Dodge City times., 1884-06-19
DOCTOR MACBRIDE.


DIR. Eneas Macbridc was strong in
comparative anatomy, and disscctcd
everything that came in his way. His
dissectin9-roOm was i'm the courtyard
of the PalaZzo Carminai. Rome. But
it was up stairs in his library and alone
that al SEQ. ZeSe'' carried out his
choicest manipulations, and made the
more delicate of h's preparations" of
human muscles, arteries. We rs and
nerves, which, when completed, were
displayed under glass shades on a large
table in the center of the apartment.
Ii was at this table, having just finished
the dissection of Il very small hand
never mind TO what kind of creature
the hand, while it was living one, had
beionged-that he was silt ng one even
ing in July, 1888, wh,n n it suddenly oc-
currrcd TO him that he had cXhauSte |
bis supply of cochineal with which to
tinge the melted wax which he proposed
TO inject on the morrow morning into
the venous system of his 'prcpa.a-
ton
DIR. EneaS Macbrdc proceeded to
the well-known druggists shop kept bv
Via de Conlotti. 1t was one of the
largest and handsomeSt shops in Rome.
He made his purchase and placed the
packet of cochineal in a side pocket.
Stay" he suddenly exclaimed,
pausing on the threshold: 81 had for
gotten something. You must make me
up, if You please that admirably elli-
Sacious sleeping draught with the secret
of the formula of which only you and [
are cognilant, and which has given
ease to so many Of my patients. VIII
you prepare it for me at once? must
take it with me-
"With pleasure, illustrissimo ed ex-
cellentissimo Dott0rc,' said the apothe-
cary, as he hustled from Jar to Jar,
pouring various ingredients into a glass
vial. Ills a wonderful sleep no
draught, to be sure. l have tried it on
my wife, who, poor soul, endure ago
mics from the toothache, and it never
fails in producing slumber. To be
sure, had you not told me that the po-
ton was cutie harmless. l should have
been afraid to use it; for the sleep
which it brings about is so deep and so
long as to be really like the sleep of
death.''
He had soon completed his task, and
Dr. Macbride, placing the vial in his
side pocket with the cochineal, left the
farmacia. He crossed the Piazza iii
: -Spagna. in the direction OF the College
of thePropaganda; when, just as he had
reached the spot where now is the mon
ument his path was crossed by a tall
man who was wrapped up in a long
brown cloak and who wore mis- broad
happed hat slouchcd over his eyes.
Its all very well for you 10 slouch
your hat over your eyes, my friend"
said DT. Macbride to himself; ..but |
know that hat and cloak very well, or |
am previously mistaken. They belong
to the namelesS man who led res in one
OF the garrets ut the Palazzi Carminali.
l once nursed you through fever, nv
friend, and gave you money to get your
cloak out of pawn. don't think that
You would do me any harm. although
folks do say that you are spadacino-
hired assassin"
Scarcely had he thus mentally ex-
pressed himself, when he heard. i'm a
low voice behind him, the single word.
''Eccolo." Here he is,'' And imme-
dlately he was seized from behind by
strong arms. II heavy cloak was thrown
over his head and he was lifted from
the ground and carried some wards. ]
Then he was thrust forward on what
seemed to be some kind of bench or
seat; the arms which had seized him
had relaxed Their grasp. a door was
slammed and he became aware that he
was in rapidly moving vehicle.
DIR. Eneas Macbride had in verify
been kidnapped by. two men, forciblv
carried by them to a coach, one of the
doors OF which was standing wide. hud-
died into the vehicle. and rapidly driy
en- away. The whole proceeding, in
deed, had been watched with the liyeli-
est interest by an individual who was
clad in long brown cloak and who
wore his hat slouched over his eyes and
who-there is now no indiscreton in
saying it-was the nameless man who
lived in one of the garrets of the Palaz-
20 Carminali, and whose profession was
conlectured to be that OF an assassin
for hife. And as he watched the car
rlage rapidly retreating into the sh,d-
ows the nameless man was -jinoling
some golden coins in his pocket and
chuekling merrily.
''Ten ducats." he reflected ten
ducats only for pointing out the Signor
Dottore to them. And they have sworn
not to do him any harm. OF course if
they had wanted to harm him thew
would have come to me; but l would
not have stabbed the Signor Dottore;
no. not for hundred ducats. Let US
60 and drink bottle of Chianti.''
While the nameless man was thus con-
graduating himself on the successful re-
sult of bis exceptionally bloodless
nights work. unseen hands had relieved
Or. Eneas Macbride of the heavy cloak
in which he had been muffied and in
which he had been all but suffocated.
He sat up. TO find himself, indeed, in
the interior of what was evidently car
rage belonging to some person of rank.
The blinds were closely drawn down,
but Il small lamp hanging fssa the rsaf