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You've got a breakfast treat that can't be beat That's Quaker pup rice or Quaker pup wheat Constable Brake was to meet Sergeant Preston In a camp halfway between white rabbits And a settlement called Porcupine But he had lost his way in the desolated area Just south of the Endicott Range He rode the runners of his sled Pulled by dogs across the glare ice Of a frozen stream On either side, the perpendicular walls Of a canyon rose to a height of 50 feet or more Presently the Constable saw a large opening In the south wall of the canyon It was an entrance to a cave Might be a good idea to stop there Rest for a few hours He shielded his eyes from the wind And studied the opening To reflect the two men inside the cave were watching him They were known in Porcupine as Kent Carter And Jug Jordan Jug, I know that man He's Constable Drake A lawman, huh? And I like the way he's eyeing this cave If he comes here and sees all the furs we've got Stored, we'll be finished And so we'll con over What are you gonna do? What's it look like? You better put that rifle down It's risky to kill a lawman In this case it's risky not to kill him I'll adjust my sights I guess that's about a hundred yard range What's he doing now? Bending over his sled for something or other Now his rifle, that does it I got him First shot He's dropped to a sled I didn't kill him, he's getting away Drop that lead dog That's what I'm trying to do You're missed again Hurry, they'll get around the bend The cotton found at my carbines empty Don't bother till we load That lawman got away Now we're in a fine kettle of fish What do you think we'd better do, Jug? We can hitch up our team and go after them The dogs are a lot better than ours Besides, we've got to unload our sled Before we move out of here Yeah, that's right We'll just have to see how things work We'll report to Connor As soon as we get to town in the morning Sergeant Preston and his great dog King Were in camp many miles away They had gone there to meet Constable Drake But the Constable was long overdue Sergeant Preston had become impatient He paced the ground near his small campfire His mood was transferred to King Yes, you'll feel the same way I do, eh, King? Constable Drake should have been here hours ago What if anything's happened to him? Might have lost the trail If he did that, he'd probably go into porcupine Wait there for us If you like this issue, remember to porcupine All right, King Take it easy, boy I'm breaking camp Kent Carter and Jug Jordan Traveled through most of the night To reach the town of Porcupine Ho, ho, ho! Kent, handling the dogs We brought the team to a stop In front of the community's largest building It was the warehouse of the Conover Trading Company We'll leave the dogs right here And go up front to Conover's office Kent, the boss has someone in his office There's a sled and dog team near the door No, what about it? Look at that dog team See that big lead dog, Jug That's the one Yeah, it's Constable Drake's team What's it doing here? We'll soon find out Mr. Conover Good morning, sir We gotta talk You're busy right now Wait outside I'll see you in a minute We'll be waiting Come on, Joe I'm sorry we were interrupted, Peters Well, the thing is this, Mr. Conover I want to get a few of my fur pelts Out of your warehouse I spoke to the man who's on guard He said he couldn't let anyone in Without your special permission Right After all, Peters I'm responsible for the skin That you've turned over to me That is, I'm responsible As far as thievery goes Yes, I know I agreed to pack and ship your goods To the states where my associates Will sell them I guaranteed you At least fifteen hundred dollars And I might even do better Well, that'll be fine But I've got to get a few To involve a new inventory New appraisal, new contract So, Conover I'm already asking for my own property Read your agreement, Peters I don't like your way of doing business And in the future You'd better do business with someone else My thunder, I sure will This is your first year here, Conover But if you treat everyone like you're treating me It'll be your last Contract Fine way of doing things What's the matter, mister? I was made to understand That putting furs into his warehouse Was just like putting money into the bank There's a difference, Dad, Radich The man can draw cash out of the bank But once Conover gets his hands on furs You want to take your furs away from him? Well, enough so as I can buy some blankets Those, uh, your dogs? No, they belong to the man That's out of my place The