 Now, as gunshots echo across the windswept snow-covered reaches of the wild Northwest Quakerpuff wheat and Quakerpuff 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 Placing the trail for Sergeant Preston of the Northwest Mounted Police In his relentless pursuit of lawbreakers Un-King, on your knees Gold, gold discover in the Yukon A stampede to the Klondike in the wild race for riches Back to the days of the gold rush With Quakerpuff wheat and Quakerpuff rice Bringing you the adventures of Sergeant Preston And his wonder dog Yukon King As they meet the challenge of the Yukon At breakfast tomorrow, try this Pour out a bowl full of crisp, fresh Quakerpuff wheat or Quakerpuff rice Add milk or cream topped with fruit and get set Yep, get set for the keenest, swellest tasting breakfast ever Now, did I hear you say, look, nothing could be that good? It couldn't, huh? Well, just you try Quakerpuff wheat or Quakerpuff rice Tomorrow's sure Joe Atwood was dying The elderly mine owner lay propped up in bed On the second floor of the log building Which served him as both home and office His lawyer, Henry Morton, had drawn up a chair at his bedside Joe's nephew, Paul Lamar Hovered solicitously over the old man as lawyer Morton spoke Joe, I hate to say this, but there's no use dodging facts You may not have long to live For heaven's sake, lawyer Morton, is that any way to talk to a sick man? Uncle Joe may be a little under the weather right now, but he'll soon... Never mind all that hot air, Paul I know I'm dying What's the use denying it? Go ahead, Henry Say what you have to say and get it over with Well, it's about time I've told you I don't want that boy's name mentioned to me Now, calm down, Joe You can't bluff me with that kind of talk It calms your own flesh and blood You may pretend you're through with him But deep down inside, you know Tom means just as much to you as he ever did That in great I had his whole life planned out for him A life of ease and security But no, he has to go herring off into the bush Prospecting for gold I'm not going to argue with you, Joe Then stop arguing and get to the point Well, after you and Tom had your bust up You disowned him completely You made a will leaving everything to Paul Lamar here Well, why shouldn't I? Paul's been a loyal, obedient nephew Not like that worthless son of mine Why not saying anything against Paul? But don't you think it's high time to reconsider that will? What? Maybe lawyer Morton is right, Uncle Joe Perhaps you are being a bit too hard on Tom Now, don't you start nagging at me too, Paul Be sensible, Joe Even if you won't change your will At least make your peace with the boy while there's still time It's Tom's place to come to me and apologize for the way he's acted If he did come here, would you be willing to talk to him? I won't say I wouldn't I won't say I wouldn't Oh, where Tom is now? Last I heard he was working a piddling little claim on PsyWash Creek Very well I'm going to write a letter to him, telling him your will If I know Tom, he won't lose any time getting here to your bedside Bust up or no bust up Paul Lamar pretended to be in favor of lawyer Morton's plan To bring young Tom Atwood and his father together But actually he was furious at the lawyer's interference Later that same day he went to the Monte Carlo cafe And talked to a shady character named Bull Hagen What's up, Lamar? Did all Atwood finally cash in his chips? No, he didn't What's more, it looks like I may not inherit the mine after all How come? Atwood's lawyer is trying to affect the reconciliation between the old man and his son He's written a letter asking the kid to come home That won't be so nice for you, Lamar What are you figuring on doing about it? The old man is pretty far gone According to the doctor, he can't last more than a few days If Tom doesn't show up in that time, Uncle Joe will think he doesn't give a hang And the will will stay just the way it is Yeah, but suppose the kid does show up That's what I want to talk to you about What do you mean? It'd be worth $5,000 to me to have Tom Atwood held prisoners somewhere So we couldn't get to Dawson $5,000 That's a lot of money How about it, Ford? Where is the kid? He's got a claim on Cywash Creek That means he'll probably get the letter from lawyer Morton in another day or two I got a pair named Woidy He's been holed up for the last few weeks in a shack on the edge of Ghost Canyon Tom will be coming right by Ghost Canyon on his way to Dawson You could grab him and hold him in your pair of shack That's right, I could But Woidy will want some for his part in the game You can cut Woidy in on the $5,000 Uh-uh Nothing to do with Lamar That $5,000 is mine You'll have to make your own deal with Woidy All right We'll go talk to Woidy tomorrow I'll tell Uncle Joe I got business done at Selkirk Urgent business It was Sergeant Preston who