The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-08-13

gentlemen the doctor went on, almost
banteringly, "you should have planned
the last act of your tragedy as well as the
preceding ones. Let me tell you that a
murdered dead body is, in civilized city,
one of the most difficult things to get rid
of. But since have gone with you 80
far in this abominable business will
60 yet further, and help you TO conceal
this corpse. Bring it back with me to
my surgery in the Plaza de Spagna---I
am accustomed to have such burdens
brought to me at dead of highland I'll
dissect her. BY which / mean that in
less than twelve hours no recognizable
trace will remain of your deceased rela-
tive-if relative she is."
The victim was evidently stone dead.
After long consultation the masked men
acceded to the proposition of the doctor,
who appeared to have become 30 CON-
pletely their accomplish, and who &C.
cepted, with many protestations of thanks,
large purse of gold sequins. Again he
submitted to have his eyes bandaged, and
again he was conducted to the coach in
waiting below but something else &C.
companied the party,sn was placed on
| the seat beside the doctor. That some
thing else was the body-rolled up in
many thicknesses of white linen-of the
lady who had been bled to death The
carriage made a route as circuitous as be-
fore to the Plaza de Spagna, but it was
then at DIR. Macbride's request, driven
round to the entrance of the narrow lane
behind the Palszzo Carminali. Then the
burden, wrapped in white linen, was car
ried by the doctor and the taller of the
masked men by the back door into the
dissectiug-room, and laid like stone OF
the table. The doctor noticed that hi
fellow-bearer was trembling violently, arc
he had evidently had enough of horrors
for that night.
Three months afterward DIR. E1ea,
Macbride returned to Edinburg, bringing
with him his wife, young and extremel,
handsome Italian lady of noble Roman
family. Pope Benedict XIV, the en-
lightened and humane Lsmbretini, hst
had much to do with bringing about tn
union of the handsome young lady will
"Il Dottore Eleas Macbride Scozzese.
He had informed the young lady's broth
ers, Don Rsfselle and Don Antonio Cord
iscoglio, counts of that ilk, that if the,
did not consent to the match and pay owe
large fine to the apostolic chambe
they would be prosecuted with the utmos
rigor of the law for having basely al
tempted to murder their sister, by causin
her, as they thought, to have the veins o
her ankles opened. DR.. Macbride, Will
pretending to execute the dreadful BIZ
hests of Don Rafaelle and Don Antoni
Cordiscoglio, had first administered he
potion, which speedily reduced her t
complete insensibility, and had next skill
fully mingled with the warm water, il
which the feet of the patient were in
mersed, the contents of the packet of coct
meal which he had purchased at the fal
macia Panciarrotto. The poor girls onl
offense had been that she had imprr
IDENTIFY, and in mere girlish folly, encou
aged for short time the addresses of
young man much her inferior in rank
but by her naughty and vindictive broti
! ers this transient Irritation was deemed
! crime which her death alone could expiat
How fortunate it was that DR.. Enes
| Macbride was 80 much addicted to NAL
| ing anatomical preparations" necess
tating the use of cochineal for their pc
lection. fancy, however, that after hi
marriage he ceased to dissect small dea
hands, and consoled himself with GOVERN
/ small live ones with kisses.-Setected.