Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-02-01
A STRANGE CASE or
RAISING THE DEAD.

By 200 feet deep in the upper part OF
New York about which nearly q cen.
fury ago residences were springing up.
One day In 49, II was announced that
this lot had been bought by a man
who intended TO use 1t for livery
stable. The proximity Of such proper
ty being undesirable, residents of the
neighborhOod dubbed together and
bought the property. Two gentlemen
invested 1000 each, forming a trust,
every investor having the right to nom
mate 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-
lily.
When ninety years had passed but
two nominees were living. Gustavus
Clough Wyatt and Lydia Ward Selby.
Mr.. Wyatt was ninety-one years Of
age. Mrs. selby ninety-two and a half
Both were in fairly good health con-
sidering their advanced age. Mr..
Wyatt had wiIled the property in case
he should live to secure 1t to his son,
Walter Lambert. aged sixty-fiye. Miss
selby's interest was to so to her great
grandniece. Florence Dudley, aged
fourteen.
Six years later both Mr.. Wyatt and
Mrs. Selby had experienced a great
change. In each there remained but
the hicker Of the last drops OF life's
burning oil. The property which one
or the other would own was worth
100000. Lambert, who would In
heFit II his father should be the sur.
vivor, was an old curmudgeon whom
everybody hated. Florence Dudley was
a lovely girl with no means whatever
and engaged to Travers Trask, q
young medical man who proposed to
make surgery his speciality.
Since the inheritance OF a million
was dependent upon the lives OF these
two aged people they were kept like
plants In ia conservatory. The slight
est draft OF air coming near either
one OF them was considered Of more
importance than cyclone elsewhere
Both lived on toast water, and neither
was permitted to 90 out OF doors, Mr.
Wyatt was under the constant care OF
DR.. Myrtlewood, young man whose
whole time was engaged for the pur
pose by Lambert. Mrs. Selby was un
der the care Of DR.. Trask. who visited
her every day.
The autumn Of TO- was baImy up Ia
the 18th Of November, when blizzard
came down that carried on 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 DIR. TTask, who
had his fianeee'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 a
few hours. DIR, Myrtlewood was keep
Ing old Wyatt up by stimulants. and
Or. Trask was doing the same by Mrs.
selby. Sympathy was entirely with
Misc Dudley, every one hoping that
she would inherit
At o'clock on the morning Of Nov.
~. while tho storm was still raging.
Or. Trask saw that bis patient was
sinking. Word came that Mr.. Wyatt
could live but a few hours. An hour
after this Mrs. selby. despite the ef.
feet Of the most powerful stlmulants,
passed away. Lambert was still alive.
Within ten minutes after Mrs. Selby's
death the fact was reported to DIR.
MyrtlewOod, who gave over attempting
to longer keep his patient alive. and
be died half an hour later.
DR. Trask may be said 10 be on the
scouting line of his profession. While
q student he had Witnessed an expert
ment which has startled the world.
He resolved to repeat It. Turning ev.
cry one out Of the room where Mrs.
selhy had died except his intimate
friend, Or. Semester, graduate Of a
prominent German school of medicine.
whom he retained for al assistant. he
made an incision over the woman's
heart. He then inserted his hand and
NtNHAtc0 tAlO VAN0At sNuCN@tA6 ~ bNhtAS
and massaging Il. This process he
kept up for some fifteen minutes. when
faint tinge Of color appeared In the
patients cheeks. DIR. Semester placed
a mirror under the woman's nostrlls
and slight moisture appeared on the
Rlaaa. The maasaglng continued some
ten minutes longer. when the patient
opened her eyes.
Hastily covering the body to the
chin Or. Trask summoned every one
IN the house and said to them:
Il wish You TO witness that on this
i4eh day OF November at 3:40 p. m
Mrs. Selby lives"
At that moment the patient sighed
and said In a feeble voice, Il feel 50
queer
"Do you hear thatY' said the doctor
''she not only lives. but speaks. Leave
che room. Everything depends upon
keeping her composed"
No one knew what was passing IN
the slckr0om tn 9 o'clock. when the