The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-07-11

Mr.. Utterson was lawyer, who be-
lieved in letting people go to the devil
in their own way. He and Richard
Enfield, man about town, who was
at once his distant kinsman and his
friend, often walked about the Lon
don streets together. One day they
came upon sinister, WindoWless, two
story building in a by-Way.
Enfield told Of seeing a man in
this street run into little girl, knock
her down and walk over her body.
1T sounds nothing to hear, but it was
hellish to see" he said Il collared
the man and held him. and though he
made no resistance he gave me
look SO ugly that it set me In
sweat. He offered to pay damages
and came to this house to get the
money. He gave me 10 pounds in
gold and check signed by man
knew A forgery? Not a 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 | 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 it a will which
he re-eXamined with care. 1t provid-
ed that in case OF the death OF Henry
Jekyll all his possessions were to
pass to Edward Hyde, and in case
of the disappearance, or unexplained
absence for three months OF said
Jekyll, Edward Hyde should step into
Jekylps shoes without delay. AS he
| studied it the lawyer said: 81 thought
II ~ IL ic
disgrace"
He decided to talk with DR. Lanyon
a great physician and an old friend of
Jekyl.
Il see very little of Henry now
some 10 years ago He became 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 its owner. Al
last one night small plainly dressed
man approached and drew a key from
his pocket. His look suggested de
formity but did not show it. Uttersor
! accosted him and said: Nov | shall
know you again. II may be useful"
Hyde gave his address in Soho ad
mitted knowing Jekyll, and disappear
ed within. Utterson turned away con
WINGED that this loathsome little NAL
had some dark hold upon Dr. Jekyll
In sorrow and in pity he went to cal
upon Jekyll who lived just arount
the corner. He was away.
To the butler Utterson said: Il saw
MIR. Hyde go in by the old dissectin
room door, Poole, is that right whe'
Dr.. Jekyll is away?"
Quite right, sir Mr. Hyde has
key.
Utterson went home with a feelin
that some danger menaced his frien
Jekyll.
A year later London was startled b
a singularly inhuman murder case.
housemaid, looking from a window
saw man who resembled Mr.. Hyd
strike down her master, a venerable
white-haired man, and trample hi
body under foot in a hellish fury. Th
old man was Sir Danvers Carew.
! The case came to Utterson VIII
alone recognized the weapon whic
the assassin had dropped. 1t was
cane which he had himself presente
to Henry Jel,yll. 1t was another lin
, in the chain. Utterson took an office
to the address which Hyde had givel
The latter was not at home.
The house was empty, and notnin
was to be seen except pile Of ashe
on the hearth as if many papers ha
been burned. Among these the d,
tective discovered partially burne
checkbook. Following this clue the
} located several thousand pounds a
certain bank.
Hyde did not claim the money H
had gone away, swiftly and safely.
The next step was to visit the sir
lister house, which was in truth
, part of Jekylls property and know
as The Laboratory" Light fe
through foggy cupola. At the fartl
! er end fight Of stairs led to larg
room lighted by three iron barre
windows which looked on a court !
fire burned in the crate. and there
: covering close to it, sat DR.. Jekyl
, looking deathly sick. He held out
cold hand.
Utterson asked if he had heard tn
news. Jekyll replied that he ha
heard it cried in the street Utterso
said: "Carew is my client. but so ar
you, and l want to know what | ar
doing. Are you hiding this murderer?
Jekyll swore that he was not blu
"cueu' AiS - SAFE Quile SAFE. II
will never more be heard Of"
He showed Utterson a letter fror
Hyde in a queer, upright Handwriting
, AS he went out Utterson aske
Poole about the man who had brough
the letter to his master. Poole wa
sure no letter had been handed il
The letter must have come in by tn
way of the laboratory. Utterson'
clerk. an expert in handwriting, pu
the two letters side by side. Afte
] careful study he said: THE two hand