'll soon be there, and it's already afternoon. We're going to the bank about supper time when there aren't so many people in there. And we'll be far away for that money that Constable gets back. So let's hurry a bit. Get up! Get up! Get up! It was supper time in Selkirk, and there were only a couple of prospectors in the bank when the two crooks, Joe and Bill, rained up outside. Oh, oh, oh! All right, Bill. This is it. What can I do for you, mister? Reach. This is a holdup. All right, get your hands up. Move back there. I got the others covered. Come out from behind that counter and line up with the others. Hurry up! Oh, yes, yes, sir. Get back. Watch them, Bill. I'll go back at the counter and put those sacks of gold in this carpet bag. Hurry it up, Joe. All right. All right, move back. Get your hands up. Don't try anything. All right, I got the gold. Let's get out of here. What's going on here? You can't do this. Get out of my way, you fool! Let's go, Bill. Come on. I'm ready. That evening, Sergeant Preston with the Great Dog King arrived in Selkirk and went to the café in search of the Constable. Hold up. Hold up. Easy. Come on, King. Hi there, Sergeant. Hello, Ned. Have you seen anything of Constable Kinsey? He's out of town. Just when he's needed, too. Needed? What do you mean? We had a bank hold up here in town. It happened about summertime. They got away with several thousand dollars in gold. I see. Maybe you could do something about it. I'll do what I can, Ned, thanks for the information. Let's go, King. Easy, fella. Get up there. At the café, Sergeant Preston rode to the bank to get further information about the hold up. After getting a description of the crooks Joe and Bill from the banker and the bank teller, Preston learned that the hold up men had worn handkerchiefs over the lower part of their faces. The bounty knew it would be difficult to pick up their trail since so many had gone in and out of the bank. I'm glad you came to town, Sergeant. I've heard great things about you and that dog of yours. Thanks. It gives me hope that those crooks will be caught. I understand your dog is wonderful at following the trail of criminals. King knows his best, don't you fella. But until King knows the scent of the man he's trailing, he can't very well follow it. So many people have come in and out of here since that hold up. It's impossible to pick up the scent. Then there's no way King can get after them? If he were given the scent from something one of the crooks wore or held in his hand, then King could follow it even through the crowded street. Then this bandana ought to help. It was found just outside the front door after they left. I'm sure one of them dropped it, Sergeant. No, we have something. I'll take that. It'll give King the scent of the man who dropped it. Come along, King. Good luck, Sergeant. Once outside the bank, Preston held the bandana out to King. The intelligent dog sniffed for a moment. Then Preston spoke. Find him, King. Find him, Father. King stood for a moment, and then he started along the main street until he came to a space between two buildings into which he turned. Then he stopped and sniffed the air. They mounted horses here. I can see the hoof marks. Come along, King. I'll get my horse, and we'll come back here and go on from this point. A short time later, Sergeant Preston mounted his horse, and he and King returned to the place where the crooks had mounted. It's steady. Easy now. Once more, the Mountie held out the bandana for King to catch the scent. Then he spoke. All right, Father. Find him. Find him, King. Get up there. Meantime, the crooks, Joe and Bill, had ridden many miles from Selkirk to a settlement called Bear Creek. They stopped a short time for food and rest. Then they continued on a short distance until they reached a branch trail. Joe called a hoe. Ho, ho, ho, ho, ho. What are we stopping for, Joe? See that branch trail, Bill? Sure. But we better push on toward Whitehorse. If the constable gets back, it should happen to get on our trail. I don't think he can pick up our trail. But if he does, he'll naturally think we're heading for Whitehorse. That's why I want to take this branch trail. Well, where does it lead? Goes over to Mile Crick. From there, we can double back to Selkirk. Back to Selkirk? Are you crazy? Ha, ha, ha. No. No, just smart, Bill. Think a minute. Well, I am thinking, but I still don't get it. Well, Selkirk is the last place they