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Challenge of the Yukon: Breakup
Challenge of the Yukon · June 26, 1948 · 28 min · 4,951 words
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The challenge of the Yukon! It's King, swiftest and strongest, lead dog of the North Country, blazing the trail for Sergeant Preston of the Northwest Mounted Police, in his relentless pursuit of lawbreakers. And King, and the king!
Gold, gold, discovered in the Yukon, a stampede of a clongeike in the greedy race for riches. Back to the days of the Gold Rush, Gold Rush, when Sergeant Preston and his wonder dog King battled through storm and snow to preserve wind order as they mapped the challenge of the Yukon.
The Yukon Winter was nearly over. The snow was melting rapidly. And when Remde Clark, the Yukon Trading Company's crack driver, started south with a sled load of gold, he knew he would have to travel night and day to reach the company's headquarters in Whitehorse before the trail became impassable.
On the first night out from Dawson, got that for his past Eagle Rock, a man stepped out on the trail ahead of him. The Yukon made it impossible to pass the stranger by, but Randy checked his gun before he called out to the team to stop.
Oh, hello there, boy! Hold down! Oh, oh, oh! Howdy, mister! I'll chance a ride with you to the next way, can I? How'd I chance in the world? Is that a way to treat a traveler?
I got as much weight as the dogs can pull in this drawing. You must weigh nearly 250 pounds. I'll pay you well. Also it's against the company rules. I just can't do it. Okay, if that's the way you feel about it.
I'm sorry, stranger. Another man that detached himself from the shadow of Igorok and had moved silently toward Randy. He was directly behind him as the young driver started to release his break. And then... Oh!
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