Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1884-06-19

body. and Of the corpse floating. or Of
being washed on shcre and the feature<
recognized
nBury it in the garden" suggested
the shorter man
1t Is stil dangerous. resumed the
doctor The bodies of buried people
that have been murdered have been
disinterred over and over again One
was. VOC know. last year in that vine
yard close TO the Appisn Way. and the
} assassin was brought to Justice"
That Is true.
'4Nhen you planned your little
scheme, gentlemen" the Doctor went
on. almost banteringly. '.you should
have planned the last at Of your TRACE
dy rs well rs the preceding ones Let
me tel you that a murdered dead body
is, IN a civilized city. one Cf the most
difficult Of imaginable things TO get rid
Of But since / have gone with you so
far in this abOminable business l will
go yet further and help You TO conceal
this corpse Bring II hack with me 70
my sur cry in the Piazza di Spagna-I
am accustomed to have such burdens
brought 20 me At the dead of night
and I'll dssect her. By which I mean
that in less than twelve hours no uecog-
nizabie trace viii remain of yonr de-
ceased relatiye-if relative she be
The victim was evidently stOnc-dead-
After 4 long consultation. the masked
men acceded to the proposition OF the
doctor. who appeared 10 have become
so completely their accompl ice. and
who accepted, with many prOusstations
lnf a
Again be submitted TO have his ewes
bandsged. and again he was conducted
20 the coach in waiting below; but
something else accompanied the party.
and was placed on the seat beside the
doctor. That something else was the
body, rolled up in many thicknesses of
white linen. OF the lady who had been
bled 20 death, The carriage made a
route IS rcuitOJis as before 70 the Pr
ri di Spagna; but il was then. at Dr.
Mach-ide's re ,uesf. driven round 10 the
narrow lane behind the Palazzo Carmi-
nall Then she burden wrapped in white
linen was carried bv the Doctor and the
taller of the masked men By the back
door into the dissecting room. and laid
like stone on the table The Doctor
noticed that his fellOw-bearer was frem-
bling violently. and fs had evidently
had enough Of horrors for that night
Three months afierward DIR. Eneas
Macbr de returned to Edinburgh. bring
ing with him MS wife, vouny and ex-
tremelv handsome Italian lady of a
noble Roman family Pore icnedict
XIV. the enlightened and humane
Lambretini. had had much to do with
bringing about the union of the hand
some Young lady W th I'll DcitOre Enea
Macbride. ScOzzese-" He had in
formed the young lady's brothers. Don
Rata lie aud Don Antonio CoriisccgiiO.
Counts of that ilk that If they did not
consent to the match and pav Oser a
very large tine tO the Apostolic Cham |
Der they shoHld be prosecuted with the |
utmost rigor Of the law for having base
~ attempted 70 murder their sister BY /
causing her. as tney thought. to have /
the veins Of her ancles opened OF I
course they never had been o ,ened. /
DIR. Eneas Macbride, while pretending /
IN execute the dreadful benests of Don /
Rafaeile and Don Antonio Cordiscoylio, /
had first administered to her a potion
which speedily reduced her to complete /
and had next skilifuIly l
mingled with the warm water in which /
the 1eet o. the pat=ent were immersed /
the contents Of the packet OF cOchlneal /
which he had purchased at the farnacia
Pancizrotto- The poor girls only Of 1
Tense had been that she had imprudent-
y, and in mere giri;sh folly. encoura- a-ed
for n short time the addresses OF a
young man much her inferior in rank:
but by her naughty and vindictive
brothers this transient Irritation was e.
ieemsd a crime which her death alone
could expiate- How fortunate it was
that DR. Eneas Macbride was 50 much
addicted to making anatomical --prepa-
ions. neces -iiating the use Of coz j.
neal f0r their perfection, fancy. how
ever. that after ms maria e he ceased
- dissert small dead hands. and con-
'Oled himself with covering small live
ines with kisses - George -4HgtssfIss
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