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Challenge of the Yukon: The Man Who Limped

Challenge of the Yukon · December 26, 1946 · 14 min · 2,151 words

The transcript of “The Man Who Limped”, an episode of Challenge of the Yukon first broadcast December 26, 1946. 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. On King on your King. The Wonder Dog King, swift, distant, strongest, rascamole 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. But in spite of the odds against them, Sergeant Preston and his wonder dog King met that challenge.

And justice ruled triumphant. So, Preston had left Dawson City and was driving his dog team at a fast pace on the trail to 40 miles. A light snow had fallen the night before and carpeted the trail with a smooth white service. Preston halted his team when he heard a boy's hailing him from the woods.

Oh, okay. Good luck meeting you. Why, Jack, I didn't recognize you. How are you? That's fine. I've been hunting and got a moose. Oh? I, uh... I wonder if you'd help me pack some of the meat back to our cat.

Well, I sure would be glad to. I was hoping I'd see somebody on the trail with a dog team. I think I better tie this on. I'll leave it like that. It'll ride alright. Dr. Frank is going to buy a dog team the next trip we take to Dawson.

You need one, Jack. I think we're out here wilderness. But they're expensive. expensive how we don't have to worry about that now uncle frank's claim is turned out to be a rich one oh that's good news he's taking a lot of gold out of it the past two months why he wouldn't even

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