Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-09-07

developed by the a%croplane. 1t seemed
a long process for him to apply for
admission into the United States army
aeroplane corps and practice flying, but
the only plan of operations that ap-
pealcd to him rendered this course es-
s%ential. and he s~traightway became a
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 bccaEe an aeronaut and made his
first flight over ldlewild. 1t was q
sunny afternoon. and Sadie was walk
ing in the grounds without head COW
crinS save her hair, on which the
sun shone with a warm glow. She
was plucking flowers from a c~hrysan-
thcmum plant. a girl p~lucking a fow-
but a girl on Il soft October afternoon
robcd in corresponding colors, viewed
by q man from an aerial height above
her, especially il 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 We're in bloom. went
into the house.
Whitehead saw another sight, an au.
tomobilc standing at the gate, the Dor.
ter holding a 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 a bird toward the noint
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 Idlewild a dozen
times without again meeting with so
favorable an opportunity. The season
when a young girl would likely be
strolling about in the open air was
passing. and winter was not far away.
Before he made his next trip over Idle.
'ANA Nv "iNAS " ]INtS " ENlulC an
%nouncing his entrance into the army
aviation corps and inviting her to an
aerial ride With him. This note he
attached to q contrivance designed to
carry it 10 earth not too swiftly and
in the direction he wished it to fall.
He also provided himself with a small
bomb with a time fuse that would eS-
plode before reaching the earth. This
was intended to attract the young
lady's attention.
He chose for his next fight over
ldlcWild 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. New
ertheless he spent a whole morning
Hitting over the place high in the air
before seeing her. Then she came out
on the porch and. reclining in a couch
hammock. began to read a book. This
was unfortunate. for Whitehead had
hoped to find her at Il distance from
the house. where he might more safc]v
communicate with her. He dared not
drop her note to her where she was:
but. making Il virtue Of necessity. he
dropped it at q distance from her, but
where he expected it would fail within
the grounds.
Suddenly Sadie heard an EXPLOSION
in the air and. looking up. saw a tiny
parachute descending from the sky:
but not dreaming that it supported a
leltef Tor her, on seeing it drop at
some distance from her she turned
again to her book.
Whitchead's failure only spurrod him
on TO he" devices. Fearing that Win
ter would come on before he could at.
tract Sadles attention from the air
he considered how he could communi.
cate with her by mail. He was Inv
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 ncar
ldlewild, he sent it up. He had the
satisfaction to see the camera it con.
tanned detached from it by an eyplo-
sion and sail down under a parachute
to q point nea his feet After dcvel-
oping the plate he obtained a photo
graph Of Idlewild taken from a roint
several hundred wards above it. On
the print he wrote in minute charac-
tiers a day and hour and mailed it to
Miss Sarah Ludlow, with an adver-
tiscmcnt of Il camera manufacturing
firm in the same envelope.
Mrs. Ludlow received the letter and.
s%upposinS it to be merely an adj. per
mitted her daughter to have it. Sadie
recognized in the address on the enyel.
ope the handwriting of Lieutenant
Whitehead. Naturally she suspected
the contents to contain a hidden mean
Ing. Bringing a 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
gave her the key to the puzzle.
The day named proved propitious,
and Sadie kept a watch above and be-
low. Seeing an aeroplane soaring, she