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They're shot from guns. Yes, actually exploded up to eight times normal size to make them crisp and tender as nuts in November. Tomorrow sure enjoy this breakfast treat. Eat Quaker Popped Rice or Quaker Popped Wheat. In the small rough settlement of Dundee about 10 miles from Selkirk, Shorty Wilkins was well known to the townsmen. Shorty and his wife Kate, a big rough pioneer type of woman, had a small claim a few miles out along the trail to Selkirk. Kate ruled their little cabin and Shorty with an iron hand, much to the amusement of the others in Dundee. One afternoon in the fall, when the wind bore a Christmas that hinted at the hard, cold Yukon winter to come, and when the ground was still bare of snow but firm and hard because of the low temperatures, Shorty had ridden to town on horseback. He made a few purchases at the trading post and then stopped at the cafe. Give me one more, Joe. One more of this, Shorty. There you are. If Kate finds out you stopped in here, she'll tie you in a knot. Now look at here. Can't I enjoy myself for even a little while without you reminded me of that? I'll come and marry it up to a large female like Kate, Shorty. Yeah. Why didn't you pick somebody you could handle? Well, I'll tell you, fellas, Kate sort of determined if you know what I mean, but she decided to pick me. The next thing I knew, a preacher was saying words that tied us up tighter than a drum handle. Yeah, yeah, I know how it is. I got a little woman for a wife, but she sure can talk loud and big. Well, I reckon Kate's a mighty fine woman, even if she is a might rough and ready. Kate sure won't let anyone pick on you, Shorty. You seem to get along pretty well anyway. Well, we do get along mighty well together. It is when we're apart. We're apart. Hey. I never saw him before. Oh, me neither. Well, howdy, stranger. Step up and join us. Sure. Don't care if I do. Refreshings is all on me. Set him up, bar people. Well, this fella knows the quickest way to make friends around here. He sure does. He's all right. Amen. There he is. Glad to see somebody around Dundee has money to throw around loose. Now, matter of fact, I set out from Selkirk last spring with a partner. We staked a claim on the hills east of here. We hit paid earth, and he bought out my share. Well, what do you know? So you've got gold, eh? Good for you. Yeah. But I don't hangar to spend the winter back in the hills. I got the gold for my share. Come here to Dundee on my way through to Selkirk. There I'm going to sell my outfit and take the last boat for Whitehorse, where I'll hole up for the winter in style. You sure got the right idea. Now, fellas. He sure has. I bet you'd like to be in his shoes, shorty. Having enough cash to get away from under Kate's thumb for a while. Now, Joe, is that any way to talk about my loving wife? Well, anyway, Kate, you'd follow me and drag me back by the scruff of the neck, dunking me in every snowdrift on the way. Well, there isn't any snowdrifts to dunk in yet. No, but there will be before very long. And even the blizzard wouldn't keep her from coming to Selkirk after me, or even the Whitehorse, I bet. Well, my name's Walt Stoner, I own the cafe. Maybe you'd like to hit the gambling tables before you leave, mister. They're in the other room. Nope. I don't go for the gambling. Well, the drinks are ready. Come on, step up, man. Well, enjoy yourself, mister. If you change your mind, just come into the other room. Walt Stoner went into the next room, signaling the two men who were playing cards. They walked on into a small office at the back. Soon the other two entered. What's up, Walt? Yeah. Why do you want it? Sit down, you two. I've got something interesting to tell you. All right. Let's hear it. There's a prospector wearing a heavy beard out there in the cafe, setting everybody up. He's got a lot of cash from his share of acclaim he just sold. Hey, that is interesting. What's on your mind, Walt? Just this. Get a look at him, but don't go anywhere you'll be seen. He's going to be riding toward Selkirk soon. That trail's kind of lonely a few miles out. Yeah, it sure is. That's right. Almost anything could happen along that trail. Yeah. But don't forget, you two are working for me. It wouldn't be good if you pulled a double cross, held anything I have coming back, understand? Yeah. Good. Now, Fred, you and Dave know what I expect you to do. And I don't want any slip up either. Don't worry, Walt. You can count on us. Thanks, girlfriend. We'll get a look at that prospector right now, then we'll be sure to get the right one. Shorty Wilkins stayed a while after the prospector had left. Then he rode out of Dundee along the trail to his cabin. Shorty had ridden a few miles at a leisurely pace when he heard a couple of distant shots. What? See, them shots come from up there around the hillside, sounded like to me. Get up there, fella. Come on. Looks like somebody lying on the trail. There's his horse standing nearby. Oh, hold it now. Holy