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Came from up the street Let's go see Yeah, come on It was a week later when the same gang Struck at the express office in Forty Mile Well, what can I do? Hey, those handkerchiefs you've got in your faces You must be thieves Shut up and stay where you are Frank, get the stuff out of the safe and hurry All right, no I won't let you out of the safe This'll shut you up, Mr... Get the stuff, let's get out of here And the crooks seemed to know An old prospector left Forty Mile with his take Get the gold you're carrying, Frank Crooks by thunder Now see here You heard what he said Yeah, we know you've got a lot of gold with you Drag him off that mule, Frank Yeah, steady there, Frank Come on Give this to me Oh, no Bring the mule, Frank The gold must be in them saddlebags Here, you lead the mule All right, boys, let's get away from here Steady, boy I am ready Jud Kemper, owner of the café and the bank in Forty Mile Called a meeting of the leading townsman at the trading post Which was attended by Constable Bill Brooks Of the Northwest Mallard Police Now, uh, man, I called this meeting Because something has to be done about the gang of crooks Operating around Forty Mile They got 30,000 from the bank a few weeks ago Next, they cleaned out the express office safe Then a couple of days ago They robbed that old prospector of all he had On the trail of Dawson City So far, they've got away with it What you say is true, Mr. Kemper And I'm doing all I can to get a line on them They seem to have a very smart leader They're liable to hit again Sure, they gotta be Yeah, now, wait, wait Quiet, quiet down, man Constable, I know you represent the law here in Forty Mile But so far, you haven't been able to cope with that gang As you just admitted Unless you do something and do it soon We're going to have to get together for our own protection The whole town's upset over what's been taking place That gang will be caught sooner or later, Mr. Kemper But forming into a vigilante's committee isn't the way to do it You have to leave it to the law Well, we're willing to have the law act, Constable If it does act But the bank can't stand any more losses I never know when those crooks might strike at the cafe Now, if you decide on a plan, we'd like to hear it But if you haven't Oh, look, man, look I admit I can't handle this alone And I don't intend to I've sent to Dawson City for help Just how many Mounties do you expect them to send here, Constable? Frankly, I've asked for only one One? Oh, I see No, no, no, wait a minute until I explain, man The man I asked for is the best Mountie in our organization Sergeant Preston Sergeant Preston, eh? Yes, I've heard of him I know he has quite a reputation too But I doubt that even having him to work with you Will be much help against that clever gang Well, let's wait and see Before you men decide to take matters into your own hands Wait and give us a chance What do you say? I hear Preston's mighty good Yeah, we better give them a chance to see what they can do All right, Constable The men seem to agree to wait for you and Sergeant Preston To catch that gang of crooks But I warn you, if you don't do it soon We'll get together and try to run them down by ourselves In spite of anything you say Late that night, Judd Kemper was talking to a visitor In his private office at the cafe Well, Jake, so far we've gotten away with things But the Constable sent for somebody Who might make it hard for all of us If he gets to 40 miles Who's that, Judd? He sent to Dawson City for that Mountie Sergeant Preston, I guess you've heard of him Preston, you have heard of him Having him come here and getting our trail isn't good at all I know, he's clever and persistent When he gets set to catch anyone What are we going to do? It's one thing you can do That is to make sure he doesn't get to 40 miles What do you mean? Don't act stupid, Jake He's most likely on his way from Dawson right now Go out of ways with Frank And pick a good spot from which you can shoot him That's risky, business, Judd, killing a Marty Especially one as well known as Preston If you're careful there's no risk It's him or us, just remember that There's one more thing, Judd, that maybe you don't know What are you talking about? That dog it is Dog? What's a dog got to do with it? I can see you haven't heard about that big dog of Preston's He's got a train so that it's almost human The way it tracks down somebody That dog could be after us the minute he heard a shot And use your head Make sure there's swampy muskeg between the place you shoot from And the trail Even a dog couldn't get through that stuff Yeah, that's a good idea I know just about the right spot too All right, Judd, you can leave it to Frank and me We'll lay and wait for that Marty to come along the trail Then we'll let him have it But you can better make sure there's plenty of soft, deep muskeg Between the trail and the place we gun him down from Leaving Judd's office, Jake went out into the cafe And found his friend Frank sitting alone at the corner table Jake drew out a chair and sat down I got some news for you, Frank