Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1919-08-29
The Silent
Sentinel
p, ALvAH R D GARTH

spirit oi true hclpfnlnpSs. Lane Vs.
star reporter on q lending daily news.
paper. The one ambition of his bowl ID
enthusiastic protege was 10 follow m
his fnotsteps.
Waffle had haunted the office OF tls
publication, vnlnly seeking IN opnur
tunliy 20 display his journalistic nbli-
ny, until Lame chnnccd to notice iiua
one dny he got the novice ~ assign
m"pl 10 report II banquet. Wullia
wrote two columns on the amir. which
were cut down 10 80 lines by the rl-,
editor, hut While was the nroudc~t
soul IN the world when he saw his ~
fusion In print, curtulled ns II WIS
see here, MARSHALL he was nj
vi,rd by Lane the following dry. "fcrl
your way slowly onl study hard. In
the first rluce, lcnrn to coudpnse. IN
the next plncc. cultivate the r|olloculil
style. which I see X your forte. llnnr
around you1l be fill-1cdged IN due
time
Waffle ndurcd ais kind hcuricd pa
iron and model lie fcll 10 studying
him. lie copied his neckties and even
rssuyed the careless. cusy swing ~
sclf-conhdcnce OF his gifted scnior
More than once Lame observed this
ncolytc hanging around where he was
reporting n trial or looking up II sen.
sntlon. Twice Lane |lnppcned Ia need
u messenger, aud Waliie was wing.
footed "a carry ont hts instructions.
'Tf I can ever be Ike Lane" he con.
iidcntially Impaired To unoihcr report
or, ut viii he the glory Of my lifci"
So Lane ran across Waffle M an
kinds Of odd places, ana was more nc.
curntc than he thought In susprcting
that Walllc WINS constantly on his trail.
Somehow Il got noispd about the news.
paper office N one Occnslun tlnt Lane
was working on q big cnse. II was su
immense and promising that Lane, ab.
strnctcdly starting ont upon II, did not
notice that Vale was trailing his
footsteps.
What Lane was nftcr was to locate
II woman noted in police circles ns
Clever Kate.
A travelling iewelry salesman hnd
been doftly robbed ~ n sample ease
containing something like $4,000 IN
chains, watches and jewels, ana from
certain clcws he had dug up himself.
Lane fnncled he recognized the expert
hnndlwork Of Clever Kate and her
rlght-hnnd assistant, Dave Ware.
The police were al at sen on tn
case. There was n large reward of.
fered, which Lane set himself io gail
rs well MS n scoop for the newspaper
employing him At last Lime felt ~.
sured that he had located the womnn
In question. He believed he had traced
her 10 Il house In a block Of stone front
residences, aud set himself about mnl
ing sure or Il, Al the moment Of thc
elimination ~ his plans While. an
unsupported, was diligently following
him, Ware stepped within the vestl.
hule and Waffle lurkcd In the doorwuS
opposite, lie remained there IN hour
or two, then he began 10 get anxious
Those morning hours hurrying on to
wards n frst-editlon publication wrr,
never wasted by the mntured reporter
and Waffle realized that extreme ur-
gency or some mlshap must have H.
tervened 10 have kept Innc 50 long on
N'llNf UNiNs ~ ne lltfIflt FfIlNfilffN
deeply, Willie saw n man hurry nlonr
the street, glance keenly all ubnui hin
TO he sure that he was not noticed ui
followed, hnsten up the stone steps of
the house and diseppear past the YES
tibule.
Wnllie's mind was soon made ~
He had not M MI fancled tho looks Of
the man he had grown unousy ana
anxious from his long, sus, enseful
waiting. Waffle crossed the road, went
M the steps, entered the vestlhule ana
trying It's inside door. found that Il
opened into n broad hallway, Waffle
stood still and listened. The munled
sounds Of human voices reached his
hearing, a door crashed shut and fuoi
steps echoed. He glanced about FOR
some ready shelter. A suit Of urmof.
with spear ascendant, stood In mn ui.
cove. Behind this and within II. WA.
lie secreted himself. The musk 81
steel provided n secure hiding place.
A sirenllke creature came down the
hall-Clever Kate, Waffle believed. She
was accompanied by the man whom
Wallle had seen enter the house q
short time before.
"You have done your work we'll" he
spoke, audibly 10 the silent sentinel
"rhere is no doubt that the hue and
cry will soon mnterlallze."