 Now, as gunshots echo across the windswept snow-covered reaches of the wild Northwest Quaker-popped wheat and Quaker-popped rice For breakfast cereals shot from guns Present the challenge of the U-curve 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 The King of Wandao has appeared Gold, gold discovered in the Yukon A stampede to the Klondike in the wild race for riches Back to the days of the Gold Rush With Quaker-popped wheat and Quaker-popped rice Bringing you the adventures of Sergeant Preston And his wonder dog Yukon King As they meet the challenge of the Yukon What's up, Jack? Here's what's up, listen everyone Here's your chance to get five Yes, five pocket-sized Bugs Bunny comic books All new, all yours for only 15 cents And one box top from Quaker-popped wheat or Quaker-popped rice Stand by for full details later Dust was falling one autumn evening As Sergeant Preston rode down the main street of Dawson City The great dog King trotted beside his master's horse Suddenly the sergeant heard his name being called out Sergeant Preston! Hey Sergeant, wait a minute! Who's that? Something wrong, Caster? Yes, I want to report a robbery It was that no good muddy Andrews He came into my store and stole my gun What kind of a gun was it? It was a single-action code 45 with an ivory grip Maybe he'd have stolen my money too But then him and my cash drawer was locked All right, Caster, let's see if we can't get your gun back Yeah, thank you, and make sure you put that young loaf of air he belongs In jail! Come on, Blakie Marty Andrews had no parents He worked at Ben Davis' livery stable during the day And slept in the loft overhead at night As Sergeant Preston rained up at the livery stable He was greeted by Ben Davis Hello, Blakie Hello Sorry, Sergeant Ben, where's Marty? Try the Goldust Cafe That's where he's been spending most of his time lately Hanging around Slick Morgan and his pal Krebs Thanks, man. Come on, Blakie The Goldust Cafe was crowded with sourdows and trappers In one corner of the room, a boy still in his teens Sat at a table with two tough-looking men The boy was saying eagerly Listen, Slick, how about taking me along next time you and Krebs pull another job? Take you along? What's wrong? Oh, you mean there's a mascot? You ain't even dry behind the ears yet, kid What would you do if there happened to be any gunplay? I can't take care of myself I got a gun right here Hey, yes, it did Just take a look at that gun, kid Take a look at something else A Mountie Yeah, Sergeant Preston is coming right this way Hey, give me back that gun What's the matter? You afraid the law won't let you keep it? Well, well, well, if it isn't the pride of the Mounties and his faithful pooch Hey, don't they look pretty in that red coat and all them brass buttons? Let me see that gun you just shoved under your coat, Marty What for? For launch to me? You ain't got no right? Hand it over, Marty I'll leave the kid alone, Preston Yeah, can't you see? You're making him nervous That's the trouble with you, Mounties You look mighty brave in those red coats But underneath you're too yellow to pick on someone your own son I'm still waiting for you to hand over that gun, Marty Maybe you didn't hear what I just said, Preston I heard what you said I'll give you a chance to repeat it next time I see you Right now, my business is with Marty here All right Here's the gun Thanks Single action, colt 45 with an Avery grip Marty, I'm afraid I'll have to arrest you Arrest me? What for? I ain't done nothing You stole this gun from Casper Mulheim Who says I did? Mulheim says that he's lying He's always headed in for me that big fat... Marty, you'll have a chance to tell your side of the story But you'll have to do it at headquarters Why don't you come along quietly and not make any trouble Yes, you better do like he says, kid Okay, I'll go along with you, Preston But you wouldn't be acting so cool if it was slick You had to arrest instead of me You know, Preston, I think he's right Maybe you'll have a chance to find out One of these days, slick Come on, Marty At mounted police headquarters, Marty First tried to brazen out the situation But he soon broke down and confessed When confronted by the man he had robbed Sergeant Preston tried hard to win the boy's confidence Only to be met by an attitude of sullen resistance Marty, believe me, I want to be your friend No, I don't make me laugh How can anyone be friends with a cop? Now, look, it doesn't matter whether you hate me or trust me Figure it out for yourself