Yeah, what? Keep your voice down Don't want anyone to hear what we're talking about All right, go ahead and tell them what the boss wanted to see you about Marty's coming here from Dawson City to do some investigating Well, what about it? The Constable's a member of the Monies And he hasn't been able to do anything I know, but the one who's coming here is different You see, the Constable sent for Sergeant Preston Hey, he's the one that has that big dog with him all the time, isn't he? Yep, that's him, all right Now, what's the boss going to do? What I hear is Sergeant Preston and that dog is We'll have to end up in plenty of trouble You and I are going to make sure Preston doesn't get here, Frank Now, wait a minute If you think I want to try to buck up against Preston and that dog You better think again Come in the back room, Frank After you hear the plan Judd has for getting rid of that Monty in spite of his dog You'll give him credit for being plenty smart Come on That same night, Sergeant Preston brought his horse to a stop In front of the Northwest Mounted Police Headquarters in Dawson City Well there, easy now One, King Inspector's waiting to see you, he's in his office now Just got his message, I'll go right in Wait here, King Well, Sergeant, I'm sorry to arouse you out at this hour I know it must be important, Inspector It is very important Oh, sit down, Sergeant Thank you, sir What's up? Plenty An Eskimo came in with a message from Constable Brooks at 40 mile He needs help as soon as he can get it What's happened up there? Clever game of crooks are at work in that vicinity They seem to know when and where to hit to get plenty of gold I see According to the message from Brooks They hit the bank when a large amount of gold ready for transfer was in his vault Then when the express office had a gold shipment in the safe, they struck there That is serious That isn't all, Sergeant They seem to know when a prospect to leave town would take from his claim They robbed one on the way to Dawson City Well, sir, I'd say someone in town was a member of that gang That's the way it seems to me, Sergeant But Brooks hasn't been able to get a line on the gang at all He sent a request for help In fact, he asked for you to come there Well, to all we can to track down the gangster I want you to go all right, Sergeant If you don't, Brooks may have trouble with the townsmen They want to take the matter in their own hands I see We can't let that sort of thing start near your gun That's right, Sergeant When can you start? King and I can start right away As soon as we get up there, the better That's fine Good luck, Sergeant Thank you, sir We'll do the best we can All the rest of the night and through the next day Sergeant Preston with King running alongside Road the trail toward Forty Mile The next evening, he was a few miles in the town Riding in a leisurely pace to rest his horse and dog Well, King, it won't be long before we reach Forty Mile We can all do with a good meal and a bit of rest, eh, fella Come on Just as Sergeant Preston urged his horse into a faster pace A distant rifle shot rang out We'll continue our story in just a moment Fellows and girls, suppose Just suppose that you happen to be in a tight spot You're outside, alone, and it's pitch dark You need help You need to get a message through to your friends Now, you don't want to holler out That might give you away to some stranger Well, supposing you were in a spot like that What would you do? 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That musket kept you from getting to them And they planned their ambush for you I'll be all right now, fella Keep our eyes open from here on into town, though Steady now We'll try to get to Book's cabin without being seen They think they killed me so much the better Let's go, King Get up there A short time later, Jake and Frank rode up to the back door of the cafe Come on, Chad will be waiting for the news Yeah, I know And you got back sooner than I expected How'd you make out? Chad, your worries about Sergeant Preston are over You mean you... Yep, we went to that place along the trail I mentioned And waited a while Then he came along on his horse with that big dog trotting alongside Did he fight back? I mean, did you manage to...? One bullet did it, took him right out of the saddle He's lying up there on the trail right now, dead Guess somebody will come along and fight his body before morning Good work, Jake, good work That big dog of Preston was carrying on something awful when we rode away Good thing he couldn't get to us, he'd have torn us apart Well, we don't have to worry about either Preston or the dog now Oh, you better both get out into the care way before somebody starts asking for you All right Come on, Frank, see you later, Chad If anyone comes in and reports about Sergeant Preston, let me know, Jake Yeah, sure Sergeant Preston managed to reach Constable Brook's cabin on the edge of town without anyone being seen After having food and rest, two mouties sat down to discuss the situation Oh, Bill, who knew I was coming to 40 miles? Ractically, everyone, Sergeant You see, they had a