mackerel. It's that stranger, the prospector, who come to the café. Been shot in the back. Let's see. He's done for all right. When he comes to men, lucky they come along. Hey, come here! Hurry up! I'm sure glad you came along. This fella's been shot. I was coming along to... Say, I've seen you both at the café. Please, Wilkins, and quick. Watch the minute. Please, put your red hand at Wilkins. Reach like he said. I'm reaching. But now, hold on a minute. You've got things wrong. I didn't kill him. I just happened to be caught along the trail. Shut up. GPS a gun, Dave. Sure. He's got one all right. I'll take it. Just take a look at that gun while you have it. You can see it hasn't been used. We'll let the constable see about that. Now, Dave will take that poor fella who got shot in the shrimp Wilkins back to Dundee. The constable can take Wilkins into Salkirk to stand trial for murder. It was early evening when Kate Wilkins entered the small building that served as the constable's office. Well, where's that half-mined excuse for a man that I'm hitched up to constable? One of the men came out from town and said he was in jail here. When I get him back to the cabin, I'll break every... Dave, just take it easy now. He got shorty locked up in the back room so I can get started for Salkirk with him. Salkirk? But you had him locked up back in that room before. Stem bars on the window. He can't get out. Let him sleep it off, and if there's any damages to pay off... I guess whoever come after you didn't say why shorty's locked up, did he? No, but I can guess. Once a year, just before the big freeze up, shorty always goes to the cafe. Now, wait a minute, Kate, just wait a minute. Kate to tell you, I have to take shorty to Salkirk. You see, he's charged with murder. Murder? It'll stick. That sword off-run hasn't got the nerve to even hold his gun much less... Sorry, Kate, but we got two witnesses. They give me shorty's gun with two bullets missing. The victim had two bullet wounds in his back. Witnesses are not, I say shorty. Never shot anybody. Of course, it's right for you to stick up for him. Seeing as how he's your husband and all of it... And seeing as how he is my husband, I know him better than you do. Somebody's lying, and I'm gonna find out about it. Well, maybe. Right now, it looks mighty bad for shorty, ma'am. Look, Constable, you keep him here overnight. You can do that much for me. But I want to get him into Salkirk. I'm riding into Salkirk right now to get Sergeant Preston and bring him out here. Please wait till he gets here and has a chance to look things over. How about it? Well, all right. Save me a trip. Sergeant Preston can take shorty back with him when he goes. Sergeant Preston knows shorty and me, and he knows shorty couldn't have done a killing. You tell shorty I've gone for Preston and I'll see him when I get back. If anyone can find out just what's what, it'll be Sergeant Preston and that dog king. I'll get going to Salkirk right now. Kate Wilkins set out for Salkirk at once. After arriving there, she found Sergeant Preston and explained the situation. The bounty got his horse. And with the great dog king racing ahead, Sergeant Preston and king left on the return trip to Dundee. Dawn came very early in the Yukon, and it was light when they reached the Constable's office. Whoa, whoa, whoa! Eat it up! I'm telling you, Sergeant, I'll tear this town apart to find out who did this to my shorty. Leave it to me, Kate. I'll get the facts first, and king and I'll do what we can, eh, fella? King? Good morning, Constable. Hello, Sergeant Preston. Glad to see you and king again. I guess you and Kate want to talk to shorty, huh? That's right, Constable. Go ahead, Kate. Now, Kate, I can explain everything. You just shut up and relax, shorty. I brought Sergeant Preston and king to help get you out of this mess. Sure glad to see him. How are you, Sergeant? Fine, thanks, shorty. Kate told me about your trouble, so king and I came right back with her. The whole thing's a lie, that's what. But like the Constable says, how can I prove it? I don't have a hankering to get my neck stretched for something I didn't even do. Kate told me the whole story on the way. Where'd the killing take place? On the trail to our cabin, about three miles out. There's a hill out there where the trail goes around and sort of a gully off to one side. You can't miss it. Well, write out there and have a look around. Meantime, don't worry, shorty. Let's go, Kate. Hold on, king. A short time later, Sergeant Preston and Kate with king arrived at the place where the killing took place. Oh, no. Easy. It's about where it was, according to what shorty said. Guess it might have been from that gully back there that the killer shot at the prospector. Ah, that's possible. I'll take king over there and have a look around so we can find something. Come on, king. Look out. Wait, king, where are you going? You're right, Kate. Get down, Kate. Down, king. We'll continue our story in just a moment. Well, sir, fellas