Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1916-11-24

enemy AAVVeAentS 1aQ DeeQ greatly
developed by the aeroplane. 1t seemed
IA long process for him to apply for
admission into the United States army
acceptance corps and practice flying. but
the only plan Of operations that ap-
pealed to him rendered this course es.
sential, and he straightway became q
military aerial cavalryman. The an
clients assembled into the upper air on
a winged horse for fun. Why should
not Whitehead ascend in a modern
aeroplane for love? .
1t was autumn before the young off,
Ger became an aeronaut and made his
first fight over Idlewild. 1t was a
sunny afternoon, and Sadie was walk
ing in the grounds without head COW
ering save her hair, on which the
sun shone with a warm glow. She
was plucking flowers from a chrysan-
themum plant. A girl plucking flow.
err Is at any time a thing of beauty,
but a girl on soft October afternoon.
robed in corresponding colors, viewed
by man from an aerial height above
her, especially If that man is a lover,
is especially enhancing. Whitehead,
not thinking Of the distance between
them and that sound rises rather than
falls, coughed. Miss Ludlow, not hear
ing the sound. paid no attention to it
and, after dawdling about among some
late plants that were in bloom, went
into the house.
Whitehead saw another sight, an au.
tomobile standing at the gate, the por-
ter holding card in one hand and a
list Of Mrs. Ludlow's forbidden visitors
In the other. The officer sailed about
till he saw the occupant of the car
drive away, then turned and swooped
down like bird toward the point
from which he had started.
The wooer regretted that he had not
provided himself with means OF COM
municating with the object of his love.
He might fly over 1dlewild dozen
times without again meeting with so
favorable an opportunity. The season
when young girl would likely be
stroning about in the open air was
passing, and winter v>2a not far away.
Before he made his next trip over Idle.
wild he wrote note to Sadie an.
nounc1ng his entrance into the army
aviation corps and inviting her to an
aerial ride with him. This note he
attached to q continuance designed to
carry it to earth not too swiftly. and
in the direction he wished it to fall.
He also provided himself with q small
bomb with time fuse that would ex.
plode before reaching the earth: This
was intended to attract. the young
lady's attention.
He chose for his next flight over
1dlewild a day after a cold storm,
when the sun came out bright and
warm, thinking it likely that the pris-
oner might go out for an airing. Nev-
ertheless he spent whole morning
fitting over the place high in the air
before seeing her. Then she came out
On the porch and, reclining in couch
hammock, began to read a book This
was unfortunate, for Whitehead had
hoped to find her at a distance from
the house, where he might more safely
communicate with her. He dared not
drop her note to her where she was:
but. making virtue of necessity, he
dropped it at distance from her. but
where he expected it would fall within
the grounds.
SuddtAly Sadie heard an explosion
In the air and, looking up, saw u tiny
parachute descending from the sky;
but, not dreaming that it supported a
letter for her, on seeing it drop at
some distance from her she turned
again to her book.
Wh1tehead's failure only spurred him
on to new devices. Fearing that WIN
ter would come on before he could at
tract Sadie's attention from the air.
he considered how he could communi.
cate with her by mail. He was by
this time familiar with the rocket
camera used in war to photograph an
enemy's position, and, taking one of
these ingenious devices to a point near
1dlewild, he sent it up. He had the
satisfaction to see the camera it con-
tanned detached from it by an explo-
sion and sail down under q parachute
to point near his feet After devel-
oping the plate he obtained a photo
graph Of Idlewild taken from a point
several hundred yards above it. On
the print he wrote in minute charac-
ters day and hour and mailed it to
Miss Sarah Ludlow, with an adyer-
tisement of a camera manufacturing
firm In the same envelope.
Mrs. Ludlow received the letter and,
supposing it to be merely an ad., per-
mitted her daughter to have it. Sadie
recognized in the address on the envel-
ope the handwriting of Lieutenant
Whitehead. Naturally she suspected
the contents to contain a hidden mean
ing. Bringing hand glass to bear on
the date written on the Photographic
print, she knew that something would
happen at that time. The print she
recognized as a photograph of Idle
wild from above, and this eventually