Double Suicide

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A young woman is seated in a room with her father awaiting the arrival of her fiancé, who is coming to ask the old man for his daughter's hand. The young lover is soon on the scene, bearing a beautiful bouquet for his lady love. The unfortunate young Romeo does not stand very high in the old fellow's estimation, and when he makes his proposition the infuriated father strikes him over the bead and promptly ejects him from the house. The young man, broken in spirit at the failure to win his suit, is seen entering a café, where he writes a note to the girl suggesting that they commit suicide together. The maiden, on receiving it, hastens to meet him. The next picture shows the young couple meeting and going to a lonely spot in the woods, to bid their last farewell in this cruel world. The girl, kneeling down, he points a revolver at her head, but just as he is about to fire they are frightened away by a hunter close by. They go to another part of the forest and after tying a rope around their necks and fastening the other end to a tree, are about to strangle to death when they are again interrupted by a couple of young lovers. Next we see them in the act of jumping into the bay, but a couple of fishermen loom up from behind the rocks and again they are foiled in their scheme. They are so intent in their purpose that they purchase some charcoal and go to a room in the tavern to suffocate. He writes a note to the chief of police, telling him of his designs and asking him to inform her father, which he does. Finally we see them light the coal and lie down to die by the poisonous fames, but a draught blows the window open and admits the fresh air. The proprietor of the hotel, seeing the smoke pouring from the window, sends in an alarm for the fire department. In the meantime the repentant father and police arrive and are shown to the room where the unhappy couple are trying to end their miserable existence. The old man is so elated at finding his daughter alive that he clasps her in his arms and gladly gives his consent to the marriage. The firemen arrive, and, turning their hose into the smoke-filled room, drench the whole party.