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Challenge of the Yukon: King's Escape

Challenge of the Yukon · November 8, 1947 · 29 min · 5,146 words

The transcript of “King's Escape”, an episode of Challenge of the Yukon first broadcast November 8, 1947. 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. It's King's swiftest and strongest lead dog of the North country, blazing the trail for Sergeant Preston, of the North-West Modern Police, in his relentless pursuit of lawbreakers. And King! And you had to be...

Gold. Gold discovered in the Yukon, a stampede to the Klondike in the greedy race for riches. Now back to the days of the Gold Rush, When Sergeant Preston and his wonder dog King battled through storm and snow to preserve lawn order as they met the challenge of the Yukon.

In a small cabin hidden in the mountains about a half mile from the trail that led south from Dawson City, three men sat around a pot-bellied stove. Buck Nelson dominated the other two. The look of cunning in his face contrasted with a weak and small stature of Pete Remus one of his companions and the stupid look of the other Mike Abel. Buck smeared as they

listened to the whining voice of Pete. I ain't trying to tell you what to do Buck, but we got enough money on that last job to quit for a while. We stay here any longer than the bond to find us.

So you're getting yellow, are you, Pete? No, Buck. No, I ain't getting yellow. No, you ain't getting yellow. You've been yellow right from the beginning. If it wasn't for me, you wouldn't have had a lead on the last man we robbed.

When I played poker with him Dawson. You didn't help much with the Robins. I'll say it and... The only reason you aren't good to us is if nobody would suspect the little sniveling twerp like you to be part of this gang.

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