 As gunshots echo across the windswept snow-covered reaches of the wild Northwest Quaker pup wheat and Quaker pup rice, the breakfast cereal shot from guns present the challenge of the Yukon. It's Yukon King, swiftness and strongest lead dog of the Northwest, blazing the trail for Sergeant Preston of the Northwest modern police in his relentless pursuit of lawbreakers. 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 pup wheat and Quaker pup rice bringing you the adventures of Sergeant Preston and his wonder dog Yukon King as they meet the challenge of the Yukon. Hi Chuck, you bet I've heard the news. I'll say I've heard about the new Quaker model farm. I've started building mine already. Boy, talk about fun. Listen, fellas and girls, hurry. Don't miss out. You too can have a swell complete miniature model farm. Yes, you can get as many as 46 different detail scale models in all at no extra cost. Models of farm buildings and farm animals. Yes, you could actually stock your farm with animals. Have your own model Shetland pony. What's more, these key new models are yours today without any delay. There's nothing to send in. There's no waiting. In just a few minutes you'll hear how you can get a complete exciting Quaker model farm for your very own. Keep listening. No one believed Tex Richards when he announced that Rosa Cavallari was coming to Dosson. And when the most famous singer in the world actually did walk down the gang plank of the Margaret O. The town went wild. Tex finally succeeded in conducting Rosa to her rooms. And even then he found it hard to believe his good fortune. Well you're you're really here Rosa. See I am really here Tex. Now why did you come? Because you asked me. You were waiting for an invitation I suppose. I will tell you the truth. I wanted to go to Cuba to sing for Colonel Roosevelt's but the president he would not let me. He said the country was too dangerous. I say I will prove to you like Cavallari is no hot house orchid. My friend Tex Richards has asked me to sing at Dosson and I will. And that is the whole story. Do you believe it Tex? It sounds like you but I'll bet there's some other reason in that fine Italian brain of yours. Perhaps I came here because I wanted to see someone. Who? You? That I don't believe. All right. But now I am serious. There are three people I wish to see here and you must arrange it for me. The first is a young man named Richard Starr. Do you know him? Sure. The second is a sergeant with the Northwest Mounted Police. His name is Preston. You know him as well. Of course. But why? A friend does not ask questions of another friend Tex. That's right. The third man is Bradford White. I know him too. I don't like him. You have good taste. Excuse me I'll see who it is. Oh Tex. Well hello Dick. I have a present for Madam Cavallari Massier. Well sure Reagan you can. Come on in. Thanks. Rosa this is Richard Starr. He's met. I am very happy to meet you. So my madam Cavallari I in behalf of the citizens of Dawson I wish to present you with a slight token of our regard. Here. Beautiful. What is it? It's a nugget. Go. Sure. And so large. Mr. Starr as an artist who thinks always of her bank account. I am deeply touched. We thought maybe you might like it. What woman wouldn't. No really it is a very charming gesture and I thank you so very much. That's perfectly all right. May I ask how it happens that you were elected to make the presentation. Well we we drew lots and I won. I am happy. Are you a prospector. No not exactly. I was but now I'm the president of the Yukon Development Company. That sounds very important. You are so young to be a president. Well it isn't my fault. I mean it isn't because I'm especially smart. Bradford White's the real brains behind the company and he gave me the job because well he's an old friend of my father's but you must come and see me often during my stay in Dawson. You can bet I will. Thank you. Sure thing. I goodbye madam. Arrivederci Richard. Is that all you wanted to say to him. But I had nothing to say. There was nothing I could say. I merely wanted to see. A handsome boy. Yeah. And good to. Yeah nice kid. And now it is sergeant Preston's turn. Will you ask him to call on me tonight. He's a pretty busy man but I think he'll be able to make it for you Rose. I will go to headquarters if that is necessary. Oh no he'll be here. Tell him to bring King. I have here so much about his wonderful dog. Why sure sure they'll both be here right after dinner. The sergeant and King did accept madam Cavalry's invitation and she welcomed them to her living room that evening. She patted King. He is everything people say sergeant. He is a beautiful dog and his eyes they are so kind and trusting. I like dogs. In fact the more I see of men the more I think of dogs. This is some particular reason for that. Sit down please. Thank you. It is a matter of business. I happen to know sergeant that you are making a special investigation at the present moment. Really. What you got your information from the same place where you received your orders from the government not. I see it concerns the you can develop my report is already on its way to Ottawa and sorry I can't talk about it. I know what is in the report. The company is a swindle. Everyone who has invested in it will lose their money. Are you an investor. I have a certain interest. It