delivered lawyer Morton's letter to young Tom Atwood Hello, Tom, how's everything going? Well, this creek's not exactly as rich as Bonanza, but I guess I can't complain Hello there, King old fella Come on inside and get warm I have a letter for you, Tom A letter? Well, the dickens will be writing to me Here it is Thanks Do you mind if I read it? Go right ahead, I'm going to warm my hands over the stool All right, son It's from lawyer Morton about Dad Not bad news, I hope Well, he says Dad's pretty sick and hasn't much longer to live Oh, I'm sorry to hear that He wants me to come back to Dawson and see Dad right away You'll go, of course I'll go, sure, but the question is, will Dad have anything to do with me? Well, certainly he will, Tom If I know your father, he'll be only too glad to see you Well, that's what lawyer Morton says, but I'm not so sure You'd better not lose any time getting started If you leave right away, you can be in Dawson by nightfall All right, Sergeant Oh, will you be traveling with me? I'm sorry, I can't, Tom I've got to see a man over on Pine Creek Well, when you do get back to town, come around to Dad's place Maybe you can help me make my peace with him That is, if... Several hours later, Paul Lamar was talking to Bullhagen The two men had gone to the shack on the edge of Ghost Canyon Which was occupied by Bull's pal Whitey Now they were waiting for Tom Atwood to pass by on the trail 20 or 30 yards in front of the cabin Whitey was standing at the window Oh, boy, look at that snow come down Do you think the kid will show up today, Lamar? Maybe, maybe not till tomorrow It all depends on when he receives that letter from lawyer Morton Hey, somebody's coming up the trail right now He's on snowshoes What's he look like, Whitey? I don't know He's a little too far away That could be Tom from his general appearance Wait till I get these binoculars and focus How about it? That's him, all right? Look, I'll duck out back until you get him under control Once you get him tied up, you can stick him down the cellar till I get away It looks like he's not going to stop, he's going right on pass Come on, Whitey, let's go get him You better holler at him before he gets too far away Hey, sourdough! What do you want? Hold on a minute, we want a torque with you All right, take a step in Come in a hurry We've got some news for you News? What about it? How about this, put up your hands What's the idea of the gun? You're coming along with us, young fella Now look, if it's gold, you're after there's a poke in my right hand pocket Go ahead, take it Well, attend to that later I get moving toward the cabin But Pete, say take my money and let me go My father's dying in Dawson I've got to get there as soon as possible Now, ain't that just too bad? I said get moving I say no Watch it, Bull! Oh, no, you don't Sergeant Preston was driving along the trail on the opposite side of Ghost Canyon As the report of Bull Hagen's gun echoed faintly across the canyon King stopped in his tracks and pricked up his ears Yes, boy, I heard it too That was a gunshot and no mistake It'd take a long time to get over there when that shot came from but I think we'd better investigate All right, on your feet Two hours later After circling the canyon Sergeant Preston arrived in front of Whitey's cabin Okay The snow had completely covered Tom Adwood's tracks and there was no sign of the violins that had taken place The scene was one of wintry peace and stillness The sergeant knocked on the door of the shack There, Monty, what can I do for you? I'm Sergeant Preston Mind if I come in for a minute? Shucked snow Come on in and make yourself at home My dog usually sticks pretty close to me Any objection if he comes in, too? I guess not Quiet, King Not a very friendly pooch, is he? When King growls, he usually has a reason By the way, I don't think I caught your name Hagen's a name, Bull Hagen This is my partner, Whitey Howdy, Richard Glad to know you Hagen, I heard a shot fired somewhere around here They were over on the other side of the canyon at the time Either of you two fired at each other? Why, yeah, I did Anything wrong? No, no, not a thing, Sarge I just happened to take a pot shot at a rabbit That's awful Oh, going to have rabbit stew for supper? Oh, gonna know I missed the critter, didn't I, Whitey? Yeah, that's a fact You missed him a mile Too bad, rabbit stews might be tasty Well, I just thought there might be trouble of some kind It's the only reason I stopped in Is everything all right? I'll be on the way King's sensitive nostrils had caught the scent of blood The great dog was sniffing at a large wood box Which stood near the stove What's the matter, King? And Husky sure is suspicious At times I wish he could talk, and this is one of them What's in that box? Wood, naturally What'd you expect? I'm just wondering why King's so interested in it Nothing