man? Your place? Yes, the dog stopped at the house In the middle of the night He was under sled unconscious Unconscious, you say? What's the matter with him? He was wounded Someone shot him Don't say Who did it? Well, he ain't been able to talk He's still unconscious, sir He was when I left Is he seriously wounded? I don't know The bullet went right through I cleaned the wound and I'm doing what I can for him There's no saw bones around here You should report it to the law What law? The wounded man is wearing a badge And he's the only law nearby He must have come from beyond the mountains I don't know, I've got to be going I've got to leave these dogs here in town Where they'll be fed and cared for And I've got to get back to my place And stay with the wounded man What do you make of that, John? What do you drink? No question of that Let's go in and see the boss Who to stay away during daylight? But Mr. Conovan, yesterday when we were in the cave A lawman came down the river and stopped Kent fired at him Fired at a lawman? He's going to investigate the cave You know what that would mean? He'd see all the furs we've taken there Did you kill him? No, I hit him but he fell on the sled He managed to yell to his dogs and they took him away Now listen, boss We just learned that he's at the house Of the old galud who just left here I don't know where his name is So far the lawman has been unconscious He hasn't been able to see any of it But if he talks, he'll tell where he was shot And that cave will be investigated You're right Maybe we better stick to Peter's And go back to his place with him We can finish the job on the lawman I don't want any more violence And it's absolutely necessary But it's a good idea to stay close to Peter Go home with him Make certain that lawman does the spoiled thing Leif Peter has left the lawman's dogs In the care of the storekeeper He saw them tied in the rear of the general store And then came around to the front Where he met Kent and Jug We got to talking about you, Peter You know my name? Yeah, we found it out We'll go back to your place with you Maybe we can help you take care of the lawman Well, now that would be done right next to you, gents If you regain consciousness And tell us where he was shot And who shot him will go after the lawman He might collect a reward I sledge over yonder, Peter You're ready to go back? We'll keep you company It was a simple matter to win the old man's confidence Kent and Jug accompanied Peter To his house several miles from the settlement And found the lawman still unconscious In a small, warm bedroom Both Doug and Kent as well as Peter Were sitting near the bed that noon When a hard rap sounded on the door Someone's at the door Now you stay here, Peter I'll see who it is It was Sergeant Preston at the door Jug glanced over his shoulder Made sure the Mountie couldn't see into the bedroom And stepped out and closed the door behind him This is the first cabin I've seen for many miles I thought I might get some information from you Yeah? I'm looking for a constable His name is Drake. You see anything of him? I haven't seen anyone Was he supposed to come here? I don't know whether he came this way or not There's no snow on the river The ice doesn't show footprints Hey, hey Did he have a six dog team With a big white husky for a lead? Last time I saw him he had a lead dog that was white And that's a man He was in town this morning Yeah, I heard that he was to meet someone Maybe you're the man Is he still in town? No, he sat out on the north trail He came to think of it There was talk of going after a crook of some kind If you want to catch him you can save time By cutting northeast from here until you hit the trail You don't have to waste time going through town Thanks, I'll do that Good riddance, Monty Phew, that was a narrow escape I wonder what you'd say If you knew that you were within 20 feet of constable Drake And the man who shot him We'll continue our story in just a moment Quaker Pop Wheat And Quaker Pop Rice Offer these three important things You're after in a ready to serve breakfast cereal One, flavor Swell nut-like flavor Two, Christmas Tender melt-in-your-mouth Christmas Three, nourishment Restored natural grain amounts Of vitamin B1, niacin and dion What's more Quaker Pop Wheat And Quaker Pop Rice Are the famous cereal shot from guns Yes, huge guns Are loaded with only the premium Wheater rice grains Then these choice kingpin kernels Are shot from guns to make them Crisp and tender Yes, Quaker Pop Wheat and Quaker Pop Rice are actually Exploded up to eight times normal size To make