Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-11-14

man and his friend, often walked
about the London streets together
| One day they came across a sinister,
windowless, two-story building in a
| by-way.
Enfield told of seeing man in
this street run into a little girl,
knock her down and walk over her
body ct sounds nothing to hear,
but it was hellish to see,' he said.
"I collared the man and held him,
and though he made no resistance
he gave me look so ugly that it set
me in a sweat. He offered to pay
damages and came to this house to
get the moEey. He gave me 10
pounds in gold and a check signed
by man L knew. A forgery? Not
q bit Of it-perfectly good!'
Mr.. Utterson asked the name of
the man. Enfield with some hesita-
ton said: His name is Hyde"
"You see I doE't ask you the name
Of the man who signed the check,
for I know it already" said Utter
son.
That night the latter opened his
safe and took from it will which
| be re-examined with care. 1t pro-
vfded that in case of the death Of
Henry Jeky1l all his possessions
were to pass to Edward Hyde, and in
| case Of the disappearance; or ureX-
! planned absence for three months of
said Jekyll, Edward Hyde should step
into Jekyll's shoes withou delay. AS
| he studied it the lawyer said: II
| thought it madness, now I begin to
! fear it is disgrace.'
| He decided to talk with DR.. Ian
| TIT \
friend of Jekyll.
'I see very little Of Henry now"
said Laayon. "He began to go
wrong some ten years ago. He be-
came too fanciful for me-"
Lanyon had never heard Of Hyde.
From that time forward Utterson
| began to haunt that sinister doorway
into which Hyde had disappeared.
He determined to discover it's owrer.
At last one night a small, plainly
dressed man approached and drew
a key from his pocket. His look sug-
| gested deformity but did not show
| it. Utterson accosted him and said:
Now 1 shall know you again. 1t
may be useful
Hyde gave his address in Soho. ad-
mitted knowing Jekyll, and disap-
peared within. Uttersor turned
away convinced that this loathsome
little man had some dark hold upon
DR.. Jekyll. In sorrow and in pity
he went to call upon Jekyll, who
| lived just around the corner. He
was away.
To the butler Utterson said: "I
saw Mr.. Hyde go by in the old dis
| secting room door, Poole, is that
right when DR.. JekylI is away?''
quite right, sir. Mr.. Hyde has
a key
Utterson went home with a feeling
that some danger menaced his friend
Jekyll.
A year later London was startled
| by a singular1y inhuman murder
case. A housemaid, looking from
window, saw a man who resembled
Mr.. Hyde strike down her master,
venerable, white-haired mar, and
trampIe his body under foot in
hellish fury. The old man was Sir
| Danvers Carew.
The case came to Utterson who
alone recognized the weapon which
the assassin had dropped. 1t was
a cane which he had himself pre-
| sented to Henry Jekyll. 1t was an
other link in the chain Utterson
took an officer to the address which
Hyde had given. The latter was not
! at home
The house was empty, and nothing
! suspicious was to be seen except a
| pile Of ashes on the hearth as If
many papers had been burned.
Among these the detective discovered
a partially burned checkbook. Fol-
| lowing this clue they located several
| thOIJCnn a rf1i11 hon
Hyde did not claim the money.
He had gone away, swiftly and
safely.
The next step was to visit the sim
| lister house, which was in truth a
part of JekylPs property and known
as "The Laboratory" Light fell
through a foggy cupola. At the
farther end a flight of stairs led to
a large room lighted by three iron
barred windows which looked on the
court. A fire burned in the crate,
and there, covering close to 1t, sat
| DR.. Jekyll, looking deathly sick He
| held out a cold hand.
Utterson asked if he had heard
the news. Jekyll replied that he
had heard 1t cried in the streets.
! Utterson said: "Carew is my client,
but so are you, and I want to know
what 1 am doing. Are you hiding
this murderer"
Jekyll swore that he was not but
added "FLe is safe-quite safe. He
will never more be heard of"
| He showed Utterson a letter from
Hyde in queer, upright handwrit.
| ing.
AS he went out Utterson asked
| Poole about the man who had
brought the letter to his master.
Poole was sure no letter had been
handed in. The letter must have
come in by the way of the labora-
tory. Utterson's clerk, an expert in
handwriting, put the two letters side
by side. After careful study he said:
| THE two hands are in many points
identical, they are differently sloped,
that's all"
Utterson's blood ran cold in his
veins. Henry JekyIl has forged in
defense of a ferocious murderer" he
said.
One day Lanyon called On Utter
son looking like a man who had
been death-doomed. He refused to
discuss Jekyn. He would not have
his name mentioned II regard him
as dead he said, but would say no
| more.
In less than a week LanYon took
to his bed and died A day or two
after the funeral, a letter from the
| dead man came by messenger to
the lawyer, a missiye marked "Pri-
waite. Not to be opened till the death
or disappearance of Henry JekylI."
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