think they're looking for us. We already covered our trail by riding in the shallow Crick backaways. Even bloodhounds couldn't follow our trail after that. I see. Maybe it is a good idea to go back to Selkirk at that. Sure it is. The town's crowded and fairly big. We can put up at some place along the waterfront till I get the boat from Dawson City. And we'll get on it and leave. Now, let's get going. A few hours later, Sergeant Preston and King reached the branch in the trail beyond Bear Creek. Their progress had been slowed somewhat when they had reached the place where the crooks had taken to the shallow creek to cover their trail. But to an intelligent, well-trained dog, it made little difference since the man's scent hung in the air, gradually settling on the foliage along the creek bank as it drifted in the slight breeze. When I reached the branch trail, King stopped a moment, sniffing the air. Sergeant Preston rained to a halt. Hold on. Hold on. The way you're acting, King, looks as though they've turned off on the branch trail. In that case, I'd say they were heading back to Selkirk. All right, King, go on, boy. Come up there. Arriving in Selkirk again, Bill and Joe rode along the waterfront until they came to a cheap hotel. They left their horses in the stable back of the building. Van went inside and spoke to the clerk who knew them by sight. Hi, Bill. Haven't seen you and Joe around in the past 24 hours. We've been on a little trip, Dave. Tell me, do you happen to know if the constable got back to town? Yeah, yeah, he got in this morning. He, uh, come here asking questions because of that bank robbery. Yeah, but I didn't know anything to tell him. Every time anything happens in this town, he comes here first, so I'm used to it. You didn't say anything about us, did you? You know I didn't. I protect our customers. Oh, your, your same room is waiting for you. Oh, thanks, Dave. Come on, Joe. Hey, wait a minute. Yeah? Maybe, uh, it'd interest you to know another man who came to town last night. Sergeant Preston, where that dog is. Sergeant Preston? I thought he was in Dawson City. All I know is he'd come here last night and he and his dog took out after those bank robbers. Thought you might like to know. Yeah. Yeah, thanks. Let's go to our room, Bill. I don't like what I heard about Preston at all. Stop being nervous. But I heard about that big dog he is and how he can follow a trail. I forget we were smart enough to break our trail by riding in that creek. Anyhow, how's Preston and that dog gonna know which trail to follow? Lots of people walked in and out of that bank and rode their horses away from Selkirk, too. Just the same. I don't think he'd have left town if he didn't think he had something to go on. Well, worrying about it won't do any good. I think we ought to find someone leaving here with a boat today instead of waiting for the river packet. Ah, we could do that. Look, there was a barge that belonged with the Yukon Mining Company that docked here with mining equipment last week. I noticed yesterday he was about ready to leave. I met the skipper. And I know we could arrange to go with him. Then let's go talk to him now. We can go out the back way so Dave won't know we left the hotel. Come on. A short time later, after leaving the waterfront hotel by the back way, Joe and Bill went to the dock where the barge was moved. Let's go avoid. I'm not exactly skipper. I'm coming to make a deal with you about going along. Well, we're moving out at noon. Tug's already got up steam. Can you be ready to leave then? We're ready right now. How much for both of us? Well, since I suspect you're running out on the law and I'm taking a chance, it would be $100 easy. All right, we'll pay it and go. Yeah. Let's go to your cabin now. Give it here. We're running out on the law right like you said, Skipper. And believe me, that Mountie and his dog will have a tough time trailing us from now on. We'll continue our story in just a moment. Fellows and girls, we're sure you will agree with Sergeant Preston what he says. I feel that every boy and girl should love and understand dogs. And you should recognize and know the different kinds of breeds. Dogs are truly man's best friend. 