This is the fourth time you've been in trouble with the police If you keep on this way, you're sure to wind up With the long stretch behind bars Wouldn't it be smarter to go straight and avoid all that? I suppose I should follow my father's example, huh? What do you mean? He went straight and where did he get him? He couldn't land a decent job because people Always found out he'd been in prison So he lived in filthy tenements and never had enough to eat When mother got sick, he couldn't even pay for an operation I might have saved her life Then he got the bright idea coming up here to the Yukon To look for gold? Yeah, to look for gold Six months he spent freezing out in the bush And all he got was a bad case of typhoid fever Just barely had strength enough to crawl back to Dawson and die So instead of following your dad's example You'd rather take Slick Morgan as your model, is that it? You bet I would He's smart and he's tough Nobody makes a sucker out of him Doesn't occur to you that your father was twice the man Slick Morgan will ever be? What are you talking about? Slick Morgan's like every other criminal He's never quite grown up He's like a spoiled baby who thinks he can grab anything he wants Your dad was no baby He was willing to work hard for what he wanted and he never quit trying Even when the brakes went against him Don't you suppose that took courage? Ah, who are you? All right Marty, I won't argue with you Maybe there's some other way of changing your mind The following day, Sergeant Preston discussed Marty's case with Inspector Maynard Inspector, suppose we could find someone who'd be willing to take custody of the boy Someone who'd give him a decent home and set him some kind of an example I have an idea Marty might get a different slant on things Well, that's a pretty tall order What about Pop McIntosh, sir? Pop McIntosh? Well, Thunder Sergeant, you may have something there Should I talk to Pop and see what he thinks of the idea? Do that, Sergeant If you can get him interested in the boy I'll go to the commissioner and have Marty parole to Pop's custody Pop McIntosh was an elderly trader, beloved by all who knew him Both whites and Indians When Sergeant Preston asked him if he'd be willing to take custody of Marty Andrews for a six month period And thus save the boy from a jail sentence Pop readily agreed Several days later, the Sergeant and Marty arrived at Pop's trading post About ten miles north of Dawson City Pop, I'd like you to meet your new assistant, Marty Andrews Oh, you're the young fella that's going to move in with me It wasn't my idea It wasn't mine either, but I reckon it's a good idea just saying You know, I'm kind of looking forward to having someone keep me company at the post Now look, you think you're going to get any work out of me? You got another thing coming Marty That's all right, all right, son Suppose you take your duffel now and go on inside the post The Sergeant, me, will be in just as soon as I show him some new furs I've got hanging up out in shed All right Sorry, he's starting out this way, but... Oh, shut that, don't bother me, non-Sgt He's feeling mad at everybody right now He's got to take it out some way He'll change when we get to know each other better In spite of himself, Marty soon grew to like and respect the old trader And he willingly performed his share of the work around the trading post But outwardly, he remained as sullen, uncooperative as ever One day, Marty was alone at the counter when an Indian entered How? What do you got there, Redskin? Me bring two fox skin How much you want for him? Me want food, want money too Fifty dollars Fifty dollars? These mangy pelts aren't worth more than ten bucks a piece And you expect to get grub too on top of that Go on, get out of here Well, hello there, Charlie Haven't seen you in a long time Me glad you're here So you brought me a couple of fox skins, eh? Me, then sick Not able ten traps Maybe bring more skin later Sure, sure you will Well, what do you want for these pelts, Charlie? Money, food, clothes? Me want food Need money too Need fifty dollars Oh, how come? You ain't gonna spend it on firewater, are you? No, no Me been sick Now squash sick, papu sick Me got go Dawson, get white doctor In that case, you can have whatever you want I'll go back to the safe and get the money right now And if fifty ain't enough, you come back and I'll lend you some more Pop Macintosh went into the back room He stooped down before the safe And began to twist the dial He didn't hear Marty Andrews enter the room softly And stand a short distance behind him Watching him work the combination Then, just as the safe door swung open Marty shifted his weight in a board creak Marty! I didn't know you were standing there Why, I just came in What's wrong? Nothing's wrong I just think you're crazy Johnny, that's all Don't you realize every red skin's a natural born liar? Now, look son, the color of a man's skin Ain't got nothing to do with how honest he is I know I can trust Charlie Just like I knew I could trust you First time I ever laid eyes on you We'll continue our story in just a moment Ho, ho, ho! 