Show II IIII II An Innocent Murderer I III I In n II I it IH A. A When hen we wo woke up tip we found the room filled with smoke which poured In through the open window I rubbed m my C eyes CS but hut hail had to close them again I 1 could scarcely breathe and began hegan to cough Mary I 1 cried antI and caught my wife wire by the tue arm firm you OU must get up tip there is 19 isa isa a fire Ore in the nel neighborhood Where do 10 you think tho the fire is she asked perfectly perfect calm pressing the electric light hutton button but even cven with the lights turned on It was hard to distinguish anything In the smoke filled room A 4 One flue thing thing- to happen to one on ones one's wedding trip I 1 growled begInning beginning begin begIn- ning to pack hiack our trunk which stood In a corner of f the tho room Hurry dear cried my 1113 wire wife it Is Iser Isery er very ery unpleasant In this room I wonder won son der If Jf the other people In the hotel ar are awak awake I will go out to see sec J if the tue I. I elevator lator l ator Is running Sho She quickly walked to lh the door and tried to open it IL It was locked ocke Where Is the Ite key It Is not In the keyhole We Ye started to ii look for the tho ke key I It t all nil m my pockets Inside ou out L It was waR not there V Wie knelt down and looked under the tho bed looked through h the tho trunk the closets and the bureau bUTeau drawers but no key te My h revolver dropped from flom one of m my pockets and anti fell on the lar 1 Mary picked it ti up and threw It on the bed hell The smoke grew ever denser I went wentlo to lo the tho washstand and turned the water on on took two towels and soaked them hera In Inthe tho the water Take this darling and press It Jt before your mouth 1 said and took the tue other myself Oh that we are to die on our weddin wedding wedding wed wed- din ding trip sobbed Mary Is there no nowa noway noway wa way out of or this terrIble place Wo We e both ran to the tho window an and looked down Into the tho yard ard Large Jarge red flames fJames leaped toward us almost reaching our faces races It was so hot that we wo ha hah had 1 to close the window We e ran to the door anti and tried to burst It open Olen but bitt it H did not budge e. Again wo we ran ran to the window opened It and shouted for help No o answer answer an came camp Mary knelt down and began to pray pm Then she Jumped to her feet reet and cried I 1 will wl not burn to death I cannot bea bearS beaK tc think of or that terrible suffering She went over o to the bed betl picked up the revolver and handed It H to mo me- meI I under under- stood I pressed Its cold muzzle against again t ther her heart and pulled tho the trigger and she fell feB back Into m my arms dying Tenderly J I placed her on the floor pressed the re revolver ro- ro volver vol against my ray temple templo and pressed the trigger once more No report came Again I tried again and again It was Sudden Suddenly I I felt s something hard hardIn In py ny inside vest pocket It was the ke key I opened the tho door and ran through thelong the tho long Jong corridor shouting for help I reached a 1 window facing facIng- tho the street opened 1 It and cried for help on once e more Tho The firemen below shouted to me mo to jump Into nto the tho safety net tho they held hold out below I Jumped Into space and was saved etl I have grown old but the memory of or that terrible hour has hils never nevel left lert me for fora a moment Oh had hadl I 1 only followed her Nobody condemns contemns rue rite but ut It nobody wants to have any anything thIne to do with the Innocent murderer of or his bride |