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Hearing that Sergeant Preston and King had left Selkirk the night before to trail them, the two crooks, Joe and Bill, who had doubled back to Selkirk, made arrangements for the skipper of barge to sail with him. It was almost noon when Sergeant Preston and King arrived at the Waterfront Hotel and entered. Hi, Sergeant. Looking for somebody? Yes, I am. Two men, one tall, black hair and the other heavy set and redheaded. Sorry. Don't have anybody here that answers that description? Sure that. Positive. What do you want them for? Robbing the bank yesterday. Seems to me you're wasting your time hunting for them bank robbers here in town. I'd say they let out for some place far from here. I have reason to believe they're here in town and what's more here in this hotel? I don't know what gave you that idea. My dog went down that corridor. What is it, King? Wait a minute, Sergeant. I told you there's no men like those here. Well, so you trailed into this room, eh, fellow? I can't let you disturb the guests in that room. Stand back and keep quiet. You've said too much already. All right in there. Open up in the name of the Queen. I guess maybe they're out. You want to know what they're out? Try the door. Wait, King. I have a gun. Come out quietly or I'll come in for you. You don't seem to be in there. I'll find out. Come on, King. You're right. They aren't here. Closet's empty. They came here today and men moved out. Moved out? Why, they're dirty cheats. They owe me two weeks' rental. But I didn't see them leave. I've been on duty out front ever since they come in this morning. Then the men I want were here, eh? Well, I'd to me, didn't I? Well, I... I'll just, Sergeant. I'm sorry, because I didn't want trouble in the hotel. Shut up. I ought to run you in for trying to obstruct the law. Find them, King. Find them, fella. King's turning to the back door. That's how they were not. I hope you catch them so I can get my money. I'll catch them sooner or later. You'll have to put in a claim for your money. All right, fella. I'll come open that back door for you. Running to the front of the hotel, Sergeant Preston mounted his horse and followed King who was going toward the docks. Ready, fella? Easy. Get up there! Great dog King unerringly headed for the dock where the barge had been moored. As he approached, Preston heard the whistle of the tugboat that was pulling the barge away from the dock. Hold on, hold on, easy. As Preston ran toward the edge of the dock, he realized that the barge was out of hailing distance and headed up river toward Dawson City. He stood for a moment watching. I know, fella. I'm sure they're on that barge. We'll get them yet. Come along, King. Ready, hold on. Easy. Get up there! A few minutes later, Sergeant Preston and King stopped in front of the constable's office. Holder! Come on, King. I heard you'd come to town. We're trying to trail that fang robber. We were trailing them, Jack. I know where they are right now. Where? They're on the barge that just left the dock and is headed up river pulled by a tug. Are you sure? I'm positive. King trailed them back here to Selkirk and after the trail to the dock, the barge is well out in the river. What are you going to do? Telegraph to Dawson City? We'll do that, yes, just in case. But I think they're too smart to go to Dawson City. They'll disembark before they reach there. Now, uh, get your horse ready while I send the telegram and meet me and we'll write up river after that barge. I may need your help. All right. Be ready. It'll leave in ten minutes. Good. One, King. After sending the telegram to Northwest Mounted Police headquarters in Dawson City, Sergeant Preston and King joined the constable. Then they started along the river trail. Since those crooks don't realize we know they're on that barge, they won't expect us to ride along the river after them. That's right. Otherwise, they might try to outsmart us by getting a shore on the other side or something like that. It's surprising to me how you and King have managed a trailing like you have. Credit for that goes to King. I won't be satisfied until we take those men into custody. I feel the same way about that. What worries me is that when we catch up to that barge, are we going to go aboard if they don't make us stop? Well, think about that when the time comes, Jack. We'll find a way to get aboard. Don't worry. I'll only stop before Dawson's at Indian Creek. It might be that the men who were after will leave the barge at that place. We'll catch up to the barge before it reaches Indian Creek. The tugboat is towing. It's fairly slow. We haven't had much of