and girls, the way visitors have been dropping in on us lately, I wonder what's going to happen today. Sure enough, we do have a visitor. Rather peculiar-looking one, too. Uh, judging by that odd cap you're wearing, that huge pipe, say nothing of that magnifying glass in your hand, I'd say that you saw it. Right, old boy. I'd say, too, that your name is, um, Sherlock. Oh, juicidly clever of you, old chap. No relation, of course, to thee, Sherlock. I see. Well, tell us, what brings you here? Shh. Don't tell us so. I'm on the trail of something big, colossal. What is it? Well, it's, uh, my job. I seem to have quite forgotten. Well, maybe I can help you remember. Is it something we all know about? Oh, quite a bit. It's famous, you know. It's delightfully edible and has something to do with some sort of, uh, weapon. Oh. You say it's good to eat and it has something to do with a weapon? Listen. Hi, Joe, that's it. It's ejected from gun. Sherlock, you mean shot from gun. Oh, right, oh, right, oh. Weet or write shot from gun. Upon my word. Seems there's another matter connected with a quadruped of some sort. Oh, you mean? Right, oh. I knew I'd track it down. I've been looking for the breakfast that's colossal. Weet or rice shot from guns topped with milk and fruit. Thanks, old chap. Mail must be running along now. Pip, pip and all that sort of thing. Ha, ha, ha. Well, sir, fellas and girls, don't forget. Weet or rice shot from guns means just one thing. It means quaker puffed wheat or quaker puffed rice. It means the ready-to-serve breakfast cereal of tender, toasty, crisp, colossal, king-size grains of premium wheat or rice exploded up to eight times normal size. Bigger and better tasting. That's quaker puffed wheat and quaker puffed rice. And to get the original crisp, fresh, wheat or rice shot from guns, remember this. It's never sold in bags or bulk. Be sure to have mom get the famous big red and blue package with the smiling quaker man on the front. He's your guarantee that you're getting the one and only quaker puffed wheat and quaker puffed rice. Now to continue our story. As Sergeant Preston, King and Kate stopped where the prospector had been killed, they were suddenly startled by gunshots from the gully off to one side. Look, Sergeant, two men rising away fast. Too far away to recognize them. Let's get after them. Maybe we can gun them when they're on it. No, wait. With King here, we can follow their trail and see where they go. There may be others involved in this. I guess they found out I went to Selkirk after you and when they saw us in town they followed us out here. Yes. All right, King, we'll go now. It'll be up to you, boy, to find out where they went. Let's go, King. With King barking excitedly along the trail they were following, Preston and Kate made their way back to Dundee. As they reached town, Sergeant Preston called out to King. Hey, hey, hey, boy. Whoa, whoa, whoa. Quiet, King. No, Sergeant. I'll follow from here on foot, Kate. You take my horse with you and meet me at the constable's office. All right. Hand me the rain, will you? Right. Here you are. I'll be waiting, Sergeant. Get up. Get up. All right, fella. I'll go after them, King. A short time later, Sergeant Preston and King joined Kate and the constable in the office. What did you find out, Sergeant? King followed the trail to the back door of the café. Back door of the café, huh? Yes. Maybe they went there to report to someone. Right, I'll sneak in killers. Let's get over there and bust that place wide open till we find the two men King trailed into town. No, Kate, that wouldn't do any good. But, Sergeant, we got to... The evidence is all against Shorty for that murder. We might find the ones who shot at us, but we couldn't accuse them of the prospect who's killing without proof. Sergeant Preston's right, Kate. We could hold those two for shooting at you and the Sergeant. It wouldn't clear Shorty now. Well, then, what do we do now? I can't let you take Shorty to Selkirk to stand trial for that killing when I know darn well the poor don't want to... Wait a minute, Kate. I'm hoping I won't have to take Shorty to Selkirk at all. Say now, do you mean... What I mean is I want to discuss a plan, I've thought of, with you and the constable. What kind of a plan, Sergeant? Now, don't forget, I got two men who saw Shorty do the killing. They turned in his gun with two bullets missing. Why in the face of fights like that? What about the cash the prospect of his carrying, constable? Well, it hasn't turned up yet. Two witnesses say they weren't close enough to see two planes. They think Shorty had it and hid it right quick when they rode up. Well, we searched out there, but couldn't find it. Maybe it'll turn up if my plan goes through, constable. I'll need your help to put the plan over. Well, I just don't... What do you say, constable? All right, Sergeant. I'll do all I can to help you and King get to the bottom of things. Now, suppose you tell me about that plan of yours. Meantime, in Walt's stoner's