meeting and I told them I'd sent for you I see Whoever shot at me thinks I'm done for They couldn't get to me to make sure because of the musk egg That's the reason King couldn't go after them I must have been lying there stunned for several minutes You think someone in town is behind this gang? Looks that way to me, Bill That someone is in a position to know everything that goes on here Well, that could apply to a good many Things aren't kept very secret around town Practically, everyone discusses his business in the café I see Look, Bill, suppose I stay here on the cover for a while You go to the café and keep your ears open Someone might drop a remark that would give us a line on the man who shot me All right, Sergeant I'll go over there right now See you later, Sergeant It was over an hour later when the Constable returned to the cabin where Sergeant Preston was waiting with King Well, Bill, anything happen at the café while you were there? Something was said that might mean a lead, Sergeant Huh? Tell me about it Well, I... I went into the café A man named Jake who does part-time park keeping there started a conversation with... Well, Constable, when's that Mountie coming here from Dawson? The one that has the big dog with him all the time Sergeant Preston? Yeah, that's the one I heard you were going to have come here To tell the truth, I've been expecting him all afternoon Maybe he's not even coming He might be away from Dawson City, you know I... I would have been notified or they'd at least send someone else in that case If that gang sees him on a trail, a liable away lab you never can tell Sergeant Preston can take care of himself Like you said, he has that big dog with him Hey, Jake Just let the Constable do his own worrying That Mountie's coming from Dawson He'll get here sooner or later He'll get busy with the customers Yeah, sure, Mr. Copper I was just interested like everybody else That's all Well, that fellow Jake seemed interested in whether I'd get here or not, eh? That's right, Sergeant And Judd Kemper, the owner of the café and the bank came up and told Jake to get busy He didn't seem to want Jake talking Hmm, that's worth thinking about As owner of the café and of the bank Kemper would be in a position to... Bill, do you think you could get the express clerk to cooperate with him? Yes, I'm sure he would Good I'll tell you about my plan And I want you to go talk to the express clerk and have him do and say exactly what I tell you After listening to Sergeant Preston's plan the Constable went to the express office carrying two small sacks such as prospectors used to transport gold A short time later the express clerk entered the café and approached Jake Is that shoulder wound to yours coming along, Bob? No, it's all right It's almost healed up by now That gag didn't gun you down for good That's right Looking for the Constable Have you seen him? He was in here about an hour ago Haven't seen him since Guess he rode off to do some snooping around after that gag he's after What's up? You look worried Oh, talking much I'm going home to get something to eat If the Constable comes in here ask him to wait around till I come back in the way to the express office, will you? I haven't got a line on that gag, have you? The one that robbed you? No Only I don't want to be robbed again, that's all I'll be back in about an hour or so I guess I'd better talk to Kemper Yes, come in What's up, Jake? The express clerk was just in looking for the Constable What for? He wouldn't say He's on the way to his cabin to eat Be gone about an hour, he said Well? I got an idea from the way he talked that he's got another shipment of gold down there in that old safe at the express office I wonder I'll get Frank and Joe to come in here Wait here It's a chance I didn't expect so soon About 20 minutes later Sergeant Preston with King and the Constable waited in hiding behind the woodshed in the back of the express office Finally, they heard hoof beats coming along the back way Quiet, fella, quiet There they come They're wearing handkerchief masks like the gang has said to wear Let's go, I'll just watch and keep quiet Hold on, hold on Frank, you come in with me All right Joe, you stay here and watch for anyone coming Got you Let's go He's a king From their hiding place the two men and King watched as the men forced the back door and entered the express office King looked expectantly at Sergeant Preston but the money gave no order or signal to attack so the great dog waited tense but quiet After several minutes it elapsed The crooks left the express office carrying the two sacks My hunch was a good one, all right? Let's get away from here quick Get out There they go Let's get to our horses' bill All right They couldn't see the horses They saw this other building Follow them down I hope we get them with their leaders Stay there, follow them After them, King Come on, now A few minutes later Preston and the other man he pulled rain a short distance from the back door of the cafe Hold on, hold on Easy Those are the horses they rode all night and King sniffing at the back door Yeah Now what, Sergeant? You go around