Challenge of the Yukon: How Preston Got King

The Challenge of the Ocon! One King! One Yosuke! 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 Ocon!

Sergeant Preston was typical of the small band of Northwest Moni Police, who preserved law and order in the new Northwest Country. 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 had that challenge, and justice ruled triumphant.

The Yukon Knights were long in dull for a boy of ten, but this certain night in December, Jimmy Haven was bursting with happiness, as he settled us to, beside the man who to him, represented everything that was heroic and adventurous.

Sergeant Preston of the Northwest Monty Police, with his big lead dog King lying beside him, smiled down at the boy whose face was radiant with hero worship. I hope someday I'll be brave enough to catch thieves and murderers all alone, the way you do.

Well, I don't catch them all alone, Jimmy. I have King, remember? In fact, if it weren't for him to be here to tell about it. He's such a wonderful dog. Do all the Mounties have dogs like him?

One old Jim would be nice if they could, but there aren't many dogs like King. I was just lucky, that's all. But you trained him yourself, didn't you, Sergeant? All the mondies were as smart as you, they did.

Well, it wasn't a question of my being smart, Jim. Was King's native intelligence accounted? Oh. Did you start teaching him things when he was just a tiny pup, Sergeant? Or did you wait until he was older?