The Washington herald., 1919-07-10

Jekyll. looking deathiy sick. He
held out a cold hand.
.Utterson asked II he had heard
the news. Jekyll replied that hs
had heard II cried in the street Ut
terson said: "Carew is my client.
but so are you. and want to know
what 1 am doing. Are you hiding
this murderer"
Jekyll swore that he was not. but
added, He Is safe-Quite safe. He
will never more be heard Of"
He showed Utterson a letter from
Hyde in a queer, upright handwrits
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
ferently sloped. that's ALL"
veins. Henry Jekyll has forged
uClchSc VI q Chf
he said.
One day Lanyon called on Utter
son looking like a man who had
been death-doomed. He refused to
discuss Jekyli. He would not have
his name mentioned. IT 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. letter from the
dead man came by messenger to the
lawyer. a missive marked Private.
Not to be opened till the death or
disappearance of Henry Jekyil."
Utterson did not open the letter
but went at once to call upon Jekyll.
He saw only Poole who said his
master was hardly ever seen out
side the room in the laboratory. and
that he had grown very silent and
morose. 1t seemed mat something
heavy rested on his mind.
One evening as Utterson and En-
field went across the court in the
rear of the Jekyll house they saw
the doctor sitting at one of the win
dows taking the air with an infinite
sadness OF mien, like some discon-
solate prisoner.
Utterson, shocked at his looks.
urged him to come down and walk
with him. Jekyll refused sadly.
Suddenly as they both stood look
ing at him his smile vanished ana
an expression os abject terror and
despair came upon his face. He
turned away. The window was
thrust down. Utterson turned and
looked at his companion, Enfield.
Both were pale. there was an an
swering horror in their eyes.
One night Poole suddenly appear
ed at Utterson's house. He came to
say that for a week his master had
been shut up in his cabinet and that
he was alarmed. II can't bear le
any longer" he said.
He could not explain his fears,
but begged the lawyer to go back
with him. His face was white and
his voice broken.
Utterson found the entire house
hold in Jekylrs house in a state of
panic. All the maids were huddled
together like scared sheep.
They're all afraid" said Poole
Follow me-" he added; II want
you to hear. and l want yod to be
hesrd-but don't go in. sir"
They knocked on .Jekyll's door
but a voice said: II cannot see any
one"
en- Poole asked:N''Was that my mas
was changed Poole then opened
his heart. II believe my master has
been made away with" he said.
Poole thought it strange that the
murderer stayed. He said that the
man in the cabinet room had been
crying out night and day for help.
and had thrown out papers on
which were written orders for GER
tain drugs.
Utterson examined some of these
papers which were agoniZed pleas
for a special kind of salt which he
had used and wanted again. They
were all in JekylTs hand. as Poole
admitted. He also explained that
once he had caught sight of the man
inside. The hair stood up at sight
of him. II that was my master why
had he a mask on his face?'
Poole said: That thing was not
my master. My master was tall
fine man-this is a kind OF dwarf"
They decided to break down the
door.
Poole said: once 1 heard II weep
ing" This added to the error and
mystery.
They stood before the door and
Utterson demanded entrance. A
voice from within cried: For Gods
sake have mercy"
Hyde's!" shouted Utterson. and
swung his axe against the door.
Shattering the lock they rushed
in. On the floor lay the form Of a
man contorted and twitching. They
drew near and turned the body on
its back. 1t was Edward Hyde, and
by his side was an empty vial. He
was dead.
Jekyll was not to be found, but
the dead Hyde was dressed in what
seemed to be a suit of Jekylrs
clothes much too large for him.
On the table was a confession ad
dressed to Utterson and a will
drawn in his favor. Lanyon's let
ter explained the mystery. Hyde
had come one night to his Office
very i'll and asked for some pow
defs which Jekyll had left with
Lanyon to be given to Hyde when
he should call for them. Hyde. a
small man. with clothes grotesQuely
large, eagerly seized the powder and
mixed a liquid which had quickly
turned from purple to green.
The man drank. He reeled. He
staggered. He clutched the table.
He seemed to swell. His features
changed. and there before Lanyon's
eyes, pale and fainting. cropping be-
fore him with his hands. like a man
restored to life stood Henry Jekyll.
Hyde and Jekyll were inhabitants
of the same body! By the use of a
drug he had been able to change
from one personality to the other.
Hyde was wholly evil. Jekyll, the
amiable, respected professor. had
but to drink that powerful drug to