West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-06-20

chose fresh lancet, and knelt again by
the side OF the foot-bath. The water
WAS now deeply discolored Ere long
it was completely crimson.
Bring another bath "a tuba
bucket what you will" said the doc
tor. land more warm watcrI' Then
he continued. hastily holding his
wrists around the ankles of the patient
while the first foot bath was taken away
and another substituted for it: This
will finish the work.
How she bleeds" said the tall man.
who. with folded arms. was watching
the scene. Tie young lady had fallen
back in her chair. her arms hanging
loosely.
''Shc is insensiblei" said the shorter
of the masked men.
''She * dcad' said DIR. Eneas Mac
bride. solemnly.
"llow she bledi" repeated the
shorter of the two masked men.
'Shc will bleed no more" said DR.
Macbridc. "And now let me ask you
what you intend TO do with the evidence
of Your and | may almost say my.
IA lt' How do you intend to dispose
of the corpsc?'
PUT it into sack full of stones and
sink it i'm the Tiber," muttered the
taller gentleman.
AT the risk of the sack rotting, the
weights becoming discngagcd from the
body and of the corpse floating, or of
being washed on shore and the features
recognized"
BURY it in the garden" suggested
the shorter man
at is still dangerous" resumed the
Nslhn Ia, IS l,,.. ~. l..
that have been murdered have been
disintcrred over and over again. One
was, you know, last year i'm that vine
yard close TO the Appian WAY. and the
assassin was brought to Justice"
That is true.
when you planned your little
scheme, gentlemen, the Doctor went
on, almost banteringly, "you should
have planned the last act of your TRACE
dy rs well rs the preceding ones. Let
me tell you that n murdered dead body
is, in civilized city, one Cf the most
difficult of Imaginable things to get rid
OF. But since | have gone with YOU so
far in this abomnablc business | will
go yet further and help you to conceal
this corpse. Bring il back with me TO
my surgery in the Piazza iii Spagna-I
am accustomed TO have such burdens
brought to me at the dead of night
and I'll dissect her. By which | mean
that in less than twelve hours no recog-
nlZable trace will remain of your de
ceased relative if relative she be. -
The victim was evidently stonc-dead.
After long consultation. the masked
men acceded TO the proposition of the
doctor. who appeared to have become
so completely their accomplish. and
who accepted, with many protestations
Oh thanks, large purse of gold sequins
Again he submitted 10 have his ewes
bandagcd, and again he was conducted
To the coach in waiting below; but
something else accompanied the party,
and was placed on the seat beside the
doctor. That something else was the
body, rolled up in many thickneSses of
white linen, o. the lady who had been
blcd to death! The carriage made q
route as circuitOus Is before TO the ri.
atzi di Spagna; but it was then, at DIR.
Macbride's re iucst. driven round TO the
narrow lane behind the Palazzo Carmi.
mali. Then the burden wrapped in white
linen was carried bv the Doctor and the
taller OF the masked mon by the back
door into the diSsccting room, and laiG
like stone ON the table. The Doctor
noticed that his fellow bearer was trem
bling violently, and he had evidently
had enough OF horrors for that night
Three months alterward DIR. Kneas
Macbr de returned to- Edinburgh, bring
ing with him his wife, young and eX.
trcmely handsome Italian lady of q
noble Roman family. Pope Pcnciic,
NV, the enlightened and humane
Lambretini, had had much to do with
bringing about the union of the hand
some young lady W tn I'll DCttore Euea
Macbridc, ScolZesc. He had in.
formed the young lady's brothers. Don
Rafa'lle and Don Antonio Cordiscoylio,
Counts OF that ilk. that if they did not
consent to the match and pay over a
very large fine To the Apostolic Cham
Der they should be prosecuted with the
utmost rigor of the law for having base
~ attempted to murder their sister by
causing her rs they thought, to have
the veins OF her ANGLES opened. OF
course they never had been opened.
DIR. Eneas Macbridc, while pretending
to execute the dreadful bencsts of Don
Rataellc and Don Antonio Cordiscoglio.
| had first administered to her n potion
which speedily reduced her TO complete
inscnsibility, and bad next skillfully
. ~ -iN'i Nltil lil'i warm water IN winch
the feet of the patient were immersed
the contents of the packet of cochineal
which he had purchased at the farmacia
PanciarOtto The poor girls only Of
tense had been that she hal imprudcnt.
ly, and in nero girlish folly encouraged
for short time the addresses OF a
young man much her inferior i'm rank,
but by her naughty and yindictive
brothers this transient ilirta' ion was cs-
teemed a crime which her death alone
could cxpiate. How fortunate il was
that DIR. Hncas Macbride was SO much
addicted 20 making anatomical "prcpa
tons, neces~itating the use Of coe i.
neal for their perfection I fancy, how.
ever that after his marriage he ceased
u dissect small dead hands. and con.
sOIed himself with covering small live
ones with kisses GeOrgc A,tg11st,t,
Snin, tn BON Bckis.
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