them bigger and better tasting They're puffed to perfection Shot through and through With bang-up nut-like flavor too Don't let anything hold you back Get both delicious kinds Quaker Pop Wheat And Quaker Pop Rice Eat the wheat one time, rice the next It's never sold in bags or bulk But comes only in the big Quaker Red and blue package Tomorrow sure, try Wheater rice shot from guns For breakfast, lunch or supper And now to continue Our story Sergeant Preston and a gate dog king Headed northeast from the trappers' cabin On a wild goose chase Jug Jordan stood in front of old Peter's cabin and watched until The Mountian and his dog were out of sight That'll take care of the Mountian I gotta tell Ken about him Who is at the door, Mr. Jordan? Oh, no, unimportant, Peter It's just a fella asking directions How's the lawman? Is he still unconscious? Yep You stay there and the bedroom and watch him Now, Ken, I want to speak to you Come out here to the living room There was a Mountian playing with the door He was looking for Constable Drake Jug, I don't like it He didn't suspect Drake was here I told him Drake had gone north From the town The Mountian's gone off on a wild goose chase He'll travel a long way before he sees Drake Oh, sure Listen, Jug, I got something to tell you Old Peter's wants to break Into the warehouse tonight And steal a couple of his own pals' wine In each cage We'll take out a few pals and sell them But Conover wouldn't let them So he's gonna get them anyway Ken, we've gotta change his mind We're gonna help him get inside the warehouse Are you crazy? You'll see that there's nothing of value left in the warehouse He's spread word through the town Everyone who turns pals over to Conover will be up in arms Take it easy, Jug Peter's is playing right into our hands Conover planned to burn down the warehouse Sooner or later We'll burn down tonight Whatever my plan and get is okay, then hurry back here What is your plan? I'll go to the warehouse tonight with Peter's After I've left the house, you'll follow along With Constable Drake in your sled I'll help the old man break into the warehouse When we're inside, I'll slug him and knock him out And I'll come to the door And help you carry the Constable inside We'll tie the two of them And set fire to the place Yeah, I'd be getting an understanding That's a foolproof scheme After the fire, there'll be nothing to show It'll look as if Peter's broken Got discovered by the Constable And shot the lawman How will we account for the fire, sir? Peter's at a lantern He dropped it when he was discovered That's easy I've got a hand at you, Kent That's as slick a scheme as I ever heard You go tell it to Conover, then hurry back here Conover listened to the plans And nodded approvingly as he gave the word To go ahead In the meantime, Sergeant Preston And the King traveled overland Until they crossed the route due north From town to town They found the snow unbroken By the tracks of man or dogs or sled King, if that man told us the truth Constable Drake would have passed here Some time ago I think we'll head south, boy Drake may have been delayed Perhaps we'll meet him between here and Porcupine Heading to south The mouty pushed on mile after mile But saw no sign of his friend Darkness overtook him and he continued On his way by starlight He reached the edge of the settlement Passed one house, then another Then King became alert On the still air he caught a familiar scent And tried to tell his master What's the matter, King? Why are you stopping here, fella? King recognized the scent of a friend He looked toward a cabin He turned and tugged at Sergeant Preston's pocket You want to go to that house, King? Dogs in the rear of the house Responded to King's bars King wanted to go to them He looked at Preston All right, King, go ahead, I'll follow The mighty huskies streaked along The side of the house with Preston following Tied to stakes in the rear A number of dogs set up a cry of welcome They all knew King and King And turned new them Sergeant Preston recognized the largest And strongest, a powerful white husk Wait, that's Constable Drake's lead dog I'm Sergeant Preston See if you are And remember, I'm holding a gun on you So don't try no funny tricks Aren't you, Maggie Caldwell? I am, and glory be your The Sergeant Quiet, King, quiet Quiet, down there, you critters Quiet, I say I'm glad to see you, Sergeant Joe's gone to the cafe for an hour or so But won't you come in and wait? No, thanks, Maggie, I haven't time I was coming in from the north When King got the scent of these dogs Who do they belong to? Oh, Leif