The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1877-06-07

ike whipped dogs. IDey pointed 10
the great door of the castle, sneering
and looking hate at me, and, follow
ing close upon my heels, bade me en-.
ter.
Up the steDs 1 went, feeling, as
passed through the door, that l had
looked for the last time on earth and
sky. They hurried me along q small,
dark passage to the right for short
distance, when suddenly my feet
met nothing, and fell down, down,
down, it seemed thousands of feet.
Suddenly I struck something soft,
and fell fiat upon an immense pile OF
feathers. The little old man VINO had
decOyed me to the castle, and many
others looking just like him, pulled
me quickly from where ! had fallen,
and hurried me out into the center of
the apartment. 1t was a large VIM
dowless apartment, lit by some fra
grant preparation burning in skulls Cd
ledges about the room, The floor,
walls, and ceiling were composed Of
rock and clay. In the centre of the
room was 3 large tub, about which
were arranged brushes of every shape
and size.
These gray-headed demons stripped
me of all my clothes. and raising me
upon their shoulders, tossed me into
the huge tub. It was half filled with
smoking liquid. On how hot il
was In 2 few minutes they dragged
me out, stood me upon some feathers,
and, dipping from their tub with their
huge Whltewash brushes, gave me
coat after coat OF the hot fluid. TAX
ing me between them, they swung
me in the air. l began to dry. |
felt my legs and arms Strengthening
out, and getting stiff and immOvable,
so, too, my neck and body.
L tried to SPEAK, to cry out. 1t was
useless. l only muttered something
unlntelligible. / could not close my
eyes, and they began to pain me eX-
ceedingly, When l was perfectly
dry Snd Incapable of the least move
ment, one OF them painted on my
chest, in red: No. S, S,556, ,67S, 81 series
When this had dried they put me IN
q dunn b-waiter, or elevator, Just large
enough for one, and shot me upward
with such velocity that could hard
| ~ hold my breath. Suddenly il
stopped WITH q Jerk that vibrated
through every part of my stltfened
body. lt was q pleasure that pain,
| for it was a certain sign of vitality. !
no longer doubted that l was alive.
A door was opened and two old men
they all looked and dressed alike
caught me up between them and car
ried me into brilliantly lighted hail.
| There was rows OF seats, bench above
bench, all occupied by men wearing
| black skull-caps. Upon the front Oi
each was tasiefully worked in red
! silk the heart and its great vessels.
| Upon 8 raised seat, fronting all these
/ benches, (Which were arranged in a
semicircle) sat a man OF large and
l commanding stature, though old and
wrinkled. He had long, gray beard
and locks of white hair struggled from
I beneath q skull-csD of brilliant scar
/ let. He struck me IS being the one
who had called to my eaptors from
/ the window. Ranged about the room
where q number OF men as still and
immovable IS myself. But they
seemed 10 be dead. A thrill OF horror
ran through me. They stood me up
against q table ia the centre OF the
amphitheatre, facing tue man on the
raised seat.
wondered what end there was to
be to these prOeeediHgs. All nay fear
seemed to have passed away, and
was possessed with an eager curiosity
20 know who tue strange men were,
and Why I had been brought there.
I was soon enlightened. He Of the
scarlet can adreeaad me:
"YOur name ~
Edward Baker,'isfter snort vocal
struggle.
"Your age ?' .--. s-t
"TWenty-fOur.o -.------,
"@edleai isieaIIGn student. i HIiz fIHI
A chorus of grOans greeted my last
reply. a--
j aYoihg man p said he OF the scarlet
cap, sit is my duty aud lnleasure tC
| explain to you fully Who We are, and
why yOu have been brought here.
/ We are the spirits, the souls, if you
choose, of dead animals, clothed in
human flesh. Animals that hayC
died 'in the cause of science.' AMI
mails that have been cruelty drugged
and butchered to throw light upon
various physiological phenomena
We are, or rather were dogs cats
sheep, horses cows. RABBITS, frogs
tcads and fish, that have been ruth
lessly t0rmentei and btehsred by
the so-called men OF Aance, OfteL
without any definite oh yeet In view
often 70 simply demons trste 10 clas:
Iof country pumpkins, aspiring % th'