concerns the people involved more than the money. I'm not afraid to talk about it. We will speak in general terms the courts will try to fix the responsibility for this embezzlement this stealing that is true is it not that's true and young Richard star will go to jail madam Cavalry I know I know you do not have to answer I can't your face your expression is answer enough. There is not one bit of evidence to connect Bradford white with this great fraud I take it your personal interest is in Dexter see why were you told nothing about the boy a little it comes from New York his father was interested in railroads he lost all of his money and shortly after was he was killed in the hunting accident Richard stars father was Bradford white partner until white deserted him and his death was no accident I gathered with some talk of suicide why not call it murder was there no mention in your dossier Richard stars mother she was she was Italian she disappeared when the boy was quite young he was three years old he does not remember her at all he thinks she is dead isn't she madam Cavalry there is an accusation in your eyes it is a poor mother who leaves her baby but if she is a simple peasant girl if everybody hate her if they take away her baby if even they kill her husband's love what then start you blame her so much no I don't I sympathize and if the chance comes to help to protect madam Cavalry I sympathize but there is no chance there's absolutely no way in which Bradford white can be connected with the operations of the Yukon Development Company he's covered his tracks completely every paper has been signed by Richard star and Richard star alone you are kind you have answered me at last I'm sorry that my news is so bad but I guessed it and I tell you here and now sergeant that Bradford white will not live to enjoy his stolen money I'm going to forget you said that see has you wish the case hasn't come to trial yet there's still a possibility that I can find some evidence against white now please leave it to me believe me I'll do everything I can to help your son what Rosa Cavalry didn't leave it to the sergeant she sent a message to Bradford white through Tex and white knocked on the door for sweet the following evening madam Cavalry come in come in it is Mr. White yes I'm honored that is because you do not remember me I've heard you sing in New York I will not waste time my concert begins in less than an hour Bradford I am Mrs. Roger star what yeah the little Italian girl you used to laugh at what are you doing I am locking the door and as you see I have here a gun Rosa I am going to kill you Bradford unless you follow my orders to the letter you're in shame oh no I will kill you and I will plead self-defense there is no jury that will convict me walk over to that table and sit down what what do you want me to do hurry what I want a complete confession a confession of what a confession that you and you alone are responsible for the operations of the Yukon Development Company that it was your worthless land that was bought with the investors money and that all of that money is now in your pocket I want a confession that Richard star is nothing but a poor unknowing instrument of your infamy I won't write any such thing then I will shoot I will shoot you straight through the heart now write the truth the whole truth 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house the concert was a gala affair the men starved for entertainment roared their approval of every song and Rosa sang many of them her audience listened and wrapped silence transported from this bleak barren country that tried men's souls back to their homes to cities villages and farms back to the lives they once knew with their loved ones Rosa stepped forward to the footlights and spoke the last words of one of her songs then you'll remember you'll remember me she touched her lips with her hands and with tears in their eyes the miners thundered their applause but suddenly a sharp cry a cry that grows above the tears wait take it easy man calm down you got plenty of time to leave the theater it's the building next door that's burning now why I've been a hurry as soon as you get outside Sergeant Preston will put you to work on a bucket brigade that's it that's it now take it easy the theater is not on fire will be a little while we don't want to panic in here though there's time for everybody to get out safely but I am not afraid I'm only wondering why if the fire is next door it cannot be controlled the strong wind blown from the southwest and the sparks are landing on this here roof now come on we'll go out the back way fire was a terrible word in Dawson it was a city of wood and canvas the buildings were close together and when the Chinook was blowing a warm dry wind from the southwest it was almost impossible to keep a fire from spreading there was no firefighting equipment yet and every available man was mustered into the bucket brigade outside the opera house Texan Rosa what Sergeant Preston directing their efforts I must speak to him there is something I must tell him I will only be a moment right over here sergeant this is no place for you see I will keep out of the way I only wanted to go on I'm listening I have Bradford white confession fashion how'd you get it I pointed a gun at him and threatened to shoot it won't work