 as gunshots echo across the windswept snow-covered reaches of the wild northwest quaker-puff wheat and quaker-puff rice the breakfast cereal shot from gun present the challenge of the Yukon it's Yukon king swiftest and strongest lead dog of the northwest blazing the trail for sergeant Preston of the northwest modern police in his relentless pursuit of lawbreakers gold gold discovered in a Yukon a stampede to the Klondike in the wild race for riches back to the days of the gold rush with quaker-puff wheat and quaker-puff rice bringing you the adventures of sergeant Preston and his wonder dog Yukon king as they meet the challenge of the Yukon all aboard for a breakfast treat that can't be beat tomorrow morning treat yourself to the breakfast cereal shot from guns that's the one and only quaker-puff wheat or quaker-puff rice just pour out a bowl full crisp and fresh right from the big red and blue package and milk or cream topped with your favorite fruit man oh man see if you ever taste it anything so swell as these giant king-sized kernels of premium wheat or rice shot from guns don't miss out another day on this breakfast treat quaker-puff rice or quaker-puff wheat Tommy Elliott stood at the gate of one of the enclosed dog runs outside his father's camera as he watched the huskies prowling restlessly up and down inside the wire enclosure he felt himself shaking with nervousness Tommy's father Paul Elliott hide the boy disapprovingly there what do you think there's a matter with your son you're shaking like a leaf data i just can't help it i'm afraid of dog fairly tight time you're stopping afraid of the man never sure to let you stay so long with mark carter down endorsing me about time you learned how to harness the dog data i don't know whether i'm brave enough to try that just now don't start getting scared these dogs won't bite you come here carlowe here fella there's good old carlowe now listen time i'm gonna open the gate let carlowe out you take him by the collar lead him over to the sled then i'll show you how to hit him up all right i'll try it here goes as the gate opened the husky came bounding forward join well don't back away from him he's not going to hurt you but he's barking of course he's barking he wants to play now go ahead and take a hold of his collar show him you're not a scared but data i am scared gingerly Tommy reached out his hand the husky responded eagerly expecting to be petted he jumped up to lick tommy in the face the sudden movement was too much for tommy's taught nerves he fled in panic oh come back here get back in there carlowe back boy back sorry i just couldn't help it i saw carlowe coming toward me i just had to run away oh nonsense living with mark carter is turned into a molly cuddle that's a whole trouble uh go into the cabin and stay there you're through sniffling i'm sick and tired of your tongue foolishness you're going to get over this silly fear of dogs and you're going to do it by tomorrow morning do you understand early the next morning sergeant preston was on his way to Dawson city king was running ahead of the team as loose lead suddenly as he approached a cave in the hillside he halted abruptly he had caught the scent of a human being inside the cave matter king something in that cave all right boy we'll take a look without waiting for his master king ran forward into the cave the sergeant broke into a run as he entered the cave he saw a boy huddled in terror against the rear wall well hello what's wrong please call him away from me king won't hurt you i don't care just get him away from me please get him out of here all right come here king go on out fella wait outside king was puzzled but he obeyed his master without question now suppose you tell me who you are and what you're doing here my name is tommy elliott i was on my way to Dawson city got so cold and tired i had to stop in this cave to rest up you mean you've been here all night well part of the night why you poor kid you must be half frozen suppose i make a fire and fix you something to eat and you can tell me all about yourself half an hour later tommy elliott was seated before roaring fire hungrily cleaning up the last of the oatmeal and bacon which the sergeant had prepared for him feel a bit better now oh sure that's better gee i i never knew anything could taste so good and tell me tommy what you start out from from my father's place he's got a cabin about a mile or so outside of nugget city name is paul elliot is that the paul elliot who owns the dog kennel yeah that's right he raises huskies and breaks them into harness and sells them to prospectors well how in the world is it happening you started out for Dawson city all by yourself well i i ran away from home last night what made you do that don't you get along with your father yeah i get along with him all right and it's just that well uh just as what i'm afraid of dogs i try not to be but i can't help it dad thinks i'm a coward yesterday tommy was sick and tired of my my foolishness said i was going to have to get over my fear of dogs by this morning i didn't know what to do so you ran away yes i sneaked out after dad went to sleep well tommy i'll admit that fears are pretty tough proposition for anyone to face but you'll never solve your problem by running away from it please don't make me go back sergeant have you always been afraid of dogs not as much as i am now i guess what do you mean well once when i was about eight years old i i was picking berries in the neighbor's garden this was back home in the states when when mom was alive anyway the neighbor saw me and said his big watchdog on me gosh sergeant it was awful the dog really didn't hurt me so much but he he scared me almost to death i guess maybe that's when i first started being afraid of dogs i see as your dad know that no sir i i never told either dad or mom i was afraid they'd spank me for stealing the berries