Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1920-08-07

again and then he wrote OF that.
"a MR. UTTERsoN was a lawyer
I'VE who believed in letting people
~ IL 20 to the devil in their own
way. He and Richard Enfield. man
about town, who was at once his dis
TINT kinsman and his friend, often
walked about the London streets to-
gether. One day they came upon
sinister, windowless, two-stOry build
Ing in a byway.
Enfield told Of seeing a man in this
street run into a little girl, knock her
down and walk over her body. 'It
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 1t 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 a check
signed by a man knew y forgery?
Not bit of it--perfectly good !"
Mr.. Utterson asked the name of the
man. Enfield with some hesitation
said: His name is Hyde"
you see l 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 win which he re
examined with care. 1t provided that
in case of the deatR of Henry Jekylt
all his possessions We're to pass TO Ed
ward Hyde, and IN case Of the diSap-
pearance, or unexplained absence for
three months of saia Jekyll. Edward
Hyde should step into Jekylls shoes
without delay. AS he studied it the
lawyer said. 81 thought 1t madness
now begin to fear il is disgrace
He decided to talk with Doctor Lam
yon, great physician and an old
friend of Jekyll.
II see very little of Henry now"
said Lany0n. HE began to go wrong
some ten years ago. He became too
fanciful for me-"
Lany0n had never heard of Hyde.
began to haunt that sinister doorway
into which Hyde had disappeared. He
determined TO discover its owner. AT
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. UtterS0n
accosted him and said: Now | shall
know YOU again. 1t may be useful"
Hyde gave his address in Soho. ad-
mitted knowing Jekyll and dis
appeared within. Utterson turned
away convinced that this loathSome
little man had some dark hold
upon Doctor 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: 81 saw
Mr. Hyde 90 in by the old dissectng
1 room door, Poole, is that right when
Doctor Jekyll is away?"
quite right. sir. Mr.. Hyde has a
key"
| Utterson went home with feeling
that some danger menaced his friend
/ Jekyll.
! year later London was startled by
a singularly inhumah murder case. \
1 houSemaid. looking from a window
saw a man who resembled Mr.. Hyde
strike down her master, a venerable
white-haired man, and trample 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 II was Z
cane which he had himself presented
to Henry Jekyll It was another IinE
In the chain. Utterson took an officer (,
the address which Hyde had given
The latter was not at home.
The house was empty. and nothn!
Suspicious was TO be seen except Il pill,
on ashes on me hearth as ii raany "a
p~.rs had been burned. Among thes'
the detective discovered a PARTIAL.
burned checkbook. Following this clu'
they located several thousand pound
at ii certain hank.
Hyde did not claim the money. FL
had gone away. swiftly and safely
The next step was to visit the SIMS
ter house. which was in truth par
of Jekylfs property and known a
THE Laboratory" Light fell throug
, a foggy cupola. AT the farther end
, flight Of stairs led to a large rOOr
lighted by three iron barred windG%
yhich looked % the court. A Ii