Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-05-30

DOCTOR MAI BRIDE.
BY GEORGE AUGUSTUS sALA.

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everything that came in his way. His
dissecting room was in the court yard
of the Paizzo Carminali, Rome. But
it was up stairs in his library and
alone that III Scozeese" carried out
his choicest rHanipulatlons, and made
the more delicate of his preparations"
of human muscles, arteries, veins,
and nerves, which, when completed,
were displayed u.dcr glass shades on
n large table IN the center Of the apart
ment. II was at this table, having
iuft finished the dissection of very
small hand never mind to what kind
of a creature the hand, while it was a
living one, had belonged that he was
sitting one evening in July, 1855,
when il suddenly occurred to him that
he had;exhausted.his slpply of cochin,
cal with which to tIn.o the melted
wax which he proposed to inject on
the morrow morning into the yenous
system Of his preparation"
DR.. Eneas Macbride proceeded to
the well-known druggists shop kept
by Signor Pauciarotto, at the corner
OF the VIA de COndotti. 1t was one of
the largest and hanasomest shops in
Rome. He made his purchase and
placed the packet Of cochineal in a
side pocket.
"Stay," he suddenly exclaimed,
pausIng on the threshold. 81 had for
gotten something. You must make
me up. if you please, that admirably
efIicacious sleeping draught with the
secret Of the formula of which only
YOU and | are cognizant, and which
has given ease TO SO many of my pa
TENTS. Will you prepare it for me at
once? | must take it with me "
"With pleasure, illustrissimo ct ex-
cellentlssimo Dottare, said the apothe-
cary, AS lac hustled from jar To Jar,
pouring various ingredients into a
glass wal ''ris wonderful sleep
ing draught to De sure. have tried
it on my wife, who, poor soul, en-
dures agonies from the toothache, and
it never fails to produce sIumber To
be sure, had you not told me that the
potion was quite harmless, | should
have been afraid to use it, for the sleep
which IT brings about is SO deep and
long rs to he really like the sleep of
death.
He had soon completed his task and
DIR. Macbrlde, placing the vial in hi.
side pocket with the cochineal, left
the farmacia. He crossed the Piazza
di Spagua, in the direction of the Col
lege OF the Propaganda; when Just as
he had reached the spot where now
IL the monument his path was crossed
by n tall man who was wrapped up in
long brown cloak aud who wore his
broad tapped hat slo uchcd over his
eyes.
ITS all very well ior you to SLOUGH
your hat over your eyes, my friend, "
said DR. Macbrlde to himself, "but |
know that hat and cloak very we'll,
or | am gricvously mistaken. They
belong To the nameless man of the
garrets at the PaaZzl Carminali.
once nurscd you through a fever, my
friend, and gave you money to get
your cloak out Of pawn. | don't think
that you would do me any great harm,
although folks do say that you arc u
Spadacino hired assassinl'
Scarcely had he thus mentally ex-
pressed himself when he heard, in Il
low voice behind him, the single word,
"Eccolow Here he isI' And i'm
mediately he was seized from behind
by strong arms, Il heavy cloak was
thrown over his head and he was lift
ed from the ground and carried some
yards Then hc was thrust forward
on what seemed to be some kind of n
bench or seat; the arms which had
seized him had relaxed their grasp, a
door was slammed and he became
aware that he was in Il rapidly moving
vehicle.
DIR. lIueas Macbride had in verify
been kidnapped by two men. forcibly
carried by them to a coach. one of the
doors OF which was standing wide,
huddled into the vehicle. and rapidly
driven away. The whole proceeding,
indeed, hal been watched with the
livelcst interest by an individual
who was clad in largo brown cloak
aud who wore his hat slouchcd over
his eyes and whO-therc is no indis-
erection in saying twas the name
less man who lived in one of tae
garretS OF the Palazzp Carmlnali, and
whose profession VAS coujcctured to
be that of an assassin for hire And
rs he watched the carriage rapidly
retreating into the shadows the name
less man was juggling some golden
COINS in his pocket and .chuckliHg
merrily.
Ten ducats," he reflected ten
ducatS only for pointing out the Sig
nor Dottore to them. And they have
sworn not to do him any harm OF
course if they wanted to harm him
they would have come To me; but |
would not have stabbed the Signor
Dnttorc no, not for "A hundred ducats.
Let us go and drink bottle of
Chianti."
While the nameleSs man was thus
congralulating himself on the sue
ccssful result of his exceptionally
bloodleSS nights work, unseen hands
had relieved nr. fueaS MacbrIde Of
the heavy cloak in which he had been
mutlled and in which he had been all
but sutrocated. Hesat up to find hrm-
self indeed in the interior of what
was evidently a carriage belonging to
some person of rank. The blinds
were closely drawn down, but a small
lamp hanging from the roof gave
sufficient light for him to see that the
opposite seat was occupied by two
gentlemen very richly dressed, but
whoSe countenances were wholly con.
cealed by masks eff black silk, having
deep fringes of the same material.
One of the gentlemen FASTENED to in
form him that he must submit to have
his eyes bandaged, as the person in
whose presence they were about To
conduct him was lady of rank.
whose name and place of abode it
was imperativ2ly necessary to conceal.
AS he pulled the bandage out of his
pocket and proceeded very adroitly 10
adjust it to the Doctors eyes his com
pauion took occasion To remark that
he and the other gen leman were
fully armed, aud should the Doctor.
at this or any other stage of the pro,
ccediugs, offer the slightest resistance
to any request which was proffered to
him, he would be Immediately stab,
bed to death. Upon this admonItion
DIR. Eueas Macbr.de determined, like
the canny Scot he was, To hold his
tongue and see-when he was per
mitted 20 use his eye sight again
what came Of it.
1t seemed TO him that the carriage
was continually turning and was be
ing driven through a great variety Of
streets, possibly with the view to pre-
h,e a