office and back at the cafe, Fred and Dave were making their report. We followed the Monty Walt. Him and the dog went out with Kate Wilkins to the spot where we ambushed that prospect. Yeah, that's right. Did they seem to turn up anything? I hope you two didn't leave any evidence out there when you did the shooting. Oh, we were careful then. A while ago when we took some shots at the Mountian dog, we had to beat it out of there fast. When you shot at him, we... Well, we thought if we could get them... Oh, you fools, that dog are pressing a swan. You'll pick up your tracks and lead pressing right back here to the cafe. Gosh, I didn't think of that. Oh, what if he does, Walt? That Monty can't pin anything on us. He didn't get a look at us. Anyway, how could he prove we had anything to do with that killer? You can't tell what that Monty'll do. I've heard plenty about him and that dog of his. Well, a lot of the men that come here use those two horses of yours, Walt. The ones we used. He can't prove who was on him even. Yeah, that's right. We're gonna have to watch him plenty careful. You two better go upstairs and turn in for a bit of sleep. Later, when the crowd gathers, just mix in with the others and keep your mouth shut, understand? Sure, we will. Don't worry about us, Walt. We don't want any trouble with the Monty. He'll be in trouble right now if he ever finds out you two were the ones who shot at him and his dog. Now get out of here. Later that morning, it began to snow heavily and by noon it had turned into a blizzard. Early that afternoon, two townsmen walked to the cafe where most of the men had gathered. Yeah, sure as a humdinger of a blizzard, isn't it? Yeah. Didn't expect the first storm to hit Sahara. Hi there, Fred. Did they take Shory to Selkirk, do you know? No, and with this storm looks like he'll be stuck here in Dundee a while. Well, I just can't believe Shory'd do a thing like that. Just don't seem possible. Yeah, they got their goods, Adam looks like to me. Shory knew that prospector had cash with him. Yeah, and he was caught red-handed too. Yeah, we all knew the stranger had money on him. He said it right here in front of us. That is in front of all, but Fred and Dave, they wasn't here at the time. That's right, we weren't. We saw it happen. So nobody can say Shory isn't guilty. That's right. Well, what happened to the money? Shory must have hit it quick somewhere. Yeah. How come you didn't see him hiding it? We was a little too far away for that. We heard two shots just as we come around the bend. Then we saw the prospector lying on the ground with Shory right after. Well, he could have tossed a money bag behind some rocks or something when he heard us coming. What I don't like is that they're still keeping him here in that dinky jail. And with this blizzard, they won't take him away for several days, looks like. What we ought to do is make him pay for what he did. Now, wait a minute. I heard Sergeant Preston is in town. He wouldn't let you go there to do... What's one naughty against a bunch of men like us? Anyhow, he should have got Shory out of here back to Selkirk this morning. There's no place around here for a killer like that. Hold on. I don't know. We could easily raid the jailhouse. Yeah, I'm all for it. Now, wait a minute. What's going on here? What's the racket about? We're thinking of going after Shory Wilkins. Yeah, and it's a good idea, too. Now, hold on. All of it. We've got to have things done in a legal way here in Dundee. That's right, Walt. And that Marty won't take any fooling from this crowd either. The Marty, Sergeant Preston, came here to investigate and take Shory back to Selkirk. With Fred and Dave to go there and testify against him, Shory won't have a chance anyway. So forget this raiding party of yours. Hey, there's a constable. What's all the excitement, Stoner? Well, I just convinced the crowd they'd better let the law take care of Shory Wilkins. I could just see you stick up to the law like that. I'm constable here. You've got Sergeant Preston in town, too. You all would have run into plenty of trouble. We know Shory won't have a chance with all the evidence against a constable. That's the way he looks, all right. We've been keeping Shory here hoping to get him to confess what he did with the two pouches of money that was stolen from the prospector. Two pouches, you say? Yeah, that's right. Seems like the strangers' partner gave him two pouches of money when they paid off with a claim. Oh, wait a minute. There must be... Enough, friend. What could you know about it? Yeah. What were you about to say, Fred? Nothing. Nothing at all. Like Walt says, how could I know anything about it anyway? I guess that's right. Set everybody up on the house, boy, keep. Go ahead, boys. Help yourself. Fred, I want to see you and Dave back in the office right away. Come on. Joe. Now, you dirty double-crosses. Where's that other pouch of money? Honest, Walter was only one. We both searched the prospector. That's right, Walt. There was only one