The Cairo bulletin., 1909-07-23
MY DOUBLE SUICIDE.

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My father slowly put down the
Horace" took off his spectacles
stopped smoking for moment and
said: Il am sure | ana pleased to hear
that my boy, and l have not the
slightest objection, but how do you
expect to support wife,
81 don't see why you should offend
me with question like that" | re-
piled. very much hurt. Il just won
prize of ten marks in III, athletic
club and ! am correspondent for a
small paper, and besides | receive a
dollar a week from YOU
"Oh that is quite sufficient" papa
said. very friendly, "and | willingly
| give my consent under one condi-
ton
'Oh," l thought, that objection l
will get over. will tear it down. |
will destroy it,"
DO you hear?-on one condition. +"
"Oh, | know already, / am still TOO
young
was no older when he became en-
gagged to the kitchen girl"
The comparison didn't suit me at
all, but one has to forgive a father
something.
Then you doubt the sincerity Of my
love" | said to him, my eyes shoot
ing fire
"Oh, no. you stupid boy. only
spoke of one condition You must next
time pass in mathematics and pass
better than you did the last time.
when you narrowly escaped being left
back
Oh. If he had only known what tor
ture this was 70 me, / kissed NV
fathers hand and ran away to school.
1t happened that our first lesson was
IN mathematics and used 1t to write a
glowing letter to my beloved in which
| told her that | had just received my
fathers consent TO our wedding. OF
course / told her nothing about the
conditions. The professor discovered
my mathematical occupation. He
called ME and asked me to give COM
plete definition of logarithms. OF
course | made a mess of IL and my
prospects Of passing mathematics be-
came very slim. / swore vengeance
against the professor and | felt so
beautifully unhappy that | went home
and drank three cups of coffee, then
walked out into the woods where |
threw stones into the waterfall and
compared their jumps through space
with my own life
When | passed by the house of my
sweetheart tshe was in the second
class of the public schools, she made
a sign to me 10 come 10 the door |
told her once more of my love for her.
Of my misfortune in school. Of the
impossibility to fulfill the cruel words
imposed upon me by my heartIess
father, and | persuaded her that there
was nothing for us TO do than to die
together
She was very much pleased with
the idea and declared that she was
ready n die with me az any time.
though not before commencement and
the following school picnic, for her
mother had made her a beautif2i
white dress with pink ribbons.
! said good-by TO her and kissed
her forehead. then went home think
ing OF what a miserable place this
world is, after all. When I had
reached my room sat down and /
wrote poems by the dozen: 10 Her"
THE Only Girl Thoughts of
Death "On the Golden Stair" The
Life Hereafter THE Funeral
The next day read all my poems
TO Anna
How wonderfully she understands
to master her feelings" mnmbled 10
myself. what an actress she is 10
make it appear as ii her heart we're
filled with joy, while knowing that
in a few short hours a cruel fate will
Lave snuffed out the candle of her
life"
went mp TO her
you are In very good humor today,
Anna ! said. looking very Glum.
Why. of course / am! I'm enjoying
myself immensely"
May | have another dance with
you?" ! whispered with an icy smile.
THAT will be the fourth one"
Il know II, but please don't think
OF that"
Come. then, and let us dance"
NO. don't let us dance. let us die"
The last words she didn't hear at
all for somebody else had already
carried her off and she was dancing
again.
Ny turn came next, laid my arm
around my sweethesrt's waist and
rushed into the center of the floor.
Somebody gave me push and l fell,
making her fall too. Everybody
laughed, but Anna cried.
ooh. how could you be so clumsy"
What does a little mishap like this
mean to YOU and | who are standing
on the brink of eternity?''
"Oh, please don't talk such nom