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Five, stop There he goes again, getting them big ideas Quit making fun of me, you big baboon That face of yours is funny enough Why, you little punk Shut up Krebs, I think the kid's serious Dog gone right, I'm serious What do you got in mind? Pop McIntosh is drawing five thousand bucks Out of the bank today He's taking it back to the post So he'll have enough cash on hand To buy the fur as the trappers bring in Keep talking A couple of days ago when Pop was opening the safe I sneaked up behind, washed over his shoulder I memorized the combination You mean you can open the safe yourself now? I know Dog gone well, I can I tried it once when Pop wasn't around Hey, kid, you're smaller than I thought How did you figure we might pull this job? What's wrong with tonight? Well, what do you think of my idea? I think it's plenty smart You can count us in Later that afternoon, as Pop McIntosh Emerged from the Dawson City Bank He caught sight of Sergeant Preston Approaching on horseback Hello there, Sergeant Hello, Pa Just going to the bank? I know, as a matter of fact I was looking for you Oh, how come? I just ran into Ben Davis Told me he saw Marty in the gold dust café Talking to Slick Morgan, his pal Krebs Ben said the three of them had their heads Pretty close together Though they were talking something over Incidentally, is that a money bag you brought out of the bank? Yep, that's right Just drew out $5,000 Does Marty know you're drawing out that much money? Well, yeah Stop to think ever that he does You ain't suggesting that Marty Might be planning to rob me, are you? I'm not suggesting anything to rob But it might not hurt to be on your guard Just to be on the safe side I think I'll have the city patrol Locate Morgan and Krebs And keep them under surveillance It was nearing 10 o'clock When Pop and Marty arrived at the post In the moonlit darkness They saw a man seated on the low open porch As extended out in front of the post Pull that, Betty, girl Pull this wool Looks like somebody's waiting for it Yeah, you're right By thunder, it's my engine friend Charlie Oh He'd bring you more skin Oh, let's see, let's see here Two beaver skins in the Wolverine pouch By Juniper, this Wolverine's worth a hundred dollars by itself Come on inside Now figure out how much you got coming to you Oh, me not want nothing You good friend You give food, lend money when me need it Now you keep skins Mark Lukey, here now These pels are worth a lot more No, no Me give you skins for presents No, take money Me go now Well, I'll be horn swaddled Marty, it just goes to show you People may sneer at you and call you Soft hearted for following the golden rule But if you ask me It's just plain good business sense Pop and Marty unloaded the pack mule And led her into the stall Then they went inside the trading post Pop lit the lamp As Marty turned and started up the ladder Leading to the second floor, Pop said Wait a minute, Marty Something I've been meaning to talk to you about Yeah What is it? Marty, it gets pretty lonely around the post sometimes You've been a mighty big help to me since you've been here I was wondering what you might think of the idea of Me adopting you as my son Adopting me? That's right You see, I used to have a boy my own Not much older than you are right now He went with the rough riders Got killed on Cuba Maybe Sergeant Preston didn't tell you that No No, he didn't Well, do you think you might be willing to have me For a foster pop? What? Gotcha I don't know what to say Well, shucks, you don't have to make up your mind right away You take your time, think it over No sense rushing into things Meanwhile, back in Dawson City, Slick Morgan and his pal Krebs Were preparing to ride out to the trading post Unknown to the two crooks, a police constable Have been watching their cabin ever since nightfall A few minutes after they left the cabin The