The Red Cloud chief., 1884-06-20

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..Do | hear a:igh:g' said the doctor.
..You do resumed the lady. ..Do
fhejr bidding. ur YOU will iEcur 1 fate
~ dreadful Is nv own
DIR. .Eneas liachr!de appeared Ia hes
i,ata FOR a moment: tea Er sad: Il
VII DO your W L. and NAV E"av,'n for
~:,e me ioryi"i'ling To yoa. B:t | must
hlvca vessel. - large v-ssel % warm
water
That shall be ut once pr,cured,"
reriied the taller OF tie masked
men, leaving the room. You will re-
member that DIR. .En-as Mcbride was
also tall of stature. lie bent over the
reclining lady and whispered something
to her.
Il have told her." be said. drawing
himself up to his full height, THAT 1
will not hurt her much.'
Presently two female attendants,
each closely masked. entered the room.
carrying between them Il large silver
tue full of warm water. This vessel
they placed before the young lady.
/ who. without n word, Immersed her
feet in the water. Then DIR. Macbride,
J ONCE HlOIt ptiitiiS v IA NttAllh.
/ smoothing the hair on her forehead
and feeling her pulse. knelt lancet in
hand by the side of the silver fOot-batn.
! He rose, looked III the victims 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.
s.Bring another bath "a tuba
bucket-what you will" said the doc,
tor, land more warm water!' Then
he continued. hastily holding his
wrists around the ankles of the patient
while the first fOot-bath a 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.
..She is inSensible,." said the shorter
of the masked men.
..She is dead.' said DIR. Eneas Mac.
bride. solemnly.
'.How she bled.." repeated the
shorter of the two masked men.
..She will bleed no more" said DR..
Macbride. And now let me ask you
what o intend todO with the evidence
of yOur. and l may almos, say my,
guilt? How do you intend to dispose
of the corpse
..fut it into a sack full of stones and
sink it in the Tiber." muttered the
taller gentleman.
AT the risk of the sack rot'ing, the
weights becoming disengared from the
body. and of the corpse floating, or o.
being washed on shore AMI the features
recognized
"Bury it in the garden suggested
the shorter man.
1T is still dangerous" resumed thu
doctor. The bodies of buried peopl,
that have been murdered have beef
disinterred over and over again. Ont
was. you know. last year in that vine
yard close to the -Appian Way. and thu
assassin was brought to justice"
That is true.
when Won planned your littl,
scheme. gentlemen" the Doctor ven
on. almost banteringly, ..you shout,
have planned the last at of your TRACE
dy as well as the preceding oueS. lie
me tell You that 4 murdered dead bod,
is, N a civil ed city, m # the nos
difficult of imaginable things to get ri'
of. But since | have gone with you s.
; far in this abominable business | vii
/. "o get further and help you to concea
this corpse. Bring il back with me t
my surgery in the Piazza d; Spagna-
: am accustomed to have such burden
{ brought TO me at the dead of night
, ard IN dis>ect her. By which I meal
that in less than twelve hours no recog
nizable trace will remain of your lie
ceased relative relative she he"
The victim was evidently s,~one-dead
After a long consultation. the maSke
men acceded To the proposition OF tn
doctor. who appeared to have becom
sc completely Their accompl ce. an,
\ who accepted, with many prote>tation
= of thanks. i largc purse OF gold - iuin:
Q Again he submitted TO have his eve
, b~andaged. and again he was cOnducte
p To the coach in waiting below: hy
p something else accompanied the part,
4 and vas placed on the seat beside IN
| doctor. That something else was III
4 body, rolled up in any thickncSSeS G
n, white linen, OF the lady who had bee
bled to death, The carriage made
q route as c.rcuitous Is before to the =
All Iii Spagna; but it was then, at d.
Macb-ide's re uest, driven round TO tn
n narrow lane behind the Palazzo Carm
4 mali. Then the burden wrapped in whit
r linen was carried bv the Doctor and Tn
taller OF the masked men by the bac
door into the dissecting room, and lai
" like Il stone on the table. The DOctO
noticed that his fellow-bearer was tren
bling violently, and he had evidentl
had enough of horrors for that night,
+ Three months afterward DIR. lines
Macbride returned to Edinburgh. brins
ing with him his wife. 4 young End e,
tremelv handsome Italian lady of
: noble Roman family. Pope Fcnedit
4 XIV, the enlightened and human
Lambretini, had had much TO do wit
p bringing about the union of the hanc
some young lady with I'll Dcttore Enc
Macbride, ScoZzese." He had il
4 formed the young lady's brothers. Do
II Rafaelle and Don Antonio Cordiscoglit
= Counts of that ilk. that if they did nc
4 consent to the match and pay over
! very large line to the Apostolic Chan
Der they should be prosecuted with til
utmost rigoro of the law for having bas'
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