a head start. That's true. What's King any excited about, I wonder? I guess he's sighted the barge. Yes, there it is, just ahead. Let's hurry and get alongside it. Get up there! Meantime, in the skipper's crude cabin aboard the barge, Joe and Bill sat talking to the skipper and his wife, Mamie. Well, I guess we're well on our way, eh, skipper? Yeah, I'll be putting in at Indian Creek this evening. That's where you can get off if you want to. You said you didn't want to go to Dawson's city. That's right. We'll wait at Indian Creek for the river pack. What have you two been up to, anyhow? I don't like for my husband to get mixed up in anything that might get us into trouble, Bill. Oh, never mind, Mamie. I'm the one that makes the arrangements about who rides on this barge, not you. Maybe so, but you better watch who you do take aboard. Someday you might find yourself sitting in jail this year. Oh, Mamie, there's nothing for you to worry about. We just want to get away from someone who's got it in for us. That's all. We get to Indian Creek, you'll be rid of it. Well, that's all right with me. Well, I'm going to go on there and get me some fresh air. Since we started coming here to the Yukon, that husband of mine's met up with a lot of men that don't do any good. Ah, go on. Take him and let us be. They paid us in gold for this trip, didn't they? We sure did. Two hundred in gold. In gold, eh? Waited two pillars like you get that much gold. Bet you never worked a claim in your life. Oh, look, Mamie. Beat it like the skipper says. I don't aim to sit here and be insulted. Ha! Take more than that to insult you. Ha, ha, ha. Well, I'll leave you right now. Ha, ha, ha, ha. As Mamie stepped on the deck of the barge, she walked to the rail and looked at the near shore casually. Then hearing a dog bark, she focused her eyes in the shore trail. Ha! Looks like a big wolf running along the shore trail. He's sure a bull's going to come. Oh! He's a big two-horseman following behind him. Wait, they're moving. Wait, they're mountains. I can see the red clothes. They must be trailing somebody. Hey, skipper. Want to get a look at a couple of mountains? Huh? Monty. They're riding the trail right opposite the barge on the near shore. A couple of mountains, you say? Holy mackerel, Joe. Somehow they get wise when we're on this watch. I knew you two would be up to something. Keep your mouth shut, Mamie. This is my business. Hey, Mamie's right. There they are. Sergeant Preston, there's that big dog here. We'll be able to stop it in the creek now. You've got to figure some way to get off the barge. Are you crazy? How are we going to get off without a boat? Yeah, you can go over the side, the offside, so they won't see you, swim for it. This gun says that's what you're going to do. Like Mamie says, we don't want trouble with the law. Now, look, put up that gun. I can't swim for one thing. And for another, I don't intend to... Ow! Quick, go on, Bill. You shot my husband. Help! Help! Shut up, you! We're running this barge now. Get back into that cabin. Those Mounties got another thing coming if they think they'll get us. Meantime, on the short trail, Sergeant Preston and Jack, the constable, rode along, keeping their eyes on the barge. They saw Mamie when she first came to the rail and left. Then, when the men appeared, Preston spoke. Look, Jack, three men are at the rail now. Yeah, seem to be looking this way. Something's happened. That shot was on the barge. Yes, it was. Woman's yelling for help. Yes. It's right ahead to that point. The barge will pass close and we can get there before they see what we're up to. What can you do when we get there? You and I are going to swim out to that barge. Get there! Reaching the point, Preston and the constable drew rain. Hold her! Hold her! I want to swim out with you. All right. We'll leave the horses here. Let's go. Gotta get our boots off. Ready? Yeah, I'm ready. You sure to keep your gun, Doi? Let's go. Let's go, King! On board the barge, the two crooks have forced Mamie into the cabin. Then, they carried the skipper in and put him on the bunk. If you want to fix him up, Mamie, go ahead. You'll be sorry for this. Now, Arne, you're staying in this cabin, Mamie, so you can't signal the tugboat. As long as we're out in the river, it'll be safer a while. Sergeant Preston, King and the constable swam out into the river just in time to reach the side of the barge as it was passing. Preston