Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1908-11-26
A STRANGE CASE or
RAISING THE DEAD.

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There is vacant lot 100 feet front
by 300 feet deep in the upper part of
New York about which nearly cen
fury ago residences were springing up.
One day in IS ii was announced that
| this lot had been BOUGHT by man
who intended to use il for a livery
stable The proximity of such proper
ty being undesirable, residents of the
neighborhood dubbed together and
bought the property Two gentlemen
invested 81 600 each, forming trust,
every investor having the right to nom
mate a person TO inherit his interest.
The property was to be kept intact till
but one OF these nominees remained
alive This person was to then be-
come its owner. The nominees were
all under one year OF age and selected
from families remarkable for longev-
| ity.
When ninety years had PASSED but
| two nominees were living, Gustavus
Clough Wyatt and Lydia Ward Selby.
| Mr.. Wyatt was ninety-one years OF
| are, Mrs. Selby ninety-two and half.
Both were In fairly good health con
sidering their advanced age. Mr.,
Wyatt had wllled the property IN case
he should live to secure it TO his son,
Walter Lambert, aged SiXty-tive Miss
Selby's interest was to 20 to her great
grandniece. Florence Dudley, aged
fourteen.
Six years later both Air. Wyatt and
Mrs. Selby had experienced great
change In each there remained but
the flicker of the last drops of life's
burning oil Tho property which one
or the other would own was worth
| S1000.o00. Lambert, who would In
herlt II his father should be tie sur
| viyor was an old Curmudgcon whom
everybody hated Florence Dudley was
a lovely girl with no means whatever
and engaged to Travers Trask.
young medical man who proposed TO
make surgery his speciality.
| Since the Inheritance of Il million
was dependent upon the lives of these
two aged people they We're kept like
plants in conservatory. The slight
est draft OF air coming near either
uut VI iilttll was tbilNl1tItu u NUTS
Importance than a cyclone elsewhere
Both lived ON toast water, and neither
was permitted to so out Of doors Mr.
| Wyatt was under the constant care of
DR.. Myrtlcvood, a young man whose
| whole time was er red FOR the pur-
pose by Lambert NJ Selby was un-
der the care Of DR. Trask who visited
her every day
The autumn Of 10 was balmy up to
the 18th OF November. when Il blizzard
came down that carried off most OF
those whose lives hung IN the balance.
Old Mr.. Wyatt and old Mrs Selby
both lay dying. Mr. Lambert had spies
in the Selby home, and DR. Trask who
had his fianccc's interests in charge.
managed To keep himself fairly posted
as to the condition Of old Wyatt Each
principal was approaching the end Of
the race, and it seemed probable that
the winner might survive by only
few hours. Or. MyrtlcWood was keep
ing old Wyatt mp by stimulants, and
DR.. TraSk was doing the same by Mrs
Selby. sympathy was entirely with
Miss Dudley every one hoping that
she would inherit
At Q O'Clock on the morning Of Nov
IA, while the storm was still raging
DR.. TFask saw that his patient was
sinking Word came that Mr.. Wyatt
could live but few hours. An hour
after this Mrs Selby, despite the eff
feet of the most powerful stimulants
passed away. Lambert was still alive
Within ten minutes after Mrs Selby's
death the fact was reported to DR.
Myrtlewood, who gave over attempting
to longer keep his patient alive, and
he died half an hour later
Or. Trask may he said to be on the
scouting line Of his profession While
a student he had witnessed an expert
ment which has startled the world.
He resolved to repeat It. Turning ey-
cry one out of the room where Mrs.
| Selby had died except his intimate
| friend, DR.. Semester, a graduate OF
| prominent German school of medicine.
| whom he retained for an assistant he
made an incision over the woman's
heart He then inserted his hand and
| claSped the organ, squeezing II gently
| ana lhdSSdElug IT. / ms process lie
kept up for some fifteen minutes. when
a faint tinge OF color appeared in The
| patients checks Or. Semester placed
a mirror under the womau's nosuils
and a slight moisture appeared on the
glass The massaginC continued some
| ten minutes longer, when the patient
| opened her eyes
Hastily covering the body to the
chin Dr TraSk summoned every one
in the house and said to them
Il wish you 10 witness that on tins
l4th day of November at 3:45 p. nj.
Mrs Solby lives"
AT that moment the patient sighed
and said In feeble voice. Il feel So
| queer"
DO You hear that?' said the doctor.
she not only lives hut speaks Leave
the ROOM Everything depends upon
keeping her composed"
No one knew what was passing iu
The sickroom tin e o'clock. when the
eve PHYSICIANS emerged and announc-