The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1920-09-04

IA KR. JEFFERSON was a lawyer
|" who believed in letting people
~ = go to the devil in their own
way. He and Richard Enfield, man
about town, who was at once his dis
tant kinsman and his friend, often
walked about the London streets to-
gether. One day they came upon a
sinister, windowless, two-story build
ing in a byway.
Enfield told of seeing man in this
street run into little girl, knock her
down and walk over her body. 1T
sounds nothing to hear, but it was
hellsh to see" he said. 81 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 a check
| signed by a man knew. A forgery?
Not bit Of it-perfectiy goodw
Mr.. Utterson asked the name of the
man. Enfield with some hesitation
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 will which he re-
examined with care. 1t provided that
In case of the death of Henry Jekyll
all his possessions were to pass to Ed
ward Hyde, and in case of the diSap-
pearance, or unexplained absence for
three months of said Jekyll, Edward
Hyde should step into Jekyll's shoes
without delay. AS he studied it the
lawyer said: II thought it madness,
now begin to fear 1t is disgrace"
He decided to talk with Doctor Lam
yon, a great physician and an old
friend Of Jekyll.
II see very little Of Henry now"
said Lanyon. "He began to go wrong
some ten 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. At
last one night small plainly dressed |
man approached and drew key from
his pocket. His look suggested de- |
formity but did not show it. Utterson |
accosted him and said: "Now shall |
know you again. 1t may be useful"
Hyde gave his address in Soho, adj
mitted knowing Jekyll, and dis
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 go in by the old dissecting
room door, Poole, is that right when
Doctor Jekyll is awayY
"Quite right, sir. Mr. Hyde has
key"
UttersOn went home with a feeling
that some danger menaced his friend
Jekyll.
A year later London was startled by
4 singularly inhuman murder case. A
looking from a window,
saw man who resembIed Mr.. Hyde
strike down her master, venerable,
man, and trample his
body under foot in hellish fury. The
Did man was Sir Danvers Carew.
The case came to Utterson who
alone recognized the weapon which
The assassin had dropped. 1t was a
cane which he had himself presented
10 Henry Jekyll. 1t was another link
n the chain. Utterson took an officer to
he address which Hyde had given.
The latter was not at home.
The house was empty, and nothing
suspicious was to be seen except pile
# ashes on the hearth as if many pa
,ers had been burned. Among these
he detective discovered partially
,urned checkbook. Following this clue .
hey located several thousand pounds
It certain bank.
Hyde did not claim the money. He
lad gone away, swiftly and safely. |,
The next step was to visit the sinis- !
er house, which was In truth a part ,
Il Jekyll's property and known as ,
The Laboratory" Light fell through ,
foggy cupola. At the farther end a
light of stairs led to large room i,
lighted by three iron barred windows
which looked on the court. A fire