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Challenge of the Yukon: A Rendezvous

Challenge of the Yukon · August 24, 1944 · 14 min · 2,087 words

The transcript of “A Rendezvous”, an episode of Challenge of the Yukon first broadcast August 24, 1944. Press a time to play from that line (a 60-second preview; Potato Plus plays it all). Thanksgiving Radio plays Challenge of the Yukon free, live around the clock. Search inside this transcript.

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The challenge of the Yukon. The Wonder Dog King. Swiftest and strongest the Baskamo 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 for wealth and power led to frequent violence and bloodshed. bloodshed. But in spite of the odds against them, Sargent Preston and his wonder dog king met that challenge and justice rule triumphant.

Hankin City was a crowded, noisy, hurriedly constructed settlement of sprawling frame buildings to house the very agated population that had surged to the great North Country. A land that held in its icy grasp, riches to quicken the imagination of any man who worshipped wealth.

Saloons and guffés were always full, and until it closed, the general store and trading post was also full, crowded with men who exchanged news while they bought supplies. In the small office and back of the general store, Clint Marsh stood talking to a heavy-set, beady-eyed man who turned away from a large desk and the ledgers he'd been working on.

Listen, Lord, maybe you think I got cool feet and I'm backing out on you. But that ain't why I'm telling you this. It's on the level. Go on. Finish what you're saying. And then I'll start talking for you.

We've been getting along pretty good. The two of us so far we're in the clear. And that's where I'm staying. Maybe you've got a hanker to get your next stretch, but not me. That all you got to say? That's all. Except that if you pull this job tonight with a red coat in town,

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