but why not over there top down that wall a confession won't work they'll say you forced him to make it and retract on the witness stand he has promised to make retribution yes and I have promised not to use the confession if he returns all the money stolen that is what the investors won't and it will save Richard I'll talk to you later go down to head for us and wait for me there please very well that's right man under the lettuce against the wall here the other round in fact we gotta get water to that rock men worked frantically under the sergeant supervision but the combination of wind and fire were too much for them the opera house burst into flames the wind increased in violence and the sparks sail far down the main street the sergeant was forced to assign squads of men to put out the spot fires what's that yelling about dick those men down in front of my office the buildings on fire yeah yeah here I am a certain person we can't save your office it's going to burn to the ground I got all the papers and gold off I knew it ago you what yeah yeah 15 minutes ago I went in and I got white just ran in there to get your gold is going to be killed the sergeant and King's printed down the street to the office of the Yukon development company and push their way through the crowd of men who were vainly trying to stop the flames the front of the building was burning fiercely but the fire had not reached the back yet and the sergeant and King ran around there the sergeant knocked on a window then he climbed through King jumped in after him I can't see King finding for me King led the ways with a smoke until the sergeant saw Bradford White he was lying on the ground down by a smoldering beam all I can do to lift this timber King when I lift it up like in free grab hold King pull him pull away great dog is master's command his jaws firmly clamped on the shoulder white coat he called on all his strength and pulled him from underneath the beam when he was clear the sergeant dropped the timber I'll get him out King out the back way big star and another man were waiting outside the back window the sergeant handed white through to them then he and King climbed out where should we carry him Sergeant down the headquarters dog monson's there well he live I don't know only the dog can save him okay we'll get him there fast come on hair sins and grimy was soot the sergeant returned to his job the opera house was a great torch now roaring toward the sky the sergeant was forced to send man into Second Street to fight the spot fires there the main line of the flame was like a modern army advancing with mechanized speed and harrying the defending troops by dropping paratroopers in our rear the sergeant as the defending general realized that a strategic retreat was necessary to save the greater part of the town he must sacrifice some of it where's Jack Whitney he got burned he went down the headquarters to get his hand bandaged everybody out of the palace of town sure we'll have to dynamite it the palace we can't save it tax if we blast it to the ground the pair won't jump the gap I'd like to have Whitney's permission well me to go no tax I'll do it you get the dynamite and set it the fire gets too close to the hotel before I got back set off the charge without waiting for me okay Joe the sergeant and King ran down the main street to headquarters they found it crowded with the casualties of the fire Dick star came up to them sergeant dark couldn't save him who do you mean Bradford white I see in that case his confessions the only thing that was madam Cavalieri dick I don't know she was here just a minute ago find her for me when I'll do my best Argent how's it going our only chance is to dynamite the palace hotel inspector dick just told me that bad for white's dead I know who are dick he doesn't realize that with quite gone there's no chance of proving who was really behind the Yukon development company it's all right inspector all right madam Cavalieri has a sign confession from white now we can't retract it dick won't go to jail a sign confession yes I thought you might have given it to you sir no sergeant madam Cavalieri isn't here how is she I don't know she was standing right beside Doc Munson when Brad died look here's a here's a scarf she was wearing over her head I found it near the door inspector yes she knew white was dead she knew the confession was our only proof she didn't have it with her are you sure no sir I'm guessing but if she left it at the palace she's gone back for it give me that scarf dick sure one king great clouds of smoker rolling over the palace hotel when the sergeant and king arrived but the fire hadn't reached it yet the sergeant look for Tex in the dynamite crew they haven't returned from the warehouse the sergeant and king fought their way through the smoke and into the hotel the smoke was just as thick inside the building we know the layout king up the stairs boy here we are king doors locked have to break it in let him Cavalieri the darkness and the smoke made it impossible to see but the sergeant still carried the scarf which Rosa had worn he held it down to King find a boy leave me to her where is she King led his master through the first room the second and into the third this was Rosa's bedroom and King headed straight for her dressing table but he paused only for an instant then