sergeant what's the matter with him he's sticking his head in the cage don't be afraid things just letting us know he's still alive he's not used to being left out of things this way oh gosh i thought at first he was coming in after me would you be very frightened if he did come inside the cave from in the two well i i guess not a if he doesn't come too close to me you're king come on in fella that's the word oh gosh he's laying his head right in your lap but i guess he must be pretty fond of you we've been through a lot together haven't we all fun you know tony i think king would appreciate it if you'd pat him a few times would you well i'll try only would you make sure he holds still while i'm doing it i need to worry about that i guarantee king won't move a muscle now look fella tom he's going to pat you on the head a couple of times i want you to hold still while he's doing it understand hold perfectly still all right tom he go ahead and pat him all right he must understand exactly what you say sergeant he's not moving at all that's king's way of saying he likes you too sergeant Preston do you think i'm a a sissy for being afraid of dogs of course not tommy lots of boys and girls feel the same way you do in fact it's wise to feel a little bit afraid because then you know enough to keep your distance from strange dogs it might turn out to be vicious the important thing is learning to discard your fear when it isn't necessary i guess it isn't necessary to be afraid of king is it sergeant that's right tommy the only people king ever attacks her lawbreakers and he won't hurt them unless they get violent once you get to know dogs you'll find that most of them are just as friendly and easy to get along with as king maybe if you're going to be stationed in dawson city for a while i could get to be real good friends with king i don't see why not what were you planning to do when you got to dawson i was going to stay with ma carter she's the lady who runs a boarding house i've been staying with her for over a year in fact ever since we first came to the uk i only went to live with dad about a week ago well tommy i don't know whether i'm doing the right thing or not but suppose you come along to dawson with me i'll take you to ma carter and we'll see about notifying your father in the days that followed sergeant prestin and king were frequent visitors at ma carter's boarding house and tommy in turn often visited his new found friends at mounty headquarters little by little under the sergeant's patient guidance tommy outgrew his fear of dogs and came to regard them with interest and even affection finally sergeant prestin taught him how to hitch up a team of sled dogs and how to handle a sled on various types of terrain tommy's biggest thrill came on the day sergeant prestin allowed him to drive his own magnificent team of huskies down the main street of dawson city golly sergeant can you keep up with us don't worry about me tommy we're coming to headquarters now tommy hey that man really handled them huskies you ought to be able to handle the sergeant's been teaching him for the last two three weeks how'd i do sergeant very well tommy all you need now is a little experience on the trail a good old king i bet i could handle any team with you in the lead boy sergeant i can hardly wait to show dad all the things i've learned from you and king i have an idea your father will be mighty proud of you tommy but look sergeant he comes constable ross oh yes so i see looks like he has something to say to me hello alex howdy sergeant hello there tommy hi constable the inspector wants you to report to him right away sergeant he's got a job for you huh what's up a couple of fur thieves have been operating north aways they've been raiding a lot of the trappers between here and 40 miles any line on who they are well they haven't been identified but we have pretty good descriptions ones are redheaded bruiser the others dark and stocky they have a big vicious brute of a dog all black apparently he helps them intimidate their victims i sound like nice people we just got word that they robbed a trapper named frenchie de jaune up near nugget city the inspector thinks king may be able to pick up the trail what does that mean you'll be going to nugget city sergeant i guess so tommy why well sergeant could you take me with you you wouldn't have to go out of your way you could drop me off in nugget city and i could walk the rest of the way to my dad's place you think you're ready to handle that kennel full of huskies i'm sure i am sergeant all right tommy you wait till i've talked to the inspector and then we'll go and tell more carter what you've decided we'll continue our story in just a moment for a breakfast that's delicious for a breakfast that's nutritious remember these three famous words shot from gun yes shot from gun stands for the original the one and only quaker puff rice and quaker puffed wheat these are the giant size the king size grains of premium 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with the smiling quaker man on the front get quaker puffed rice and quaker puffed wheat now to continue our story on the same morning that sergeant Preston and Tommy Elliott left Dawson two men sat in a shack in the wood several miles from nugget city their names were red basie and spike done spike I've been thinking it's about time we pulled our freight that suits me fine first thing we got to do is figure out how we're going to get these pelts over the border we sure ain't going to manage the stuff on one dog sled now we can buy ourselves another outfit and Dawson or 40 miles what with we've only got about a hundred bucks cash between us we can get more money by selling a couple of pelts nothing done by this time the mallies probably got our descriptions no sense sticking our heads in the lion's mouth well we got to get ourselves another team somewhere listen there's