The Red Cloud chief., 1884-06-20

not have stabbed the Signor Dottore:
no, not for 4 hundred ducats. Let us
go and drink a bottle of Chianti.'
While the nameless man was thus con-
graduating himself on the successful re-
suit of his exceptionally bloOd'c>>
night work. unseen hands had reiic'ed
DIR. Eneas Macbride OF the hea Y CLOAK
in which he had been mufled and III
which he had been all but ~suffocated-
He sat up. to find himself. indeed. u
the interior of what WAS evidently AGAR
riage belonging To some person OF n
The blinds We're closely drawn down.
but a small lamp hanging from the roof
gave sufficient light TOR him f" see thai
the opposite seat was occupied by two
gentlemen very richly dressed. but
whose -countenanceS were wholly con
! cealed bv mass of black silk. having
! deep fr.n res of the same material. one
gentlemen FASTENED to inform him that
! he must submit To- have his ewes band
aged. ~ the person IN whose presence
they were about To conduct him was a
iady OF rank. whose name and place OF
abode ii was imperatiyely necessary
To conceal. A. hc pulled the bandage
ont % his pocket and proceeded very
;droitlv % al ust Il To The Doctors
ewes. his compan on took occas on TO
remark that he and the other gentlemen
werr fully armed, and should The Doe
tor. at this OF at any other stage of the
proceedings. offer the slightest resist
an e TO a,y request which was proifered
to him, he would be immediately
stabbed TO death. Upon this almonitlon
DIR. .Eneas Machride determined. like
the canny Scot he was. TO hold his
tongue and see-when he was permit
ted to use his eyesight again -what
came of il.
Ii seemed to him that the carriage
WAS continually turning and was beln.
driven through a great variety o,
streets, possibly with the view to pre-
vent his forming any accurate idea as
tn the part OF the CITY to which he wa
being conducted. The coach ut length
stopped and the door was opened foI
HIM. His two companions took him
each under one arm. assisted him to
a!i~at and conducted him up \ narrow
staircase into "A room where. after
moments pause. the bandage WIS re-
moved from his eyes. He found him
self in Il small drawing-room or boa,
doir. dimiv lighted by wax tapers. and
richly furnished, although sheets ant
pieces of tapestry had been thrown ovel
some OF the chairs or placed in roIto
the DictIre-frameS, rs though tor The
purpose of preventing a stranger iron
too closely identifying the contents %
. the room. There was 4 flask OF Win
| on the table and one of the gentlemen
filed 4 large bumper of Bohemian glas:
and offered it to DIR. Macbr.de.
Il want no wine," he said. coolly
|, ..it NAV be poison for aught know.
1 The gentleman who had offered hin
D the w;ne. and who WAS very tall. ant
clad in a suit of dark blue paduaSoy
richly laced with gold. for all reply pu
the goblet to his lips and tossed OF tn
contents at draught. Then his com
? panion, who was shorter and stoute
neither had removed his mask-an'
who wore a green doublet and Goa
laced with silver. filled another glas
with wine and offered it to the doctor
saving: You had better drink IL Re
member what tod youin the carriage
We allow no tIf;iing in this house: and
besides. Won have need to nerve your
| self for what You have - do
l Il don't like Dutch courage" re
= piled DIR. Nacbride, "and am not USE
/. t. dram-drink;n| TO nerve me for m
work. However. aS L have o tn
slightest wish TO have my throat cut
and Won appear 20 be prepared 10 Gil
: it'-both gentlemen nodded their head
; significantly-"at a moments notice,
things do not 90 As YOU wish them I
: 90. / will drink. And now" he re
sumed, after Il very moderate potatiOn
..what is it that you-deSire M TO do?
I TO perform a surgical operation.
: "When?n
This instant
{ s.Whose??"
| You shall see"
As the taller of the two masked me
u made this reply. he took the doctor b
the arm and led him forward. Til
q shorter person lifted 4 heavy vrlv'
: yelling ~ omen portal, and the thrf
passed into a vast bed -chamber. HeI
u everything in the way of furniture. IN
even the ceiling and the curtains an
" the cOunterpane of a huge four-poSt be
in the center o. the room. had bee
>hrouded in white sheetiue. At tn
: foot OF the bed there sat, or rather thel
1 was half reclining in Il large chair CO..
, cred with crimson velvet. a young lad
!, she could not scarcely been tia
nineteen exceedingly beautiful, an
with golden hair that rippled over ht
shoulders. He hands were tight
: clasped. and she was deathly pal
ie SEe was clad in a long. loosely flown
l. undreS> robe of some white. silky m;
y terial: and DIR. Macbride could see tn;
u her little feet were bare.
n You see this wOman-this mo
= guilty and unhappy woman said in
harsh voice the taller of the two GENT
men. "She has ~disgraced the mob
>. family to which she belongs. and it
4 necessary that she should be deprive
:. of life. Here is a case of l~ancets, ar
" you will instantly proceed to bleed HI
!, to death"
"She is prepared to submit to h
fate" added the shorter gentleman
green and silver. land Won will NAL
,r the greatest possible expedition.
need scarcely say that you will be ar
Is ply recompensed for your pains"
lie Il will do no such horrible and u
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