Peter's Brought him in here and asked Joe to take care of him Leif Peter? He lives a few miles east of Porcupine On the bank of the river, but you can't miss it It's the only house for ten miles You saying anything about the owner of the dogs? Yeah, the owner who was shot Shot? Yeah, wounded Peter's left him at his place You know Constable Drake? Nope What's Peter's look like? He's a sight older than me Lean and stooped as hair is white He's not the man I talked to Well, it doesn't matter, Maggie I think I'll go back to that house on the river If you wait around a little while, Sergeant Joe will be back I know you'll want to say hello I'd like to see Joe, but I... What's the matter, Sergeant? Maggie, stand right here and look over that way Yeah Look at the rear of the buildings on this side of the street What's that large building? The one that goes back farther than the other Oh, that's the carnival warehouse What's that? Looks like two men are standing at the rear door That's what I thought What are they doing there? Looks to me as if they're trying to get in What they are, they're going in Glory be what you make of that, Sergeant Can't be con over himself He'd use the front door Besides, it had no business going into the warehouse at this time of night I'm going to find out about that Stay here, King, I'll not be gone long I said stay here, understand, boy? Do you want one of the stakes? No, he'll stay I'll be back in a little while Joe comes, tell him I'd like to see him I sure will That's it, Peters Now close the door, sir We can't lock her on a car with a lock It's all right Shall I light the lantern now? Yeah, you might as well Get a little light in this warehouse Then I can find the pelts that have got my name on them I declare I've got some skins in spite of his wound Yeah, I expected it will be Now we can see what we're doing Leave it right there for a minute, Peters Huh? All right, but I... Wait! Cracks to knock out What's going on in there? I'd have dropped that gun and someone might get hurt Right, Sergeant Preston, get your hands up Good work, John Step right in, Marty If you feel something against your back, it's a barrel of my gun Two of you, eh? What's the game? You'll find out what the game is soon enough Take his gun, Kim Right Now you can turn around and look at me, Marty I remember you Yeah, I thought you might I'm that junk that told you to travel northeast If you're taking my advice, you wouldn't be in trouble right now What are we gonna do with him, John? There's only one thing to do We gotta leave him here with the other The old man out here Yeah, what about Drake? I left it back a ways and come ahead on foot When I saw this Marty moving up to the door You can bring Drake in after we get Preston tied Keep him covered, I got a rope right here You think you can tie me without a speckle? You're gonna spank him? Get him again! Hey, that got him fooled Did he think you could get away from two of us? I don't know what he thought Get him tied and you'd better gag him so he can't yell if he comes to you I'll tie him all right Maybe we better finish him off now No, no Can we finish Tiny without any help from me? Sure Now bring in the Constable Sergeant Preston's hat had taken some of the force out of the cruel blows of Kent's pistol The Marty fell to the floor unconscious But not for long Consciousness returned while Jug and Kent were still inside the warehouse Come on, Jug He could hear them talking before he opened his eyes Bring the Constable right in here and put him near these other two You want some help? No He's done for I put him right here on the floor His heart was beating when I took him out of Peter's house He must have died on the trip from there Oh, it don't matter All three of them will be finished in another 10 or 15 minutes Oh, set to start the fire We better pile up some of those crates first so we sure will burn good All right, let's get to it Sergeant Preston strained against the ropes but they were strong and well tied A gag in his mouth made it impossible to call for help He glanced at Lake Peter's lying on the floor nearby And solved the old man was also tied and gagged Kent, we could take out some more of these pelts and load them on the sled And take them up to the cave up near the river bend No, they got to leave enough here so there'll be ashes There are no ashes, Conover can't convince the trappers that their pelts were burned up in the fire Those trappers will be downright sore Pack them good, it'll do Send the agreement that Conover's not responsible except in cases of robbery All right, I got enough stuff