The daily Alaskan., 1905-08-17
A New Case of
 Dr. JekyIl and Mir. Hyde
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cAhNlitI NhA n cAAhAA ". AiA't N-----N to America in Cromwelrs time, and bis grandson was a noted Tory during
 the Revolution. Some years agp | visited London and sent my card Co the
 present earl. who Invited me Co visit
 Etchwoth house, the family seat We arrived there in time for dinner and fpcnt a part of the evening examining the house and many hc.rlo5ms it con tained. This finished. we sat by the
 great fireplace. built centuries ago, and my host told me stories and legends oi the family.
 l went Co my room with my head full of visions Of different generations pas-
 Ing and repassinG as in palo-ImA The house had never been chanccl il-b a modern abode, and my only D .ht was a candle. While undre sug ] no ted a portrait ha0z'1z 7B the wall who se white wl~. l.a coilarcd red coat with largr adttons. and ruGici shirt bosom
 n..Fel lIc original for u.e pe.iod or Gc .r-e III noiiccl him e ,ccially ! r.r the brucyalan. cvr -s-ion of his l f.-e. and since hc bore strong family yasc.lb.ancc did not doubt that he was oae of the earl s md my own an cesto-s.
 Placing u1c canllc on a tabl, beside the D d the candl igE. Of heavy sIl
 yer. lad lighted people to bed 20) or more years bcfor, rut the eXtin
 -u. Ter over it, shut my c-cs and went (. s,V.
 | ..1n uwo,c with one Of those In dcscribu. .c sr-#alions. th only definite thing about which Is a certainty Of some cause for wal 'uln7ss I lighted
 my candle and, lying hsck on my p'- low, found myself fang the picture
 of the benevolent gen1 -lB tha. had attracted my attention
 started up In astonishment Through this man who had lived from one Co two hundred years ncn there seemed Co bc looking from thc back ground the | portrait of one iu the costume ot either | Charles IT. or James II. At any rate, | he wore the curls and lace collar Of that period What a flcc' Never have l | seen such malcvolcncc combined with | such despair. ! thought of eTcnson's strange Case of nr Jcsyll and NIT. Hide" the good and the bad In one body. There were thc 1turcs Of be ncvGlcucc and ua'ey .,gUCc. Inc one | looking through the other. thc~gh the | former seemed Co have maStD ed the latter rnu,1 mol lrr- f'n thought of remaining under tho Cr-c of that horri- 1 blc face. | dar~l not put out the can | de. for [ dreaded the darkness more than the light. SO. getting out cf bed, | placed the candle on a dresser where it would not shine SO fully on the picture l While returning Co my bed ] noticed ] that the features of the evil face were ! gradually giving place to the good face, and before I lay down the good had completely annihlatcd the evil
 An hour passed. during which occa- | sionally cast furtive Clanccs at the DOT | trait threading the return Of the fcnd ! face. But there was no return. and at last I fell asleep. awoke again. how | ever. in a few hours. The candle was | fllckering In the socket Being thirsty. I got up Co get a drink of water before the candle should 90 out Turning Co go back Co bed, cast glance at the portrait. There again was the face | dreaded.
 must have started and caused a dis ! turhance Of the air sufficient Co extin- guish the tlickcring candle. At any rate lt 0arcl and went out. and dash ed for the bed, climbed Into it and bu- ricd my head under the clothes, my heart beating Ike a triphammer. An other hour Of wakcfulness. then slum- l ber relieved me of the dreadful feeling that that evil face was looking at me. In the morning my chamber door was thrown open. and my host entered Co announce that breakfast was waiting. and we had scarcely time to eat lt and reach our train Co London. My first thought was of thc portrait l looked at lt, and there. as had seen the night before, were the two faces In one.
 Explain that" ! said pointing.
 The earl looked at lt. surprised.
 q beg a thousand parlons," he said. "for putting you In room with that picture. When last here I gave an order for its removal but see the order has not been oheycd. Did it trouble you in the nightly
 Trouble mey should say It dldT'
 Come. get your clothes on, and at breakfast Tl tell you about lt"
 This Is tho story of the picture:
 When the Duke Of Monmouth, Charles IFS natural son. returned from the Netherlands to dispute the throne with James IT. the Earl of Etch- woth was deep in the plot His am bltlon was fired at the prospect of hay ing been one of the principal adherents of a king In diversity. and he staked all on the result. When Monmouth was defeated at IedCemoor and executed the earl was one of those whom Jef. fries tried and condemned. The fall ure of the earl's plans and the result emblttercd him and made a devn of him. The night before his execution an artist visited him in prison and. struck by his expression. hurried Co hls rtYtiio fo r,r,f ft or, gaf,yne Tho F,lrfus,n