pouch of money, the one we gave you. Now, don't lie to me. The constable just said there were two. I got that one here. Now, where's the other one? There wasn't any other stoner. Hey, the constable. He sneaked in behind us. I'll gun him down. Hey, somebody shot through the window. I'll gun that constable and let's get out of here. Get him, King! Momentarily startled when the back door slammed open, Walt Stoner hesitated. And as he again raised his gun, a great firm streak responding to Preston's command, sped light lightning across the room and sprang. It was the mighty dog King. Take him off. Take my wrist. Come here, come, Dave. I'll get you for this. Oh, you don't. Help. Help this dog. He's killing me. Come, King. Come, boy. I sneaked the door open when they came in here. And I heard them saying they shot the prospector. A pouch of money on the desk proved his... Your idea of having me see there were two pouches? That's what did it. You can't prove that isn't my money. The prospector's partner will identify it when he gets here. Meantime, we'll hold you stoner with the other two for murder. No, I didn't have anything to do with it. Fred and Dave asked me to keep that pouch for him. I was just about to give it back. Why, you lying crook? You planned the whole thing. You sent a stamp which that prospector... That's right. Then shorty come along and we hid. When he was bailing over the body, we rolled up and grabbed him. We had the two bullets shot and shorty's gun. Walt went out back and shot shorty's gun off before we turned him over. All right. We've heard enough. I'll take them to your office, Constable. Kate and shorty are waiting. Come on. All right. Move on, you two. Move on. The three crooks were taken from Walt's stoner's office by Sergeant Preston and the Constable. And a few minutes later, the group entered the Constable's office. All right. Get inside. Well, what happened, Sergeant? Did you find out anything? Yes, we did, Kate. These three men tried to frame shorty for that killing. We got them to admit it. Why, those yellow glutes? Let me at them, Sergeant. I'll show them they can't do that to my husband and get away with it. Oh, Kate, calm yourself. The law will take care of them. Well, I could save the law a lot of trouble and enjoy doing it. Well, Constable, don't stand there with your mouth open. Go get shorty out of that barred-up room you got him in. Well, I clean. Forgot about shorty for a minute. I'll have him out here in a jiffy. Come on out here, shorty. What? What? Great day. You mean I'm going to go free now? Did them three do the killing? They should have put a bullet into that shrimp when we saw them bend over the dead prospector. You two fools hadn't gone out there and shot at them. They wouldn't have found out. It might have taken longer, Stoner, but I'm sure sooner or later, King and I would have caught up with them. Yep. And King agrees with you on that, Sergeant. But I got to admit I was plenty worried for a time. Of course, shorty ain't much to look at, but he is my husband. That's right. For a minute, I almost forgot that. Yes, we don't think that a half-pipe would have the nerve to shoot anybody. We're not asking you, Stoner, so shut up. As a matter of fact, though, I was sure, too, that you could never shoot anyone, shorty. Oh, this isn't the question of having nerve. Stoner, you thought you were mighty as smart with all your schemes. You and your friends have learned that you can't put anything over on the Royal Northwest Monod Police, especially on Sergeant Preston and King. Matter of fact, Kate, King saved the day for me when he jumped that killer, Stoner. Ha! He's sure a wonderful dog. You can take my word for that. He sure is! We'd have had a chance if it hadn't been for that dog. Well, it looks like I got a lot of folks to thank for getting me out of this mess, along with your dog, King, Sergeant. Well, for one, you can thank your wife, Kate. Why, she liked to bust this place wide open when she followed you or locked up. And then she went to Selkirk for Sergeant Preston and King. Well, if she hadn't thought of getting them quick, Shorty, might have gone bad for you. Better lock these men up now, Johnson. Right. Guess it better. Come on, Olya, move along here. Well, sure, relieved to see them locked up and to know Shorty's free once more. Well, that's something the fella could question about me being free, I mean. Well, of course, Kate gives better cooking at home than I got here. Well, that's that, Sergeant. Here, thanks to the Sergeant and King, Shorty, I'm gonna give you the best meal you ever ate when you get home, Kate. Just to show you, I'm glad to have you back. King and I know how worried you were, Kate, but we won't tell Shorty too much about it. And I guess for all, I'm glad to say this case is closed. Hey, King. In just a moment, Sergeant Preston will give you a preview of Monday's program. Ask mother, she knows. Yes, mother knows that quality comes first in a food. 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