else in it but wood See for yourself You're right Come on, King How about stopping for a cup of coffee, Sarge? Won't take long to make Why, no, thanks I think we'd better be moving along Sorry, I bothered you That's all right, think nothing of it Bye Go on, Sarge Holy mackerel That sure was a close call Yeah If he'd have looked under that wood box We might have been in real trouble But luckily he didn't We'll continue our story in just a moment You know, I had a dream the other night I'd been out to a baseball game that day And man, oh man, that umpire made me so mad I could have... If you'll rob or you Oh, my gosh The umpire How... How'd you get up here all of a sudden? Never mind What was you shouting about? Out with it Shouting? 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Yep, to get the original crisp, fresh, Wheat or rice shot from guns Look for the big red and blue Quaker package For a nourishing breakfast treat Buy Quakerpuffed rice And Quakerpuffed wheat Shot from guns You know our story Sergeant Preston and King had heard a shot On the other side of Ghost Canyon But when they arrived on the scene There was no sign of violence Bullhagen told the sergeant That he had merely been shooting at a rabbit As the sergeant and King left the crooks' cabin Bull and Whitey watched them through the window Hey, what's going on out there? I don't know, Preston has stopped the team Looks like that big lead dog has found something Holy smoke that's just about where Edward was standing When you shot him That dog is too smart for his own good Meantime King was scratching at the snow What is it, King? Something buried there? Suddenly a dark patch appeared in the snow King growled Hold it, fella Let's take a closer look at that You're right, King That's blood pasteily The sergeant began clearing away the snow With his hands He soon uncovered several other large Patches of dark frozen blood So Bullhagen just took a Part shot at a rabbit, eh? We'd better go back and investigate that wood box A little more carefully, King All right, boy, let him up I'm king! A moment later The sergeant halted his team outside the cabin So soon, Sergeant? Yes King made a rather unpleasant discovery Out there on the trail We saw you poking around in the snow What'd you find? Several large patches of frozen blood Any idea how they got there? I don't know I told you I took a shot at a rabbit Yes, and you also told me you missed him by a mile Well, I guess maybe I was wrong I must have wounded the critter without knowing it That's pretty thin, Hagen I think King and I better take another look around that box Youself Come on in Do all the luck in your honor Thanks, I will Here's something right here that might interest you, Manny I take it you mean that gun you're holding That's right Get your hands up high Don't let that dog make any false moves He does all the luck Steady, King Turn around, Mountie Now just we'll leave you your gun Yeah, that's better Keep him covered quite a bit I'll go for some rope Bull Hagen got several pieces of stout rope Then he came back and tied the sergeant's wrists securely I guess I ought to hold him Now, what are we going to do about the dog? Tie him up, too That's easy to say, but who's going to do it? Take a look at that mutt's fang Manny'll make him whole still Get in the order, Preston Sorry, but King doesn't like to be tied Go for it King sensed his master's command almost before the words were spoken He dashed out the open door Get after him, Bull There you go, shoot Now we've missed him He's out there in that brush somewhere Think we ought to hunt him down? Ah, let him go He can't do us any harm What about the money? What are we going to do with him? They've kind of hunched Lamar wanted us to kill him Now you stay here and keep your eye on Preston I'll start for Dawson right away and tell Lamar what happened Right Before you go, you better drive Preston's sled around back of the cabin Somebody might see it Yeah, yeah, that's a good idea As Bull Hagen drove the sergeant's team to the back of the cabin King lurked watchfully among the trees in underbrush A few moments later, he saw the same man leave the cabin Hitch up his own dog team And drive off in the direction of Dawson King knew that the other man was still inside the cabin Standing guard over Sergeant Preston The great dog didn't know how he was going to rescue his master But he sensed that the sergeant was depending on him in this emergency Meantime, the sergeant was speaking to Whitey I don't know what your game is But if you're smart, you'll give up right now And get off with the latest possible sentence Ah, I don't make me laugh There weren't thunders eating those huskies out there If you learn time, he'll go out and... Shut up! I said, can't find a doggy here, that's what it is You must be stirring him up The howling and barking continued without let up