grabbed a rope to trail over the side. Hold on to this rope. King, come here, fella. Gotta get King aboard first. Let me help. All right, King. Here, fella. Pulling himself partly up the rope, Preston clung by one hand and then reached down as Jack, clinging to the end of the rope, took hold of King and helped push him up. Between them, they managed to push King high enough so that the great dog got his front paws over the rail. Then King, with Preston pushing, went over onto the deck. Wait there, King. Wait. Let's go, Jack. Come on, Sergeant. Easy, fella. Where did we get our bread? That's King Crawling. He's picked up the scent of the man we were following. All right, King, find him, boy. Inside the cabin, Bill and Joe sat with drawn guns, as Mamie sat on the edge of the bonk near her husband, the skipper. We're making good time. Yeah. What about those two monies we saw in the trailer? We'll lose them somehow. Anyway, they might not be after us at all. We heard that Preston and his dog were trailing us, remember? Yeah, that's right. Oh, well... Hey, it's a Mountie, Preston. I'll settle him. Oh, you don't? Oh, my shoulder! You won't take me, Mountie? While Preston's attention was momentarily taken with Bill, Joe had jumped to one side and raised his gun to shoot. But at that moment, King, sensing the danger, had sprung forward and with a leap grabbed Joe's gunner. Take him off! Get him away! I'm King. Now, boy. They sure moved fast that time. These men shot my husband cause we have get into them aboard. Yeah, that's right, Sergeant. They paid me 200 and gold to carry him on this trip. I got suspicious. Indian Creek's just a few miles up river. I'll take these men off there. Yes. They can send someone for our horses, and we'll take these bank robbers to headquarters. Bank robbers, you see? So that's why they were skipping term. Yes. And if you knew they were evading the law, we can take you to headquarters, too, for aiding in their attempt at escape. Hey, now, wait a minute, Sergeant. You've got to believe me, eh? They told us they were just running out on someone who had a grudge against them. Didn't they, ma'am? That's right. We didn't know until we saw you two mounted on a shore trail that they were skipping the law. I was suspicious of them, but we really didn't know. Well, all right, but you'll have to return the 200 and gold. That belongs to the bank. I don't see how you found us. King got you a scent from a bandana one of you dropped at the bank. Until then on, there was nothing that could stop him from finally catching up with you. You mean that dog trail to me everywhere and finally led you to this barge? That's right. Oh! King's sure a wonderful dog. He acts almost human, Sergeant. Yes, he does, Jack. And if he could talk, I'm sure King would say he's glad this case is closed. In just a moment, Sergeant Preston will give you a preview of Monday's adventure. It's now or never. Yes, this is the last time we can tell you how to collect official challenge of the Yukon Dog Picture Cards. Remember, you get not one, but two of these terrific new dog picture trading cards inside each package of credit cards. You get two dog picture trading cards inside each package of Quaker Puff Wheat or Quaker Puff Rice. That's two cards each different in each package. These keen stiff back cards feature beautiful color Codochrome photographs of real dog. You get King himself. And these dog picture cards, 35 of them are yours at no extra cost. Don't wait until it's too late. Hurry to your grocer before his supply is gone. Quaker Puff Wheat and Quaker Puff Rice. Get both delicious kinds. That way you'll get four different cards right off. So hurry, don't put it off another day. Listen, Monday, when Sergeant Preston and Yukon King meet the challenge of the Yukon in the case of the duel. When I was called to Hangman's Creek, I learned that two men had set out to fight a duel. It was to be a fake duel. I didn't know that death was waiting for one of the duelists in the form of a sniper's bullet. Death was lying in wait for me, too. And King was not at my side to warn me. Be sure to hear this exciting adventure Monday. These radio dramas, a feature of the challenge of the Yukon Incorporated, are created and produced by George W. Trendle, directed by Fred Flower Day and supervised by Charles D. Livingston. The part of Sergeant Preston is played by Paul Sutton. 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