Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1884-08-06
1ales aud Sketthes.
Dg. NACBRIDE.
(Conrinuet nom Yesterday.


counterpart of a huge four-post bed IN
the center OF the room. had been shroudeo
in white sheeting At the foot OF the bed
there sat. or rather there was half recln-
inc in large chair covered with crimson
velvet. a Young lady-she could be scarce
! II more than exceedingly beau
| tiful and with golden hair that rippled
over her shoulders Her hands were
tightly clasped and she was DEATH y pale
she was clad in long, loosely-fowing,
undress robe of some white, silky mater
! ial and Dr. Macbride could see that ner
little feet were bare.
lyon see this wCman-this most guilty
and unhappy woman ~ said IN a harsh
voice the taller of the two gentlemen.
..She has disgraced the noble family 10
which she belongs, and II Is necessary that
she should be deprived OF life. Here Is
case Of lancets, and you will instantly
proceed to bleed her to death.
''She is prepared to submit to her tate
added the shorter gentlemen IN green and
silver land you will make the greatest
possible expedition | need scarcely say
that you will be amply recompensed for
your pains.
Il will do no such horrible and unmanly
thing" cried Dr. 1Eneas Macbride. ''Do
YOU think that /. a physician, whose
bounden duty it is to do everything that
he possibly can to save human life-be 1t
that OF the new born infant or OF the dotard
OF nnety-would consent to put TO cruel
death poor lady who should be enjoying
all the happiness that earth can give?
Do your butcherly work yourself; I'll have
no hand in it,
at is precisely" replied the latter,
because we are DESTROYS that this indls-
pensible work should not be done in a
| butcherly manner that we nave brought
YOU here. You are known to be the skill
fullest surgeon in Rome; and you will
perform the operation at once by opening
the veins in her ankles; if you refuse, |
su ear that | and my bro"-he checked
himself before he could wholly pronounce
the word brother my companion will
fall on YOU with our poniards and hack
you to death"
DO their bidding" said in low. faint
voice the lady in the armchair.
DO | hear Alright? ?" said the doctor.
You do" resumed the voice. ''Do
their bidding or you will incur tate as
dreadful as my own
Doctor .Eneas Macbride appeared to
hesitate for moment; then he said. Il
will do your will and may Heaven for
give me for yielding to you! But | must
nave vessel, a large vessel of warm
water"
That shall be at once procured" re-
piled the taller of the masked men, leav-
ing the room. You will remember that
Doctor Eneas Macbride was also tall of
statute 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 a
word, immersed her feet in the water.
Then DIR. 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 silver
footbath, He rose, looked in the victim $
face. chose fresh lancet, and knelt again
by the side of the footbath. The water
was now deeply discolored. Ere long it
was completely crimson.
| Bring another bath--a tuba buck ct
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 substi-
tuted 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 had fallen back
in her chair, her arms hanging loosely.
She is insensible ~ said the shorter of
the masked men.
bride. solemnly.
How she bled!'' repeated the shorter
of the two masked men.
"She will bleed no more" said DR..
Machride. And now let me ask you
what you intend to do with the evidence
of your, and may almost say my guilt
| How do you intend to dispose of the
corpse P"
Put it into sack full of stones and
sink it in the Tiber," muttered the taller
gentleman.
AT a 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 beeu murdered have been dsinterred
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
banteringly. you should have planned
the last act of your tragedy as well as the
preceding ones, Let me tell YOU that a
murdered dead body is. in a civilized
way. one of the most difficult of magma
BILE things to get rid of. But since have
gone with you SO far in this abomnable
business will 60 yet further and help
| you to conceal this corpse. Bring it back
with me to my surgery in the Piazza di
/ Spsgna-I am accustomed 10 have such
/ burdens brought to me at dead of night
and III dissect her. BY which | mean
that in less than twelve hours no recog-
| nizable trace of your deceased relative
will remain-if relative she is"
! The victim was evidently stone dead.
After long consultation. the masked
! men accpdpd IN tho pronoe;,;or - a.