The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-05-31
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ing tuS Ioom- tOu VIII fcmcm Der that Doctor .Eaeas Macbride vas also tall of stature. He bent over the reclining lady and whispered something to her.
 "l have told her. he said, drawing himself up to his full height, that viii | not hurt her much.s
 Presently two female attendants, each 1 closely masked. entered the room, carry- ing between them a large silver tub full of warm water. This vessel they placed before the young lady, who, without a word, immersed her feet in the water. Then Doctor Macbnde, once more bend ing over the victim, smoothing the hair on her forehead, and feeling her pulse, knelt, lancet in hand, by the side of the silver foot-bath. He rose. looked in the victims face, chose a fresh lancet, and knelt again by the side of the foot-oath. The water was now deeply discolored. Ere long it was completely crimson.
 1 Bring another bath-a tuba bucket what you will .' said the doctor ;. and more warm water :" Then he continued. hastily holding his wrists around the ankles of she patien; while the first foot bath was taken away ard another sub. stltuted for 1t. This will finish the work.
 How she blee6s,' said the tall man who, with folded arms. was watching the scene. The young lady had fallen back ln her chair, her arms hanging loosely.
 She is insensible" said the shorter of the masked men.
 She is dead.- said Dr. Eneas Mac bride. soiemnly.
 How she bled.' repeated the shorter Of the two masked men.
 She will bleed no more,n said pr. Maebride. And now le, me ask you what you intend to do with the evidence of your, and may also say. my guilt :: How do you intend to dispose of the corpse"
 Put if into a sack full of stones and sink ii in the Tiber." muttered the taller gentleman.
 '' Al the risk of the sack rottening. the weights becoming disengaged from the body and of the corpse floating, or of be- ing washed on shore and the features recognized
 Bury i, in the garden suggested the shorter man.
 ' It is still dangerous" resumed the doctor. ' The bodies of buried people tha; have been murdere1 have been dis. inferred over and oyer again. One was. you know. last year in that vineyard close 10 the Appian Way, and the assassin was bro> sht to justice"
 That IS true
 When you planned your little scheme, gentlemen" the doctor went on almost banteringly. you should have planned the las, act of your tragedy as well as the proceeding ones. Let me tell you that murdered dead body is in civil zed city, one of the most difficult of ina sinable things 10 get rid of Bu, since have gone with you so far in this abominable business will go yet further and help you 10 conceal this corpse. Bring il back with me to my surgery in the Piazza di SPagna-I am accustomed to have such burdens brought to me at dead of highland I'll dissect her. By which l mean that in less than twelve hours no recognizable trace will remain of your deceased relative-if relative she be-
 The victim was evidently stone dead. After long consultation, the masked men eN~$N~0 sc AtS r,Aofootiiou Ol kHC QO(kOI, who appeared to have become SO com- pie'eiy their accomplice. and who ac- cep,ed. with many protesta,ions ofthanks, a large purse of gold sequins. Again 1 he submitted to have his eyes bandagea. l and again he was conducted 10 the coach 1 in waiting below but something else ac- eompanied the party, and was placed on 1 the seat beside the doctor. That some thing else was the body. rolled up in | many thicknesses of white linen, of the | fady whe had been bled to death, The 1 carriage made 4 route as circuitous as i before 10 the Plaza di Spagna: bu, i, 1 was then, at Doctor MacbrIde's request. | driven round 70 the entrance Of the i narrow lane behind the Palazzo Carmi. naii. Then the burden wrapped in white | linen was carried by the doctor and the i taller of the masked men by the back | dsor into the dissecting-room, and laid l like stone on the table. The doctor | noticed that his fellow-bearer was tremb- ling violently, and he had evidently had | enough of horrors for that night.
 Three months afterwards pr. .Eaeas Macbride returned to Edinburgh, bring ipg with him his wife, a young and ex- hShtSAy hoh0SOutC Akolt3u lduf OI nOOiS ! Roman family. Pope Benedic, XIV, the enlightened and humane Lambretini, had | much to do with bringing about the union of the handsome young lady with Y" Il Dottore Enea Macbride, Scozzese.- He had informed the young lady's brothers, Don Rafaelle and Don Antonio | Cordiscoglio, counts of that ilk, that if they did not consent to the match and pay over very large fine to the Apos- tolic Chamber they would be prosecuted with the utmost rigor of the law for having basely attempted to murder their sister by causing her. as they thought, to have the veins of her ankles opened. Of course they had never been opened. Dr. .fneas Macbride, while pretending to execute the dreadful behes,s of Don Rafaelle and Don Antonio Cordiscoelio, had first administered to her . pc:;cn which speedily reduced her to complete insensibility, and had next skilfully mingled with the warm water in which the feet of the patient was immersed the contents of the packet of cochineal which