a guy named Paul Elliott that raises huskies about a mile or so west of town we can get a team from him well he ain't in business for his health it'll cost just as much to buy dogs from him as the will to buy him and Dawson or 40 miles who says we're going to buy him I see what you think we can get away with it sure we can get away with it Elliott lives all by himself and there ain't another cabin in sight here it sounds like a cinch what do we start no sense waiting around we'll hitch up the team and start over to Elliott's place right now an hour later Red Basie and Spike Dunn waited in front of Paul Elliott's capital while Paul picked out nine huskies and harnessed them to a sled then he said well there's your outfit Jen's price is fifteen hundred dollars cash in the lion's sorry Elliott but we haven't got that much money what's the idea pulling a gun on me ideas that we get a free team of huskies and you get nothing you can't get away with this who's going to stop us Spike go get that rope we brought and we'll tie him up all right Paul Elliott waited until Spike was several yards away then he lunged at Red for a moment the two men grappled Paul Elliott had a grip on Red's gun hand was trying to use the outlaws of shield in case Spike fired suddenly Red's gun went off he ain't dead he's just wounded what are we gonna do same thing as we planned on doing tie him up and leave him here the two outlaws tied Paul Elliott's hands and feet together and carried him into the cabin get that door right put him right down here looks like he's coming too maybe we better gag him while we're at it good idea there use that towel it's hanging over there all right I sure wish we were heading straight for the border when we leave here instead of going back to shack I'll tell you what I suppose we leave Wolf here while we go get the furs we'll tie him out in front of the cabin on a good long lead since no one will come poking their nose around with him on guard right under that's a smart idea you'll think Elliott went away somewhere left woke behind the watchdog yeah that ties him tight enough we'll go load up the furs and we'll come back and get Wolf and head for the border right let's get going soon after the two outlaws left Paul Elliott's cabin sergeant Preston and Tommy Elliott arrived in Nugget City okay I guess this is the parting of the ways Tommy thanks a lot for bringing me here sergeant and thanks a lot for letting me drive the team part of the way I think you can make it out to your father's place all right oh yes sir it isn't far goodbye king goodbye sergeant bye Tommy all right king find the team boy and king on you Tommy left Nugget City and headed west on foot half an hour later he arrived at his father's cabin he was surprised and somewhat unnerved to find a huge vicious looking black dog in front of the cabin as Tommy approached the dog strained at his leash and buried his fangs in a ferocious snarl oh gosh what a big dog I'll never be able to get close to the cabin the way he's acting I wonder if dad's inside dad oh dad inside the cabin Paul Elliott heard his son's voice he struggled to answer in spite of his gag but only succeeded in uttering a few weak strangled noises Tommy was puzzled he had never seen the savage black dog before and felt sure that it didn't belong to his father and yet somehow it aroused a faint disturbing memory in his mind gee there's something familiar about that dog wonder what he's doing here hey wait a minute now I remember Constable Ross said those two robbers had a big vicious black dog I wonder if they've been here and done something to dad meanwhile Paul Elliott was struggling desperately to signal his son he was weak from pain and loss of blood summoning all his strength he rolled over against the front wall of the cabin and kicked against it with his feet outside the cabin Tommy heard his father signal someone's inside it must be dad I bet they tied him up and he's trying to signal me gosh what am I gonna do only there were a backdoor of the cabin Tommy knew that his father kept a supply of frozen caribou meat for the huskies stored away in the wood shed he went and got several pieces and then returned to the front of the cabin his heart was pounding as he approached the huge black dog hey yeah he threw the dog a chunk of meat the dog pounced on it greedily Tommy threw down two more pieces now or never was the time to slip by step by step Tommy began edging toward the cabin suddenly the dog looked up and snarl Tommy froze and tear no no I'm not gonna run away I gotta get past him Tommy threw down the last chunk of meat the dog ceased it and resumed his feeding with a determined air Tommy walked up to the door of the cabin as Tommy entered the cabin he saw his father lying bound and gagged on the floor dad you've been hurt let me get this gag off first then I'll untie you there thank heavens you hurt me how in heaven's name did you get past that dog I got some meat from the wood she hadn't fed it to him golly dad these knots are stiff don't bother untie me get my knife over on the shelf all right in a few minutes Tommy had cut the ropes around his father's wrists and ankles then he starts the blood from the wound with a crude bandage while his father explained what it happened they may come back anytime soon you'd better clear out of here as quick as possible but what about you I don't think I'd better do much moving that'll be all right I'll go get sergeant Preston he was going to some trappers cabinet a trapper named frenzy Dijon no no you better head for town frenzy's place is over near caribou pass it's a good five miles north of here I'll hitch up a team and drive there it won't take long no don't joke Tommy this is serious I'm not joking dad I can handle a team but what didn't thunderous come over you tell me first you're not afraid of that big brute out in front of the cabin and now you're telling me you