The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-07-11
THE STRANGE CASE OF
DR. JEkYLL AND MIR. HYDE
BY ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
TT LOUIS STEVENSON
Condensation by Irving Bachelor

are in many points identical, they are |
differently sloped. that is all"
Utterson's blood ran sold in his
veins Henry Jekyll has forged in
| defence OF ferocious murderer" he |
said.
One day Lanyon called on Utterson
| looking like a man who had been |
death-doomed. He refused to discuss |
Jekyll. He would not have his name
mentioned. Il regard him as dead"
| he said, but would say no more.
In less than a week Lanyon took
| to his bed and died. 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 Jekyll."
! Utterson did not open the letter
| but went at once to call upon Jekyll.
| He saw only Poole who said his mas
ter was hardly ever seen outside the
| room in the laboratory, and that he
had grown very silent and morose.
1t seemed that something heavy rest
ed On his mind.
One evening as Utterson and En-
| field went across the court in the rear
of the Jekyll house they saw the doc
! tor sitting at one of the windows
taking the air with an infinite sadness
| Of mien, like some disconsolate
| prisoner.
Utterson, shocked at his looks,
, urged him to come down and walk
with him. Jekyl refused sadly Sud
denly as they both stood looking at
him his smile vanished and an ex-
preston Of abject terror and despair
came upon his face. He turned away.
The window was thrust down. Utter
| son turned and looked at his com
panion Enfield. Both were pale, there
was an answering horror in their eyes.
One night Poole suddenly appeared
! 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. Il can't bear it any
longer" he said
He could not explain his fears but
begged the lawyer to go back with
t him. His face was white and his
voice broken.
| Utterson found the entire household
in Jekyll's house in a state Of panic.
] All the maids were huddled together
| like scared sheep.
They're all afraid" said Poole.
Il Follow me- he added; Il want you
: to hear. and want you to be heard
+ but don't go in, sir
n They knocked on Jekyll's door but
|. a voice said: Il cannot see anyone"
| When they returned to the kitchen
d Poole asked: Was that my masters
voice." Uttersan admitted it was
v changed Poole then opened his heart
2 Il believe my master has been made
n away with he said.
Poole thought it strange that the
a murderer stayed. He said that the
man in the cabinet room had been cry
g ing out night and day for help, anC
d had thrown out papers on which were
written orders for certain drugs
y Ctterson examined some of these
A papers which were agonized pleas fo1
V, Il special kind of salt which he haC
e used and wanted again. They were
e. all in Jekyll's hand as Poole admit ed
is He also explained that once he hat
IL caught sight OF the man inside "Th,
hair stood up at sight Of him. If tina
20 was my master why had he a masl
h on his faCe?"
a Poole said THAT thing was not m,
ID master. My master was tall fn'
K man-this is kind of dwarf"
er They decide to break down the door
d. Poole said: Once I heard it weep
ing" This added to the error ant
G mystery.
IS They stood before the door and Ut
d tersoa demanded entrance. A voice
= from within cried: For Gods sake
d have mercy"
y That is not Jekyll's voice-it is
It Hyde's,' shouted Utterson, and swung
his axe against the door.
G Shattering the lock they rushed in
On the floor lay the form of a man
/ contorted and twtching. They drew
a near and turned the body on it's back
n 1t was Edward Hyde, and by his side
Il was an empty vial. He was dead.
J. Jekyll was not to be found, but the
e dead Hyde was dressed in what seem
d ed to be suit of Jekyll's clothes
A much too large for him.
:, On the table was a confession ad
/, dressed to Utterson, and a will drawn
a in his favor. canyons letter explain
ed the mystery. Hyde had come ons
e night to his office very i'll and asked
q for some powders which Jekyll had
n left with Lanyon to be given to Hyde
e when he should call for them Hyde
n was a small man, with clothes gro
% tesquely large. He eagerly seized the
It powder and mixed a liquid which hac
e quickly turned from purple to green.
The man drank He reeled. He
n staggered. He clutched the table. He
:. seemed to swell. His features changd
d and thre before canyons eyes, pale
t and fainting, cropping before him with
S his hands, like a man restored to life
l. stood Henry Jekyll
e Hyde and Jekyll were inhabitants
3 of the same body! BY the use of 3
It drug he had been able to change from
= one personality to the other. Hyde
- was wholly evil. Jekyll,S the amiable