Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-08-15

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palms.
Il win do no such horrible and unmanl,
thing, "cried DR.. lEneas Macbride. 1Do you
think that d, . physician, whose bounder
duty it Il to do everything that he possibly
can to save human lfe-be it that of tn
newborn infant or Of the dotard of 90
would consent to put to a cruel death pool
lady who should be enjoying all the happi
ness that earth can givea Do your butcherly
work yourself; I'll have no hand in it."
ut is precisely" replied the latter gentle
man, because we are DESTROYS that this indis
pensable work should not be done in butcherly
manner that we have brought you here You
| are known to he the skillfulest surgeon in
Rome, and you win perform the operation al
once by opening the veins in her ankles II
you refuse, l swear, that and my bror-he
checked himself before he could wholly pro-
nounce the word "brother"-"my companion
will fall on you with our poniards and hack
yon 10 death" 4 ais
"Do their bidding, said in low. faint
voice, the young lady in the armchair.
"Do hear rights" said the doctor
You do, assumed the LADY, Do their bid
ding, or you will incur a fate as dreadful as
| my own
Doctor Eneas Macbride appeared to
hesitate for a moment, then he said, II will
do your will; and may heaven forgive me
Tor yielding to you! But must have YES
sci, large vessel of warm WATER
That shall at once be procured, replied the
taller of the masked men, leaving the ROOM
You will remember that Dr. lEneas Mac
bride was also tall Of stature He bent over
the reclining lady and whispered something
| to her.
Il have told her, /" he said, drawing himself
up TO his full height, ''that will not hurt her
much
| Presently two female attendants, each
closely masked, entered the room, carrying
| between them a large silver tub full Of warm
| water. This vessel they placed before the
young lady, who, without word, immersed
her feet in the water. Then DR. Macbride, once
more bending over the victim, smoothing the
hair on her forehead, and feeling her pulse,
knelt. lancet in hand, by the side of the sill
YER foot-bath. He arose, looked in the vic
TINS face, chose a 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 doctor; land more
warm water. 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
The young lady and fallen back in her chair
her arms hanging loosely
"She is insensble.r said the shorter Of the
masked men.
''She is dead!n said DIR. 1Eneas Macbride,
solemnly.
"How she bled" repeated the shorter Of the
two marked men.
"She will bleed no more" said DIR. Mac
bride "And now let me ask you what you
intend to do with the evidence Of your, and l
may almost say my guiltl How do you in
tend TO dispose of the corpse!"
Put it into a sack full of stones and sink
it in the Tiber," muttered the taller gentle
man.
"At the risk of the sack rotting, the weights
becoming disengaged 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 doctor.
1.-THE bodies of buried people that have been
murdered have been disinteiTed over and
over again. One was, you know, last year
in that vineyard 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 ban
teringly, you should have planned the last
act of your tragedy as well as the preceding
Lot toll f1,of lo><l
body is, in civilized city, one of the most |
difficult of imaginable things to get rid Of |
But since have gone with you 50 far in this |
abominable business, / will go yet further
and help you to conceal this corpse Bring it |
back with me to my surgery in the Piazza de
Spagna-I am accustomed to have such bur
dens 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 relative-if relative |
she Isl
The victim was evidently stone dead. After
n long consultation the masked men acceded |
10 the proposition Of the doctor, who ap-
peared to have become 80 completely their
accomplish. and who accepted, 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 accompanied the party, and was placed
On the seat beside tho doctor. That some
hing else was the body, rolled up in many
hiclne,,es of white linen. of the lady who
had been bled 10 death. The carriage made
A route as circuitous AS before to the Piazza
le Spagllsl. hut it was then, at DIR. MaclIide's
request, driver round to the entrance OF IlIe
narrow lane behind the Palazzo Carrn.uali.
Then the burden. wrapped in white linen,
was carried hy the doctor and the taller Of
he masked men By the back door INTO the
lisscctng- room. and laid like "A stone on the
table The doctor noticed that his fellow
bearer was trembling violently, and he had
evidently had enough of horrors for that
night
Three months afterward DIR. 4Eneas Mac
bride returned 10 Edinburc, bringing with
him his wife. young and extremely hand
come Italian lady Of a noble Roman family.
Pope Bcnedict XIV, the enlightened and
humane Lamtretini, had had much to do
with bringing about the union Of the hand
some young lady with III DottOre Enea Mae
Dribe Scozzese.a He had informed the young
ady's brothers, Don Rafaelle and Don An
onio Cordiscoglio counts OF that ilk. that if
,Ne''a large hne to the Apostolic chamher
ncy "ou.o pc prosecutor WIN tne ue'h"s.
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