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Challenge of the Yukon: The Great Dog King
Challenge of the Yukon · March 2, 1944 · 14 min · 2,275 words
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The challenge of the Yukon. Uncheap! Un-uke us, King! The wonder dog, King, swiftest and strongest of Eskimo lead dogs blazes the trail through storm and snow for Sergeant Preston. As he meets, the challenge of the Yukon.
Sergeant Preston was typical of the small band of northwest mounted police who preserved law and order in the new northwest country Where the greed, the wealth, and power led to frequent violence and bloodshed. But in spite of the odds against them, Sergeant Preston and his one-to-dog King met that challenge, and Justice ruled triumphant.
Henri Louis Durand was a small man, heavy for his height. But what he liked in stature was made up for by the tallness of his tales, and nothing pleased him more than to have an audience.
Trappers and saw a doe's gathered about the hospitable warmth of the pot-bellied stove in the trading post, as the old gentleman reverted to his favorite theme. Ah, I tell you, my friends, that courage is in the blood of our family.
Listen, Louis, when a man's in a tight spot, he's bound to be afraid. Oh, fear! We, de'ron's fear nothing! Now, my uncle, that is to say he was my mother's uncle, my great uncle, Or he, Louise, believed Duran, for whom I was named.
He told me himself of the bravery of the French soldiers. How they endured a terrible cold in the winter march to Russia. I don't know about Russian winners, but believe me, there ain't no place as cold as Yukon.
Now to make a man lose his mind, the freeziness of the place. Duran's no weakness, my friend. And the men with Napoleon were soldiers. They did not lose their minds. Eh, they must have had eyes and their veins to start, whether they was marching in the weather or any cold or anything.
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