constable burst into Sergeant Preston's office At Mounted Police headquarters Sergeant, Morgan and Krebs just rolled out of town They had an extra horse with them Which way did they go? They headed north That means they could be heading for Pop's trading post Come on, King, we've got to tell them First we'll go to their cabin and get their scent It was nearing midnight when Slick Morgan and Krebs Headed their horses up the thickly wooded valley That led to the trading post Slick, I still think someone may be trailing us All right, all right, listen Where do we get up on that rise at the end of the valley? We get off our horses and take a little look-see There's plenty of moonlight If anyone's fallen on our trail Be sure to spot them from up there Get up, boy, come on A short time later, the two men were lying flat in the underbrush Looking down into the valley Their horses were tethered out of sight In a thick grove of trees Come on, we're wasting our time You can see for yourself no one's following us Wait a minute Someone's coming up the trail right now Look down there, just past that clump of cottonwoods Hey, you're right, it's a guy on horseback My thunder Looks like a molly to me What are we going to do? Hey, listen, if I remember right The trail takes a nice sharp turn Just before we get to the trading post One of us can go on and get the kid in the money The other one can stay behind And pick himself out a real nice hiding place Right by that turn in the trail What happens when that guy that's trailing us comes along? He gets a bullet right between the eyes Meanwhile, inside the trading post Marty Andrews had gotten out of bed He took his way softly to the back room where the safe stood First he unbarred the back door Then he let a candle and went over to the safe His fingers fumbled nervously with a dial In spite of his bold resolutions Marty had lost all taste for the job Somehow he couldn't still the voice of his conscience Worse yet, he couldn't help thinking of how Pop would feel When he discovered the crime in the morning Suddenly as the safe door swung open Marty! Pop! Now listen, I can explain Pop There's no need to explain anything Marty If you need that money in the safe Go ahead and take it What? I'm just sorry you didn't come to me first and ask for it Ask for it? Certainly I told you I wanted to adopt you didn't I? Oh yeah but No buts about it now If I'm gonna be your foster Pop We've gotta trust each other completely Who else would you go to with your problems? What up your hand? What's it? Say who are you? Sorry but I ain't got no time for formal introductions The kid knows who I am, don't you Marty? I'll say I do Slick What? A man alive you sure showed up at the right time No it's a matter The old man wake up and catch you in the air Yeah Down there scared me out of my wits Yeah I'll bet he did Well he won't make no trouble now that I'm here See you got the safe open Yeah There's more in it than I thought Beside the 5,000 there's a couple of pokes full of gold dust Hey now ain't that nice Guess maybe I'd better go over and take charge of that stuff right now Hey wait a minute What's the matter? Pop's a pretty tricky old guy If you're gonna clear out the safe here Better let me hold that gun on him Yeah I guess maybe you're right Here you take the gun Sure you know how to handle that thing kid Darn right I do Put up your hand What is this a joke? You'll find out if you don't get your hands up What's a big idea? The idea is I've changed my mind There's not gonna be any robbery Marty, Marty I knew all along you were no crook I'm sorry Pop I'm sorry about everything Marty was looking at Pop McIntosh Slick sudden movement caught him off guard I'll take that gun No you don't So you're feeling scrappy I will take this Why are you ordinary po- Stay put You all go to this gun and go offering your face I'm alright Pop Listen Slick Morgan you can't get away with this Who's gonna stop? I'll tell you who Sergeant Preston He suspected you might be up to some kind of dirty work And I wouldn't be a bit surprised that he didn't Trail you here from Dawson Oh that's your worst foulness huh What's so funny Listen For your information Sergeant Preston's gonna get a little surprised What do you mean? I mean he's gonna walk right into a trap My pal Krebs is waiting for him at the bend on the trail When Preston shows up Krebs will gun him down Did you hear that? That means Sergeant Preston is knocking on the pearly gates right now You will load down murdering That also means I'm