Oregon Republican. [volume] (Dallas, Or.) 1870-1872, 1870-07-02
DALLAS, OREGON. SATURDAY, JULY 2, 1870.


"What is it you wish to know 2" Go
to DR.. Stellare; he knows what has
been, (which is. and which will be
Nothing is hidden from him. No. 95
street.
| went straight from the reading of
this p1acard to see the sage.
/ was admitted into a sort of ante~
room, where the doctor soon Joined me.
| He inspired me with chilling awe. He
was. tall and emaciated. His black,
deep-set eyes glowed like coral with a
sort Of lurid light, horrible to see. His
heavy black hair hung like some solid
mass below his shoulders; his dressing
gown eved Css calculated to strike ter
ror to the heart of the seeker of for
biddcn knowledge. 1t was some kind
of black stuff, with what appeared to
be yellow lines and spots mottling it,
A longer and closer inspection of these
yellow devices proved them to be danc>~
ing grotesqnely postured, orange hued
devils. After making that discovery
the yellow hue would never resume its
original innocent aspect, but remained
fenlish to the end.
Fixing his gaze upon me, he began,
in q low, sepulehral voice, and in
tragic style, to announce the object of
my visit-he stated it correctly. He
then turned, and lightly struck cur
tain behind him with a hazeled wand
{" Behold" he said.
I he curtain parted and showed
vista of darkness. At the further end,
in letters of blue flame, were the words:
"The' living are dying that the dead
may live"
AT the sight of these characters
this oracular inscription-my heart
gave one convulsive bound. and then
seemed to become cold and still.
asked no further questions | paid my
fee, and rushed from the house My
suspicious were scarcely yet defined
The thing which the blue letters hint
ed was too horrible for credence Yet
there was no rest for me until had
confronted the truth. To rid myself
of this dreadful, haunting terror, it
was necessary | should 90 back to the
4 scarlet chamber and look again upon
my dead.
/ ! went without delay, I did not
even return to tell my wife of my pro
posed journey. I travelled night and
day, and reached my former home in
the spring twilight. The old house,
gray and ghostly, stood out against the
dun sky; the decrcpid old man, who
was its only living occupant peered at
me with his dim eyes, not knowing me
at first sight. | rid myself of him in
few words, and slowly moulted the
stairs, and stood before the door which
hid my awful secret | had always
carried the key about me; [ had it
now in my hand, pausing, hesitating,
trembling. Day and night the gas,jet
burned in that long unopened room.
Something, then, l should see-but
what? The key turned smoothly in the
lock, the door moved easily upon its
hinges, and | stood on the threshold
looking into the secret chamber Under
the white velvet pail still lay the clay
form Of one SO madly worshipped. But
even from where [ stood, the rigid face,
once SO wax like, had a delicate but
fresh tint. It is the shadow Of the
draperies, I thought. But the scarlet
, draperies were not near the body. Did
the muslin upon the breast move :?
, Yes, it stirred. "No, no. whispered;
; ''it is but the Pickering of the gas
lig hts. But the lights burned straight
and steadily.
Slowly, creeping like cat, step by
/; step, never taking my eyes from the
I body, i approached. The face was
!, family flushed with the hue of life
: the bosom had an almost imperceptible
r rise and fall, but the eyes were closed.
If they should open! With desper>
9 ate effort, wherein | seemed to conoen.
trate all the energies which should
/. have lasted lifetime, | put out my
g hand and touched the wrist of the
!. dead.
Good God! The pulse was soft and
. even.
Z My heart stood still, my blood con-
:, suddenly to engulf me. | knew nc
: more.
Extract from the Chicago Morning Chronicle
: s3+s April l. 18-
The above was handed to us for pub.
; lication, having been found among the
u effects of the late DIR. Crugar, who
: died on last Thursday at the Insane
|, Asylum in Jacksonville. Two months
!; ago the doctor was discovered in an in
Il sensible condition in one of the upper
!, chambers of his house. He had re,
turned home only the evening before
having been absent for more than ;
u !, year The room in which he wa
:. found was usually kept locked, the ke,
:, : remaining in the doctors possession
= !. The servant, seeing the key in the loci
Concluded on fourth page,)