Episode #121 [NO TITLE LISTED]
Broadcast March 7, 1940
Copyright Registration D-69068, script received at Registration Office March 18, 1940.
Written by Tom Dougall.
Plot: Sergeant Preston and Pierre drove South on the Yukon from Lamont, on the trail of three men named Bart Hayden, Scar Reynolds and Lefty Mike who robbed a company store. Stopping at a cabin along the wide expanse of Lake Bartlett, they meet an old time named Pop Hanson.
The old man helped guide our heroes to Windward Pass, where they could cut off the path, then asked for a favor. Mike is his son and the crime accused was the boy’s first. Mike loved a girl named Sally and her father was very ill. It was quite possible the boy stole the money to help the girl. Pop asked Preston to not hurt the lad. The criminals, however, attempted to thwart their pursuers by pushing a boulder off the cliff and starting an avalanche that roared down the steep side of the bluff. Before it reached bottom, Preston, Pierre and Pop found shelter. Risking his life, Preston climbed the bluff to reach Mike, who was alone fetching firewood. Upon learning the boy was a witness to the crime but never committed the act, and was forced to go along with the criminals, Preston handed Mike a gun to help assist with the capture. The confrontation led to a broken wrist and a wounded shoulder, but the Mountie got his men. As for Lefty Mike, he would receive the reward money – and the boy wanted to help Sally’s father.
Episode #122 [NO TITLE LISTED]
Broadcast March 14, 1940
Copyright Registration D-69284, script received at Registration Office March 26, 1940.
Written by Tom Dougall.
Plot: Sergeant Preston was working in Dawson for nearly six months when he returned to Beaver City, where he was assigned a new case from Inspector Conrad. Shortly after Preston left for Dawson, the Yukon Trading Company sent a new man to take charge of their post in the Lost River district. He was a crook. He robbed the company and he robbed the Indians. It was not until his assistant quit and came back to Beaver City that the Inspector learned what was going on. Miaku, the chief of the local Indians, however, did not like the idea of being cheated and the tribe went on the warpath. Manson managed to escape his post and fled, was arrested, tried and convicted. Miaku and his tribe were still on the warpath, a party of trappers were captured, and Miaku sent a warning: the next white man to cross Stormy Ridge will die. Preston and Pierre were the first white men to defy the new law. Miaku would not believe Preston’s insistence that the white man who cheated them is facing the law and our heroes are tied up. Condemned to die by fire, Preston asks for water as a last request and instead of drinking it, he used it to put out the fire. Further discussion convinced Miaku that the white man wanted to be friends.
Episode #123 [NO TITLE LISTED]
Broadcast March 21, 1940
Copyright Registration D-69280, script received at Registration Office March 26, 1940.
Written by Tom Dougall.
Plot: While stationed in Beaver City, Sergeant Preston learned that the manager of the Yukon Trading company branch roused the post. Robbers had broken into his store during the night and stole $20,000 in gold dust, waiting for shipment to White Horse. Inspector Conrad put Constable Edwards on the case, to question all suspicious characters in town, check on all the trails and way cabins, etc. Preston was sent to Bitterroot Valley to deliver supplies and a bag of mail. The Sergeant and Pierre set out on the windswept trail for the north and along the way he stopped to deliver a letter to Matt. Outside the cabin, Matt insisted no one came through in the last few days, but takes a moment to read the letter from his friend. After Preston and Pierre leave and continue on their way, Matt returns to his cabin to face the two criminals who were hiding inside. Moments later, the door was busted open and King attacked one of the men while Preston handled the other. The crooks were Canora Pete and Al Maitland, both of whom have records. Matt tipped off the Sergeant not by what he said when he read the letter, but because he was blind and could not read – an oversight the criminals were not aware of.
Episode #124 [NO TITLE LISTED]
Broadcast March 26, 1940
Copyright Registration D-69403, script received at Registration Office April 6, 1940.
Written by Tom Dougall.
Plot: Sergeant Preston and Pierre were on the trail from Bitterroot Valley. They were forced to take shelter in an isolated cabin during a blizzard. After a few minutes, Preston discovers the two residents of the cabin, prospectors Jerry Carr and Slim Brandon, do not acknowledge each other’s existence. It seems they lived together for so long that even a whistle or a sneeze is a deliberate intent to be annoying to the other. In an attempt to cure them, Preston creates a scenario whereby he decides to abuse his position and orders the men to decide who goes out to fend for themselves. There is not enough food for the four of them and the blizzard rages on. He suggests they settle the dispute with a game of cards. The men, panicking, insist they have the right to stay – even crediting the good each has done for the other, reinforcing their friendship. When the prospectors discover the ruse, they laugh and shake hands.
Episode #125 [NO TITLE LISTED]
Broadcast April 2, 1940
Copyright Registration D-69439, script received at Registration Office April 10, 1940.
Written by Tom Dougall.
Plot: Information reached police headquarters at Dawson that a criminal who was wanted for a bank robbery in Regina was somewhere in the Yukon. Sergeant Preston and Pierre were sent North to Forty Mile to investigate. One the day they arrived they rented a cabin and while Pierre made the rounds of the cafes in town, the Sergeant treated one of the dogs who had gone lame on the trail. Pierre found Dan Morgan, the man they were seeking, in the Lady Luck café. Dan admits he was wanted in Regina, but asked Preston for the opportunity to teach young Tim a lesson. The youth just married and struck it rich with a vein and is gambling. Tim is striking good fortune and Dan fears the boy will go from a miner to a gambler. Preston agrees to a parlay and lets Dan teach the boy a lesson at the table. Tim returns home penniless whiel Preston agrees with Dan that he will find a way to get the money returned, knowing Tim and Sally have a future. Dan promises to take the difference in winnings and return it to the bank he stole it from, in the hopes that the courts will be lenient.