can handle the team was sergeant Preston taught me how he taught me a lot of things tell me if you were telling the truth I don't say anything dad you can talk later after a doctor fixes you up I better get going right away do you think you can get past that dog again all right I think so if you got any more meat I can throw him there's some corned beef on the shelf and while you're over that way hand me my gun all right here's your gun dad out those men do come back be careful don't worry about me just help me stand up will you son but dad do you think you're better with that wound okay if you say so as Paul Elliott struggled to his feet his face went white with pain he gave a sudden groan and slumped to the floor unconscious dad Tommy stooped down and examined his father anxiously he must be wounded awful bad I better get help as quick as I can Tommy dragged his father over to a bunk and arranged him as comfortably as possible then he left the cabin using the same tactics as before to get past wolf once in the clear he hitched up a team of huskies and headed north toward caribou pass at Frenchie Dijon's cabin sergeant Preston was questioning the old trapper about the robbery that had taken place the previous night then they time me up and take all my furries clear out those rascals they get away with all my whole season's catch bad break Frenchie maybe we can get your furries back sounds like someone is coming sergeant I go see what you know it is young boy a boy why it's Tommy Elliott wonder if something's wrong Tommy anything wrong plenty wrong sergeant those two cooks you're looking for they came to the cabin and shot dead they've gone away but they're coming back hastily Tommy told the sergeant what had happened you head for town and get a doctor King and I will start for your father's cabin right away half an hour later Red Basie and Spike Dunn halted their teams in front of Paul Elliott's cabin their sleds were loaded with a stolen perp helps looks like everything's okay do you want to take a look inside the cabin just to make sure yeah maybe a better you want to try wolf I'll go and see how early it's making out here wait a minute someone's coming oh they smoke it's a mountain we better cut him down before he gets us first cool act friendly to get up close forewarned by Tommy that the outlaws were coming back to the cabin sergeant Preston had already guessed the identity of the two men howdy sergeant what brings you up this way put up your hands both of you hey what's the idea drawn on us that way because I'm placing you under arrest your full red I told you we should have gunned him down never mind the argument just got your hands up fast wolf was standing close to the sergeant's gunhand right the rope attached to his collar had already been partly untied as Spike Dunn raised his hands he jerked the rope free get him off the vicious brute leaped at the sergeant knocking the gun from his hand King sprang instantly to his master defense but before the money could recover his gun both spike and red had him covered now you'll reach money and work spike what do we do with the dogs let them fight it out wolf will tear that malibu to pieces fascinated the outlaws watched the savage struggle going on between the two dogs at first wolf seemed to have the advantage for this huge frame of powerful jaws but he lacked King's speed and split second timing I thought you said wolf would turn to pieces that dog's killing him King's no killer is just going to teach him a lesson he's not even gonna do that I'll settle his head before red could pull a trigger a shot rang out from the cabin window red dropped his gun and staggered backwards clutching his shoulder in pain the spike turned the fire at the window sergeant Preston sprang into action with his left hand the money grab Spike's gunhand his right fist smashed hard against Spike's jaw Spike crumpled and went down meanwhile King had read Basie under control get him away from me get this dog away my shoulders bastard all right get on your feet both of you are under arrest in the name of the queen 10 minutes later Tommy arrived from town with a doctor the doctor dressed Paul Elliott's wound but a duck what's the bad news and you'll you'll be all right Paul but you're going to be flat on your back for the next three or four weeks then in that case Tommy will have to run the kennels for me you think you can handle it suddenly gee data I don't know but I'll try that's all I'm asking after what you did today I know you can handle the job all I still haven't thanked you for saving King's life if you hadn't recovered consciousness when you did and shot red I hate to think what might have happened forget it sergeant that's just a partial repayment of what Tommy and I owe to you and King I guess we can all be pretty thankful that this case is closed in just a moment sergeant Preston will give you a preview of Friday's adventure Quaker puffed wheat and Quaker puffed rice are never sold in bags or bulk as mother knows quality comes first in a food that's why the famous breakfast cereals Quaker puffed wheat and Quaker puffed rice are made from only the premium grains of wheat or rice so to get the original crisp fresh wheat or rice shot from guns always buy the big red and blue Quaker packages the packages with the smiling Quaker man on the front get the one and only delicious Quaker puffed wheat and Quaker puffed rice never sold in bags or bulk listen Friday when sergeant Preston and Yukon King meet the challenge of the Yukon in the case of the wishbone claims when buddy Edgar disappeared we had no clues to where the boy might be but King found him for us in a rocky prison high on the mountains and the story the boy told us after his rescue led us into real danger and a desperate gunfight at the head of wishbone 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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