he turned toward the door that opened from the bedroom into the corner all right boy King started for the back of the building and there at the head of the stairs and led down to the kitchen the sergeant saw the figure of a woman lying on the floor let him Cavalieri I'll get you out of here where is it you dropped it when I fell never mind about me find it Bradford white is dead his confession is the only thing that can save Richard the paper is in the case somewhere downstairs so we were going as the sergeant lifted madam Cavalieri in his arms and started down the stairs a strange thing happened King the dog who always stayed as close as possible to his master's side suddenly broke away from him outside Tex and his crew were setting the dynamite under the foundations of the hotel and attaching the fuse hurry up Joe the south end of the hotel is burning now aren't you going to wait for the sergeant to get back no he told me to go ahead of the fire got too close it's not only too close it's here how you're coming another second I'll have it how long shall I make the fuse five feet and up smoke's getting me all set yeah here's the end of the fuse take it back got it come on now I'm with you smoke sure there's nobody in the hotel tax the floor they've been out for a long time here I'll stay here lighting you keep going Joe you better run five feet won't give you much time to get clear don't worry I'll run the palace is gonna be blown a hundred feet in the air she's lit run for cover King had forced his way through a partly opened window in the kitchen of the hotel and at that moment he rounded the corner of the building heading for the front there was no way of telling what went on in King's mind whether it was reason or some six cents a transcended reason but he saw the sputtering fuse and headed straight for it grass the fuses teeth halfway between the burning end and the dynamite charge savagely he ripped the fuse apart and the lit ends fluttered harmlessly and went out when the end of the severed line was reached come on what's the matter with the dog I thought you had good sense King that's the kind of a trick a puppy would pull you might have been killed you know that all right all right get out of the way now have to attach another fuse there's only a few feet left of this one I know out of the way King I said get out of the way this little time to be all right that sergeant first in the accent a man turned at the sound of the sergeant's voice and saw him walking taught them through the smoke he was carrying Rosa Cavallari Rosa was hugging her jewel case the sergeant have you and Rosa been inside the hotel you were both inside it's a matter to act nothing sergeant I just feel a little weak in the knees that's all I I got a mighty big apology to make the king what for you take Rosa down the headquarters to tell you about it later Joey shall we set off the charge now let's go ahead this way King a few minutes later the new fuse had been attached and lit the explosion rocked the earth the palace hotel was blown sky high when it had settled to the ground there was a gap the fire could not leave the sergeant returned to his command and at daybreak the Dawson fire was history at headquarters still black with soot the sergeant and Dick star drank hot coffee it was then that the Mountie showed dick the confession Bradford white aside this means that he was a crook that everything I did for him was crooked I'd have gone to prison for this paper means that you want it's an awful thing it's all right now dick it was the only friend I had in the world yet he was using me dick madam Cavallari's in the inspector's office which has something to tell you oh madam Cavallari yes I think you'll find that you have another friend go on she's waiting for you why all right yeah King yeah boy here's a sandwich for his sake for his mother's sake and for mine I want to thank you fellow this case is closed in just a moment Sergeant Preston will give you a preview of Friday's program don't forget get special new model farm packages of Quaker Puff wheat and Quaker Puff rice pronto they're at your grocers now think of it you can actually get 46 colorful models of farm buildings farm equipment and farm animals these exciting easily assembled models come on eight different packages and they're yours at no extra cost don't miss out on the fun start building yourself a model farm right away and don't forget these exciting models come only with delicious Quaker Puff wheat and Quaker Puff rice they're waiting for you now on your grosses shelves so hurry 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 they are brought to you every Monday Wednesday and Friday at this same time by Quaker Puff wheat and Quaker Puff rice the breakfast cereal shot from guns listen Friday when Sergeant Preston and Yukon King meet the challenge of the Yukon in the adventure of the trap in cabin four the meanest crooks in the world were waiting in a cabin on the trail from Scotch River King and I went after them and we never suspected they'd anticipated our arrival and had planted a time bomb in the cabin we found the bomb but that was just the beginning of our greatest danger be sure to hear this exciting story Friday till then this is Jay Michael wishing you goodbye good luck and good health from Quaker Puff wheat and Quaker Puff rice so long