Finally, Whitey jumped up and said I'll go fix that mutt with the kings King was lying in wait at the side of the shack He heard the door open As Whitey came around the corner of the cabin The great dog sprang King's powerful jaws cramped tight on Whitey's gun hand The crook loosened his grip with a scream of pain And the gun fell to the ground Whitey tried to defend himself by grappling with King But the big husky lunged from side to side Snapping ferociously with his fangs Finally the crook stumbled and went down with King on top of him Inside the cabin, sergeant Preston heard Whitey yell for help Good boy King, put him down fella, don't let him move He won't hurt you if you don't move Just lie still The Mounties' eyes scanned the room hastily A paring knife was lying on the shelf Along with several dirty dishes and other eating utensils Sergeant Preston struggled to his feet Began hopping toward the shelf The sergeant's hands were tied in back of him With difficulty he raised them to a point high enough to grasp the paring knife Then he slipped the knife blade in between his hands Until it pressed against the rope around his wrists Slowly and awkwardly he worked the knife up and down Until the last strand of rope parted That's a relief Now to cut this rope around my ankle A moment later the sergeant was free He rushed out of the cabin Sorry but you'll have to wait till I get my hands on that gun Whitey's gun was lying in the snow The sergeant picked it up Alright King, you can let him up now Good work fella Hold out your hands till I snap on these handcuffs That's better I'll get back in that cabin Easy King, easy boy Now suppose you tell me why King was so interested in that wood box How should I know what that crazy mud was up to? Alright if you won't talk we'll find out for ourselves Once again the sergeant and King examined the wood box King began to sniff and scratch around the bottom of the box So that said something's under the box, not in it Wait a minute fella, I'll push the box away As the sergeant pushed the box aside He saw that it had been covering a small trap door Now we're getting somewhere, I'll open it But it dark down there and better get the lamp There was an oil lamp on the table The sergeant lit it and returned to the trap door Keep an eye on that man King See that he doesn't make a move while I go down and investigate As the rays of the oil lamp lit up the small dank cellar Sergeant Preston saw a man lying bound and gagged on the bare earth floor Tom The man was young Tom Atwood The sergeant untied the gag but Tom was unconscious His parka was soaked with blood Without bothering to untie the ropes around Tom's hands and feet The sergeant carried him up the ladder into the cabin And laid him gently on a bunk Whatty? If Tom dies I'll see that you and Hagen hang for murder He ain't dead, he's just wounded The sergeant untied Tom And then removed his parka and shirt in order to dress the wound Soon Tom began to regain consciousness Preston I'm the dickhead that you get here Originally I came here to investigate a shot King And I heard on the other side of the canyon I guess it must have been that shot that wounded you I guess you're right What happened? I still don't understand it I was just going by the cabin Two men came out and stopped me One pulled a gun Tried to make me go in the cabin I told him I had to get to Dawson in a hurry but he wouldn't listen Finally I tried to grab the gun away from him and he shot me I think maybe Whitey here can tell us about the motive What about it Whitey? If I spill the beans will you promise to go easy on me? You're in no position to make bargains now Whitey The only thing I'll promise is to tell the judge you confessed voluntarily All right I'll talk There was Edward's cousin that put us up to it A guy named Paul Lamar Paul Lamar, that's right The way old man Edward's will stands now Lamar gets everything Lamar was afraid if the kid showed up the old man might change his mind Night was falling when Bull Hagen arrived in Dawson He gave Lamar a hasty account of what had happened at the shack So we tied the Mountie up and I hightailed it in the town to tell you what happened Bull this is plenty bad We'll have to act fast I keep your shirt on Lamar If it's the Mountie you're worried about there's ways of taking care of him The Mountie you'll have to die That goes without saying It's the inheritance I'm worried about And what do you mean? Just this It won't take long before the police start looking for that missing Mountie In a few days I'll have Redcoats scouring the whole district If that dog of Preston should lead him to Whitey's shack they'll find Tom Atwood And I won't stand a chance of inheriting the old man's estate Holy mackerel I never thought of that There's only one thing to do And that is to make sure the old man dies right away How can you make sure of that? For