the front and out of the cafe Just try to make your way unobserved to the office, go in, keep your gun handy All right What about you and King? Well, go to the back door When you hear a commotion go in, ready for trouble Get going though All right, Sergeant Waiting until the constable had had time to get into the cafe from the front Sergeant Preston cautiously approached the back door and warning King to be quiet he stood listening Meantime inside, Jake and the others were talking to Judd Kemper It was just like I said, Mr. Kemper Those two sacks of gold on your desk were in the safe, ready to be shipped Are you sure nobody saw you coming in here? Nobody saw us at all, boss We made sure of that We can go out front again and nobody can prove we ever left the cafe Yeah, that's right It was the easiest job we ever pulled, Mr. Kemper That express clerk's going to be surprised when he goes to get that gold on Yeah Say, how about giving us our split right now, Mr. Kemper What's more, I I think we should get more of a share than we've been getting Yeah, Jake's right, we should We take all the chances and you grab most of the tape Now listen to me, you greedy fools You'll take what I give you and that's all I'm the one who figures out the jobs and gets the load on and where you can get plenty of gold Be quiet, sir No use raising your voice And don't come in here whining about what you get I'll give you the share you're to get from this job right now Hey, what's this? Hey, what's the matter? Yeah, what's wrong? Look at what's in this sack Wait, look, oh, look at this Moe filled with little stones and dirt Hey, let me see that other sack Hey, this one's filled the same way We've been fooled No, no, I've been fooled Now, where's the gold you got at the express office? Where is it? I see, take it easy Those are the sacks we found there in the safe We brought them straight here That's right That's a lie You substituted these for the ones you stole from the safe The express clerk wouldn't want the constable to help guard a couple of sacks of dirt and pebbles Take it easy You're the one who always told us what to do You told us how to get that money, Preston, in spite of his dog too I have a good mind It turned you all in as the gang Tell them you murdered Preston Someone's bound to find his body before the night's over This gun says you'll come across with the two sacks of gold Ever got that gun in the money? Preston, I'll get you Preston Put it up Hey, you heard us talking Shoot him Get him, King Even if Jake went for his gun The great dog King lunged forward like a gray streak of lightning Grabbing his gun arm and knocking him off his feet No, don't get away Sergeant King I'll take this one, Sergeant I'm getting out of here That's so fast, Joe I give up, I give up, Preston Easy, King Likewise Well, Sergeant, your plan works My arm, I don't understand Sergeant Preston's wise, Kemper After he was shot at, he came into town secretly He guessed somebody here was leader of the gang and he planted those bags of dirt at the express office Then we sent the express clerk in to talk to Jake Yeah, Jake was a fool to be taken in by him You're the fool, Kemper to think you could get away with your robberies and killings I'm sure the council will overheard what was said in here That's right, I did, Sergeant Kemper planned everything He's the one who even planned shooting you on the trail We know all about it now Kemper even had you rob his own bank taking the money that belonged to the townspeople Now they'll get it all back Sergeant, I knew if you came here you and King would find this game Glad we could help, Bill Well, as far as King and I are concerned this case is closed In just a moment, Sergeant Preston will give you a preview of Friday's adventure Fellows and girls, remember you can have one of our wonderful new official challenge of the Yukon two-way signal flashlight That's the amazing special kind of flashlight A real flashlight that sends off beams of red light or beams of green light It's out of this world for sending secret codes and messages But, please keep this in mind so you won't be disappointed We've only a very limited supply Send tonight, mail 25 cents That's just one quarter and one box top from delicious Quakerpuff wheat or Quakerpuff rice Include your name and address and send to Flashlight, Chicago 50, Illinois The address is Flashlight, Chicago 50, Illinois 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 the same time by Quakerpuff wheat and Quakerpuff rice The breakfast cereal shot from gun Listen Friday when Sergeant Preston and Yukon King meet the challenge of the Yukon in the case, Music Hall Murder Trigger Bill Desmond was probably the best shot in the territory And it was because of that that he was accused of murder It was a good thing for King and me that we were able to clear him because it was Trigger Bill Desmond's sharp shooting that saved both our lives Be sure to hear this exciting adventure Friday Till then, this is J. Michael wishing you good bye good luck and good health from Quakerpuff Wheat and Quakerpuff Rice So long This is ABC The American Broadcasting Company