gonna have to do away with you and the kid here So you can't squeal on us But first I'll clear out the safe Slick Morgan went over to the safe and reached one hand inside With his other hand he kept his gun trained on Pop and Marty First he extracted the bundle of bills Then he cropped around for the gold which Marty had mentioned Where those pokes of gold that you were talking about There are none I just said that to fool you Yeah, yeah and you fell for it You, the great Slick Morgan Muttonhead Morgan that's what they ought to call you You old god I'll fix you The back door was standing open As Slick rushed toward Pop Macintosh He didn't see the great dog that suddenly sprang in And from the doorway Where does he come from? I've got Morgan I'll drop it That's funny All right King you can let him up now boy How did you get by Krebs? I thought he'd taken care of you Yes I know you did Fortunately King warned me that someone was waiting around the bend in the trail What about that shot we heard? Krebs gun went off and King sprang at him Right now he's waiting outside handcuffed to the hitch rail You're both under arrest in the name of the queen Marty, looks like I'll have to put you under arrest again No, no you won't sergeant The boys had a change of heart Wait till I tell you Eagerly Pop explained how Marty had tried to prevent the crime which he had planned Marty that's the best news I've heard in a long time You'll have to stand trial along with Slick and Krebs But when the judge hears what you did I'm pretty sure he'll parole you back to Pop I think you've learned by now that crime doesn't pay You should have been a preacher Preston Slick, the last time I saw you you made a certain remark I told you I'd give you a chance to repeat it Maybe you'd like to do that right now You're mighty brave aren't you with that gun in your hand And that dog to back you up Pop, suppose you take care of both these guns for a few minutes What are you going to do sergeant I'm going to show Marty that Slick Morgan's not quite the man he's cracked up to be King, go on over in the corner and stay there Go on fella, over there in the corner Lie down Alright Morgan, suppose you'll repeat that remark You better repeat it Preston, you're yellow What a beauty Take him in to him sergeant Slick Morgan had a bull-like strength Which had given him mastery over many men But in sergeant Preston he found a different kind of opponent A man with skilled fists and lightning speed Time after time the sergeant stopped his rushes With a well-placed punch Until at last a smashing right Sent him scrolling on the floor unconscious Acting in sergeant you sure took care of him I'm a live sergeant I bet that's the last time he ever tries to get tough with a money Yes Marty, I think this case is closed In just a moment sergeant Preston will give you a preview of Friday's adventure Page after page after page of excitement mystery laughs thrills That's what Quakerpuff wheat and Quakerpuff rice will send you Actually 160 pages of Bugs Bunny comics Actually five different pocket-sized Bugs Bunny comic books All yours for only 15 cents And one box top from Quakerpuff wheat or rice The stories are all new just off the presses You've never seen or read them before Here are just a few Bugs Bunny finds at Ladin's Lamp Bugs Bunny joins the Marines Bugs Bunny meets the dwarf ghost Yes the more you read the more you want And we'll not only send you five different books We'll also send you full information on how easy it is to get ten more Look Doc, you better hurry Yes as Bugs Bunny says Don't wait till it's too late Send for yours today Send only 15 cents in coin, not stamps That's all just 15 cents and your name and address Send with one box top from a package of delicious, crisp, nourishing Quakerpuff wheat or Quakerpuff rice Address your letter to Bugs Bunny, Chicago 77, Illinois Write down that address right away Here it is Bugs Bunny, Chicago 77, Illinois Listen Friday when Sergeant Preston and Yukon King Meet the challenge of the Yukon in the case of The Last Will When King and I were in Caribou Creek We called an old Peter Bailey And learned that he'd sent for Terry Quinn A young man he'd not seen for a quarter of a century I didn't suspect that within a short time I would find Terry accused of attempting to kill old Pete Be sure to hear this exciting adventure Friday These radio dramas, a feature of the challenge of the Yukon Incorporated Are created and produced by George W. 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