The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-05-12
.NY DOUBLR SUICIDE

On my sixteenth birthday epteTed
Tie study Of ny father with my most
SERIOUS face and declared that Il vas
my intention 70 matry
III father slowly pit down thp
Horace took on his spsctaeies.
stopped smoking Tor d moment and
sad: am sure ( anpleased ID bear
that my boy. and i have not the
slightest objection, but how do you
expect to support 4 vite?''
sttIsdon't see why YOU should offend
me- with ) question IKE that, 4 re-
Piled very much hurt. II jnse won
a prize of ten marks IN the athletic
club ana / am respondent FOR 4
small paper, and besides I receive .
dollar q week from you
eoh, that Is quite Sufficient z papa
said, very friendly, and ! willingly
give my consent under one, condl-
ton Z
aoh, i thought, that objection !
will get over. I will tear 1t down, |
will destroy it." s
DO you hear::- Ion one condition"
"oh, / know already i am still lob
youag!s ;s's.'
@oh, no. not at all. Our coaclinan
was no older when he became en-
gagged to the Kitchen glrl'' 4.
The comparison didn't suit me At
all, but one haste forgive q father
something.
Then you doubtthe sincerity OF my
love- / said. to him, my eyes shoot
ing Are.
A"0h, no, you stupid boy. 1 only
spoke OF one condition. You must next
lime pass in mathematics and pass
better than you did the last time,
when you narrowly escaped being left
back.'' as'a 65
Oh, II he had only known what tor
ture this was to mel / kissed my
fathers hand and ran away to school.
1t happened that ourfrst lesson was
in Mathematics and fused TO *Fitea
glowing letter to, my beloved in which
/ told her that / liadJast 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 a COM
plete definition Of logarfthms. OF
course I made mess OF it and my
prospects of passing mathematics be-
came very. slim. I.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 l
threw stones into the waterfall and
compared their jumps through space
with my own life.
When / passed by the house OF my
sweetheart (she was in the second
class OF the public schools). she made
a sign to me to come tosthe ddor. |
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 heartless
father, and / persuaded her that there
was nothing for us to do than 10 die
together.
She was very much pleased with
The idea and declared that she WAS
ready to die with meat any time.
though not before commencement and
the following school picnic. for her
mother had made her a beauti'cl
white dress with pink ribbons.
i said good-by to her and kissed
her forehead, then went home think
ing Of what miserable place this
world is, after all. When l had
reached my room sat down and l
wrote poems by the dozen: ITO Her"
"The Only Girl" Thoughts Of
Death. ""on the Golden stair, 1.-THE
Life Hereafter" ''The Funeral
The next day l read all my poems
TO Anna.
How wonderfully she understands
to master her feelings,9 ! nunlblsd to
myself; what an actress she is to
make 1t appear as Il her heart were
filled with JOY, while knowing that
in few short hours cruel tais will
Lave snutRed out the candle OF her
life"
/ vent up TO her.
"You arc in very good hunior today,
Anna" l said. looking very glpm.
why. of course | am! I'm enjoying
myself immensely" . 9 :!
WAY I have another dance with
your whispered with an icy smile.
"That will be the fourth one
Il know It, but please don't think
Of that" st
Come, then, and let us dance"
mo, don't let US dance, let US die"
Ths last Wnrds she didn't hear at