Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-09-12
She Flew Too High.

from the east that the son of the rail-
road king who was chiefly interested
was coming to attend the opening fes-
tivities. 1t leaked out that the boy,
Morris Morse, was q high roller, spent
money like water and was especially
the victim Of any adventures who
could get hold of him. But it did not
leak out that his father had directed
the man in charge ut the point where
the celebration was to be held to keep
watch of his son, threatening that If
any one got the better Of him some
ones head would come off.
Now, 1t happened that Kate Finch,
the belle Of all that region. heard the
first part of the story and made up her
mind to snare the young heir to some
thing like a hundred millions of dol
lars. Kate had been a waitress at her
mothers boarding house for railroad
workmen, but her ambition had car
ried her far beyond SO menial a pur-
suit. She had Joined a troupe of barn.
stormers and distinguished herself for
her aptitude in playing the part Of q
highborn dame. Where she picked up
the manners she had never e 10 one
knew. The fact was attributed to n
marvellous histrionic genius Her prof
ih she turned into raiment, and, rely
ing on an exceptionally pretty face, a
fine figure, wits the sharpest. all adorn-
| ed by silks, satins and feathers, she
resolved to conquer q fortune. Surely
the coming of young Morse was her
opportunity.
When the Morse private car reached
the eastern end of the newly finished
link, Kate, arrayed in all her finery,
promenaded on the platform. 1t was
not long before she saw a young man
at the window who, the moment he
saw her, smiled ut her and In a few
minutes appeared in the vestibule,
smiled again and, receiving ample en-
couragement, went out and Joined the
fascinating Catherine. Women in the
far west, the best Of them, are by no
means so conventional as in the east,
and the two soon became excellent
friends. Meanwhile an excursion train
was being made up, and before it start
ed the gentleman invited Miss Finch
to 20 with the excursionists and in his
own private a
All Of this was witnessed by a rail-
road official who seemed greatly per-
turbed. He took the young man away
from the charner and whispered some
thing in his ear, but evidently to 40
purpose. The young man ordered cham
pagne and drank so much of it that
his head soon fell over on Kate's Shout
der. 1t was about this time that an
other young man entered the car and.
seeing the inebriate, Numbered:
"How did this fellow get into my
car? Take him out"
Gall right, Mr.. Morse; We'll get him
out as soon as possible" And, picking
up the man Kate had supposed to be
her game, he carried him away. Their
Mr.. Morse, noticing a pretty woman
left in an embarrassing position, start
ed in to soothe her rufled feelings.
In the evening when the excursion
train was returning to its starting
point Mr.. Morse, who had been de-
voted to Kate Finch all the latter part
Of the day, we'll loaded with the juice
of the grape, ordered a trainman to
find out If there was q parson on the
train. One in a white cravat was soon
forthcoming, and. the hilarious Mr..
Morse ordered him to make himself
and Kate Finch man and wife. The
ceremony was performed, more wine
was opened, and conductor, trainmen-
indeed, every n in the private car
was in q state of immoderate celebra-
ton. When the train rolled into the
home station it might have been taken
for a load of bedlamites. There, it hav-
ing been made known that there had
been a wedding on the train, every
man, woman and child who could
stand on his feet lined up beside the
private car to see the bride and groom
alight. AS they came out even Kate
would have blushed had not her cheeks
already been Of a rosy red from the
sooner reached the platform than q
nan stepped up to the groom and thus
addressed him:
stranger, whoever y be, y be lucky
for a nan who has been sent off in the
baggage car in irons to be hanged at
the end of the route for boss stealth
and comes back in the presidents pri-
vate coach loaded with champagne
and a pretty woman for a wife is
lucky, sure enough. Y're got yerself
off this time, but as chief Of the vigi.
lance committee o. this yere township
I want y to understand that the mex
time y're caught at yer ole tricks vi
swing sure"
While the harangue was being deliv.
cred even the wine the bride had
drunk did not keep the color in her
face. When the speaker had finished
she gasped:
"Who is he anywayY
"Jist what l said, q boss thief"
That evening a telegram was sent tc
the presidents confidential man in the
main office Of the great railroad sys
tenn:
Young Morse safe so far. He took 6
woman aboard at the start, but fortu