all you know he may hang on for another two weeks For all the doctor knows he may die any minute I've got a vial of poison right here that I've been saving for just such an emergency A little of this in the old man's medicine and he'll never wake up tomorrow morning You're pretty smart Lamar But you still haven't told me what to do about the Mountie Kill him naturally Bury his body down in the canyon someplace where no one will ever find it In the meantime I'll take care of the old man Paul Lamar prepared his uncle's medicine Then went upstairs to the old man's room Is that you? Yes, Uncle Joe I brought you medicine Medicine? Mind the world, dose me with hogwash for all the good it does me Oh and I don't talk that way Here Swallow it down and then try to get some more sleep All right Don't take that medicine Joe Sergeant Preston What's the idea of busting in here this way? Especially with that dog My uncle's a sick man He'll be a lot sicker if he takes that medicine you're trying to give him What do you mean? Your nephew made the mistake of leaving this bottle of arsenic downstairs Paul, is this true? It's true all right Don't go for that gun Lamar I've got to cover Devin's name Sergeant Will you explain to me what this is all about? Not a very nice story Joe First Lamar arranged to keep Tom from getting here I fear you might change your will in Tom's favor When he found out the mountain had entered the picture He decided it was time for stronger measures Sergeant What did you mean when you said he tried to keep Tom from getting here? Would you be willing to see Tom if he did Joe it? Of course I would I've been all kinds of a fool But right now I know there's nothing I want so much as to see my boy again Before it's too late All right Tom, that's the word you were waiting for Dad Tom my boy Tom you've been hurt I'm all right dad the sergeant fixed me up You're really forgiving me for running out on you Forgiving you I'm proud of you for having enough back bone to stand up to me Now thank heavens you've come back Not that it'll do have much good Don't bother turning around Preston just drop your gun Bullhugging the gun That's right And not that you've dropped your gun you can reach for the ceiling You showed up just in time Bull How did you know they were here? I was on my way out of town when I saw Preston and the kid turn Whitey over to a constable in front of the jail I ducked out of sight before they could see me After they shoved off from the jail I thought it might be smart to follow It's a mighty good thing you did I understand it looks like I'll have to kill all three of them What? Or how much? How much? What you promised before ain't half of what it's going to cost you to get out of this mess No one but sergeant Preston noticed the stealthy way in which King was moving closer to Bullhugging Suddenly the great dog sprang Oh no I'll take that gun Higgin And I'll take care of you Lamar wounder No wound Why you say you want some more huh? All right Get this dog away All right King that's enough boy let him up Come Looks to me as though Lamar's had just about enough too A moment later both Bullhugging and Paul Lamar stood with their hands in the air While the sergeant held them covered You're both under arrest in the name of the Queen By thunder I feel better than I have in the last two months After watching Tom Lam base that stonk Lamar If Lamar in a dog had given me more time you wouldn't be alive to say that That's right Lamar And speaking of time you and Bull will have plenty of time to meditate on your sins Now that this case is closed In just a moment Sergeant Preston will give you a preview of Wednesday's adventure Listen all you fellas and girls who'd like to have the tireless energy The vigor and stamina of a person like Sergeant Preston Make the breakfast table your training table Start every day with a nourishing he-man's breakfast Including a heaping bowl full of Quaker Puffed Wheat Or Quaker Puffed Rice topped with fruit and milk or cream Delicious nutritious wheat or rice shot from guns is never sold in bags or bulk Always buy the big red and blue Quaker package To get the original crisp fresh Quaker Puffed Wheat and Quaker Puffed Rice Listen Wednesday when Sergeant Preston and Yukon King meet the challenge of the Yukon In the case of murder on the mountain When King and I started up the eastern face of Mount Polaris We knew it was a bad day for mountain climbing The first storm of winter was ready to break But we also knew that somewhere up on that mountain There was a party of climbers that one of them had murder in his heart Somehow we had to reach him before he could put his plan into execution Be sure to hear this exciting adventure Wednesday These radio dramas, a feature of the challenge of the Yukon Incorporated Are created and produced by George W. 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