The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1919-08-14
The Silent
Sentinel
lcopyrisht. 1919. BY western Newspaper Union
B, v JORDAN GARTH

Copyright. 1919. BY western Newspaper unioa.,
It was in the nature Of Harold Lane
to be patient and indulgent, and In
the cas- Of Wallie Marshall he exert
ed, besides those characteristics, q
spirit Of true helpfulness. Lane was
star reporter on a leading daily news
paper. The n ambition of his boyish
enthusiastic protege was to follow in
his footsteps.
Wallie had haunted the office Of the
publication, vainly seeking an oppor-
tunity to display his journalistic abil.
ity, until Lane CHANGED to notice him.
One day he got the novice an assign
ment to report a banquet. Wallie
wrote two columns On the affair, which
were cut down to so lines by the city
editor, but Wallie was the proudest
soul in the world when he saw his ef-
fusion in print, curtailed al 1t was.
"See here, Marshall" he was ad-
vised by Lane the following day. 'feel
your way slowly and study hard. In
the first place, learn to condense.s In
the next place, cultivate the %colloqnial
style, which I see is your forte. Hang
around; you'M be full-fedged In due
time"
Wallie adored his kind-hearted pa.
iron, and model. He fell osstudying
him. He copied his necKties and even
'essayed the careless, easy swing Of
self-confidence of his gifted senior.
More than once Lane observed this
acolyte hanging around where he was
reporting a trial or looking up q SEN
sation. Twice Lane happened to need
a messenger, and Wallie was wing
footed to carry out his instructions.
If I can ever be like Lane" he con.
f1dentially impaired to another report
er, 1T will be the glory Of my life"
So Lane ran across 'wallie at all
kinds Of odd places, and was more &C
curate than he thought in suspecting
that WaIlie was constantly on his trail.
Somehow it got noised about the news
paper Office on one o~ccasion.that Lane
was working on a big cas- It was SC
immense and promising that Lane, alb
stractedly starting out upon it, did not
notice that Wallie was trailing his
footsteps.
What Lane was after was to locate
a woman noted in police circles as
Clever Kate.
A. travelling jewelry salesman had
been deity robbed of a sample case
containing something like $4,000 IN
chains, watches and Jewels, and from
certain clews he had dug up himself,
Lane fancied he recognized the expert
handiwork of Clever Kate and her
right-hand assistant, Dave Ware.
" The police were all at sea on the
case. There was a large reward Of
fered, which Lane set himself to gain
as well as a scoop for the newspaper
employing him. 1t last Lane felt as
sured that he had located the woman
IN question. He believed he had traced
her to a house in a block Of stone-front
residences, and set himself about max
ing sure Of 1t. At the moment Of the
elimination Of his plans Wallie, all
unsupported, was diligently following
him. Ware stepped within the vesti-
bule and Wallie lurked in the doorway
opposite. He remained there an hour
or two, then he began to get anxious
Those morning hours hurrying IN to-
wards a f1rst-edition publication were
never wasted by the matured reporter.
and Wallie realized that extreme ur-
gency or some .mishAp must have in
tervened to have kept Lane SO long off
active duty. As he fingered, rejecting
deeply, ,Wallie saw a man hurry along
the street. glance keenly all about him
e ne sure thAt he was not noticed n
Followed, hasten mp, the stone steps of
the, house as and ii disappear past the yes
Thule. s 49, !
[sWallie's mind was. soon made up.
Hefhads not at all faneied the looks Of,
tlhe, man; he .ssad grown uneasy and
alhfxktoits from his long, s~uspenseful
waiting. Wallie crossed the road, went
up the steps, entered the .vestibule and,
trying f1 19sl4g door, found that It
opened into q broad halfway. Wallis
settee91d, stu and Listened The ,mutled
anaDds 6lshuman voices reached shis.
hl.eeaq.,rtir1s. + door ,frss fea .sllut and FOOT
steps echoed. ne glanced abaut .fof.,
some. rsady-shelter. Asuit OF armor.
With spear, yaaseendAntt, stood in AN all
core. sRehindathis and. Mtthin It, Wal
He ssGarssatesdd himself. The mask Of
sAeals provided q. secure hiding place.
a sirenAfke' creature came down, the
haN-GlsEar Kate..M allie believed. She
tsas ascSupapled nv the man whom
NN11allllAle had seen enter the house a.
short time before.
sYoarhaFa depl,e,yeur work w,ell,,' he,
spoke, auAiily 10 the silent sentinel
There a no doubt that the hue and.
Eypwtllss SOON materialize."
N Ishhen II II a aniek disappearancea'
tafYes, + wall go South. You start
NORTH. double your track and get to
dorsey: City. The.stntf was shipped to
our friend Metz last wsek-Barclay
building u his address. AS to that
neddlesome newspaper man. let him
Wiggle andsstarve, for, all i care"
"Oh, the landladyf Is sure 80 investi-
gate BY, tomorrow and set him loose
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