here All right, take Lake Peter's gun and fire a shot at the landed Here it goes Yeah, that did it That's a shot that's supposed to have killed Constable Drake Throw the gun down by the old man Yeah Look at the way that fire is taking hold This place will go up like tinder Yeah, we got to get out What about those robes and gags? They won't show, they'll be burned Come on, let's get clear of here and watch the fire Sergeant Preston put all his strength into a mighty effort to stretch or break the ropes that held him The warehouse was a flimsy structure made of thoroughly dried out wood The flames spread rapidly, leaping up the nearest wall and licking at the ceiling The Mountie knew that his time was measured in minutes and seconds Meanwhile, Cain stood with the other dogs in the rear of Maggie Caldwell's home He had watched his master enter the warehouse a couple of hundred yards away and remained almost motionless while he waited for the Mountie to return Then he saw the smoke and a moment later flames His master had said, stay King had obeyed unwillingly, but now he wondered He knew that fire meant danger Should he remain where he had been lamped or go to find his master Then he made his decision to race toward the rear of the warehouse Look at her burn No chance of safety Nothing we can do about it Hey, look at that dog, where'd he come from? King dashed through the crowd and watched the fire The rear door of the building was closed, but the lock had been smashed The door swung in when the white dog threw his weight against it Hey, where is that dog? Why'd he go inside? Hey, is it suppose someone's in there? Maybe someone's trapped in the fire Inside the building, King was at his master's side Preston was tied both hand and foot and fastened by a strong cord to a heavy post so he couldn't squirm toward the door and gas so he couldn't cry out King was working on the rope when man rushed to his assistants There is someone in there, cut that rope Hey, we'll help you Make it fast, the rope will collapse any minute Come on It's about it, it's Sergeant Preston Get that gag out of his mouth Willing hands whipped out keen knives and an instant later, Sergeant Preston was freed Two other men are inside that place You can't go in there again, it's gonna collapse We've got to get them out I can go where you can, I'll help you Alright Joe, come on Joe, can you take that man? Yeah I can manage It's Constable Drake, take him outside I got him Alright, get going, I'll follow with late tutors Copping from the smoke, the Mountian Joe carried their men out of the impurto and none too soon The crowd began to cheer, the heroic rescue but the cries were stopped abruptly by the across of the roof My furs, I had a whole year's travel inside that warehouse Joe, cut the ropes and get Peter's free, I have something else to do Just a minute, Conover, where are you going? Who me? Hello, I want you I'm trying to get away You men, all of you who had furs in that warehouse, listen to me Most of them had been moved out That's right, gents Conover had a couple of crooks move out the furs He figured to steal them from us by making a stink that were burned out Now, wait just a minute That's no use, Conover Your hired crooks didn't think Peter and I would survive that fire Where are Juggernaut? I don't know, I don't know anything about them I tell you, I don't hear a minute ago They just screwed it up, had a need We'll get them, we can overtake them without much trouble And then, Conover, they'll hang for the murder of Constable Drake and you'll hang with them No, I hadn't, I never had no part of that I admit I told them to start the fire and I admit I planned to steal the furs But you can't charge me with murder I'm ready for a jury to decide Yes, King, the case is closed In just a moment, Sergeant Preston will give you a preview of Wednesday's adventure Fellows and girls, remember delicious Quakerpuff wheat and Quakerpuff rice now offer you, at no extra cost a complete miniature model farm Yes, 46 detailed scale models are now on eight different packages of the breakfast cereal shot from guns You get exciting models like Big Red Barn with sliding door, the farmhouse itself windmill it turns, and listen That's Biff the Bull just one of many models of animals to stock your farm And remember, at no extra cost you get as many as six models to a single package Don't delay, ask for Quakerpuff wheat and Quakerpuff rice today These radio dramas a feature of the challenge of the Yukon Incorporated are created and produced by George W. 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