South Bend news-times., 1919-08-03

who was at once his distant kins-
man and his friend. often walked
about the London streets together.
One day they came upon a sinister.
windowiess. two-story building in a
by-way.
Enfield told or seeing man in
this street run. into a little girl
knock her down and walk over her
body 1T sounds nothing 70 hear,
but II was hellish 10 see. he said.
II coIlared the man and held him.
and tho ne made no resistance he
gave me a look so ugly thai IL set
me in a sweat. He offered 10 pay
damages and came 20 this house 20
pounds in gold and "a check signed
By a man knew. A forgery? Not
a bit OF it--pertectly good"
Mr.. Utterson asked the name Of
the man. Enfield with some hest
tation said His name is Hyde.
you see I don't ask you the
name OF the man who signed the
check. for know it already, said
Utterson.
That night the latter opened his
safe and took from II a will which
he re-examined with care. II pro
vided that in case Of the death OF
Henry Jekyll ali his possessions
were 20 pass 10 Edward Hyde, and
in case OF the disappearance. or un-
explained absence for three months
Of said Jekyll. Edward Hyde should
step into JeIylrs shoes without de-
lay. As he studied II the lawyer
said: II thought IL madness, now
I begin TO fear il is disgrace"
He decided 10 talk with DR.. Ian
yon "A great physician and an old
friend Of Jekyll
I see very little Of Henry now"
said LanyOn. 'He began TO go
wrong some 10 years ago. lie be-
came too fanciful for me-"
IAnyon had never heard Of Hyde.
From that time forward Utter
son began 10 haunt that sinister
doorway into which Hyde had dis
appeared. He determined 10 dis
cover its owner. At last one night
a small plainly dressed man ap-
preached and drew a key from his
pocket His look suggested deform-
ity bat did not show it. UttersOn
accosted him and said: Now ]
shall know you again. 1t may be
useful"
Hyde gave his address in Soho.
admitted knowing Jekyll. and dis
appeared within. Utterson turned
away convinced that this loathsome
little man had some dark hold up
on DR. Jekyll In sorrow and in pity
he went 10 call upon JekyH who
lived around the corner. He was
away.
To the butler Utterson said: 7
saw Mr.. Hyde go in by the old dis
secting room door. Poole, is that
right when Dr. Jel1yll IS away"
quite right sir. Mr.. Hyde has
a key
Utterson went home with a feel
ing that some danger menaced his
friend Jekyll.
A year later London was startled
by a singularly inhuman murder
case. A housemaid. looking from
a window. saw a man who resem-
bled NJ Hyde strike down her mas
ter. a venerable. white-haired man,
and trample his body under foot in
a helnsh fury. The old man was
Sir Danvers Carew.
The case came to ITtterson who
alone recognized the weapon which
the assassin had dropped. IL was
cane which he had himself present
Tel r
link in the chain. Utterson took an
ofhcer 10 the address which Hyde
had given. The latter was not at
home.
The house was empty. and Moth
ing suspicious was TO be seen eN-
cept a pile OF ashes on the hearth
as IL many papers had been burn
ed Among these tn detective dis
covered a partially burned check
book. Following this clue they To-
Gated several thousand pounds at a
certain bank.
HYDE did not claim the money.
He had gone away, swiftly and
safely.
The next step was 90 visit the
sinister house. which was in truth
a part OF JekylIs property and
known as The Laboratory Light
fell through a foggy cupola- At the
farther end a fisht Of stairs led 10
a large room lighted by three iron
barred windows which looked on
the court. A fre burned in the
CRATE. and there. covering close TO
II. sat Dr. JeSyu, looking deathly
sick. He held out a cold hand
TItterson asked IL he had heard
the news. Jekyll replied that he
had heard IL cried In the street. Ut
terson said, "Carew is my client.
but so are YOU. and / want 20 know
what I am doing. Are you hiding
this murderer"
Jekyll swore that he was not but
added, "He IS sate-QUite safe. He
will never more be heard Of"
he showed Uterson a letter from
Hyde in a queer. upright handwrit-
ing.
As he went out Utterson asked
Poole about the man who had
brought the letter 70 his master.
Poole was sure no letter had been
handed in The letter must have