European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 19, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse                                M does distress me  he made no sound and with a sigh she turned away. Late that afternoon he was walking in the Garden when he saw a cobra coiled on the path in front of him. He rept Back to the House took out his gun and loaded it. It was a difficult target but he fancied himself As a shot. He tiptoed out again came within ten Yards of the Snake aimed and fired. It leaped in the. Air writhing and hissing and then Slid towards  he had Only stung it. It came straight at him at  Speed. Perfectly composed he fired again aiming Between the eyes at the Center of the Hood. Again the Snake leaped in the air. But this time i leaped again and again until finally it Fay 6n the ground and just wriggled and then stopped. Trembling with excitement he examined it. It was female about five feet Long. He was glad Mabel was away for the afternoon the incident would have disgusted her. He was about to cast it into the Bushe when a gleam came into his Eye. He picked it. Up and took it  was in High spirits at dinner. She had made a Friend the wife of the new doctor and was full of the new the woman had brought from  listened contentedly. He did t have to make conversation. When the meal was Over he made an excuse for going up to his room. Soon after he re a turned Mabel said it was time for bed and climbed upstairs with great  stretched himself out on the. Drawing room floor looked up at  and waited. About 20 minutes later she started screaming. The noise was deafening. He Lay still and Chuck led. Lord How she. Screamed she screamed and shouted. He could hear her calling his name. Maybe that will cure you he thought to himself. As she continued to scream he thought with irritation hysterical  then he Felt a Pang of remorse. Poor Mable i d no idea you d take it Asba Day As  he heard a  looking up saw Bakir s frightened face in the door Way. Suddenly a wave of anxiety passed through him. He scrambled to his feet and rushed up the stairs. The screaming stopped As he reached the door. She was sprawled across the bed inner nightdress the dead Snake under her. Poor old girl he thought she  then he stiffened. From be tween the sheets a Long yellow form appeared and slithered slowly Over the body through the window. David watched petrified. When the Snake had gone he seized his wife s body. She was still alive. For a moment he stood help. 3 " of a less. Then he ran into his room. Researched wildly for the things he needed and then hurried Back. A Snake bit showed on her right Arm and he bound a Necktie above the Fang punctures an pulled it tight then he took a razor Blade and Cut out the infected area. Ashe started to pour permanganate into the wound he noticed another bite higher  lifted her nightdress and then put the permanganate Back on the table. It was hopeless. She had been bitten again and again. As he watched her she stopped breathing. The eyes had a Glassy look and he turned her Bod face downward on the  hurled the ideas Snake out of the window As far As he could throw it out into the undergrowth where it would be found again by its mate. Then he walked slowly into the passage when Eabair was still standing too terrified to enter and told him in faltering tones that the me Sahib was dead he went into his study and wrote a note to the newly arrived doctor. When he had sealed it he told Bakir to deliver it atone. Then he left the House and walked. At first he was tortured by a feeling of guilt. It made Little difference that it was. Unintentional he had killed her the blame was entirely his. He should have remembered that the mate always searches for its partner and rejoins i then he was filled with remorse. She had been so kind so Good to him. Shehad never turned on him never betrayed him. Time and again she had told him he was All she lived for and now he had taken her life. They could have been Happy again. He could have turned Over a new Leaf. Now that Wasno longer possible. He had come to his senses too late. But As the Dawn filled the Sty with Light he began to reproach himself . After All what had life held in store for her very Little. They were no longer in love they even had to make an Effort to tolerate each  the weeks that followed he began to experience a feeling of Relief. He was ashamed of this and could not explain. It. Within a week he no longer blame himself. In a month he had All but for gotten  was a popular Man an found the company of his friends and colleagues More than sufficient. He enjoyed Bachelor life. He told himself he had never Benin love with her. He even managed to feel a sense of Stron it a be it was typical of her to die in. So h a horrible manner and in truth  hard putto forgive her for the shocking manner in wich she had always treated him. R,p3??1wb-Scf "t7. I