The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1920-08-14

buriud IN The crate. and there, cover.
ing close ia II, sat Doctor jckyll. look
Ing deathly sick. He held out cold
hand.
utterson asked " he had heard the
news. Jekyll replied that he hnd heard
u cried In the street. Utterson said
"Carew In my client, but so are you.
and want 10 kncw what I am doing.
Are you hiding this murdererf"
jekyll swore that he was not but
added: HE Ia safe--quite snfe. He
VIII never more he heard Of"
lie showed Utterson q letter from
Hyde In n queer, upright handwriting.
As he went out Utterson asked Poole
about IN" man who had brought the
letter 10 his muster. Poole wns sure
no letter had been handed IN. The let.
ter must have come In 6y the way of
the fnbnrntory t'tterson's clerk. mn
expert In handwriting. put the two lei
tcrs side by side. After cnrcful study
ne said "'rhc t~p hnnds are IN mnny
po'i;s identical. They are differently
stopped. that rs ull."
uttersun's blood rnn cold IN HE
veins. Henry Jcls,ll has forged IN dc.
fcrSc of fcroclous murderer" he
said.
IN lcss than u week Lanynn took to
his bed and died. \ day or two after
the funeral letter from The dead man
came by messenger To the lawyer
mlsslvc marked "privnte. Not 10 be-
opened TN the death or disappearance
of Henry Jekyll."
!, Utterson did not open the letter hn'
went M once 10 call upon Jckyll. He
saw only Poole who said his master
was hardly ever seen outside the room
In the laboratory md that he haa
grown very silent and morosc.
One evening M Utterson and Enfield
went across the court IN the rrnr OF
the Jekyll house they saw the doctor
sitting nj one az the windows taking
the a'- with an Infinite sadness of
mIen. like some dIsccnsolaie prisoner.
Uttcrson. shocked nj his looks. urged
him 70 come down and walk with him.
Jckyil refused sadly. Suddenly M they
both stood looking NJ him his smile
vanished and an expression of abjcci
terror and despair cnmc upon his face
Tie turned away. The window was
thrust down. U,ferson turned and
looked NJ his companion ENFIELD. Both
were pale. there was an answering
horror In their eyes.
One night Poole suddenly appeared
nj Uttcrsons house. lie cume 10 say
that for week his muster bad been
shut up IN his cnbinci and that he wns
alarmed. II can't bear n any longer"
lie could not explain his fenrs hut |
begged the lawyer Ia eo hack with !,
him. Ills face was white and his voice
broken.
Uticrs"n found the entire household |
In Jckyl's house In u state of panic. |
They're nll afraid" snld Poole. |
"follow me" he added: II want YOU |
to hear and 7 want YOU Ia be- heard
hui don, go In. sir"
They krockcd ou Jckyll's door hut
IA voice said: ~ cannoi see anyone"
When they returned u the Kitchen
tWhc urH'Vs Nuh tuut my fnhrttF
voIcrf" ui'erson admitted II was
changed. Poole then opened hIs heart
n believe my mister has been made
away with" he said.
Poole Thought IL strange that the
murderer stayed. lie said that the
maj In The cRbinc, r1in had becn cry
'ng out nlghf and day for help. npd
had thrown oui papers an which were
written ordcis for certain drugs.
t'iiersnn examined some ~ those
pnpors which were agoniycd pl.ns for
I Sp"clnl kind ~ salt which he hud
rsed and wanted ngnin. They were
~ IN Jekylls hand as Poole admitted
IT, nlsO "Npinln"d that oncc be had
uughr sight of the rnnn inside. "fhe
mir stood up ~ sight of him. n thn'
vas my master why had he "a mask on
iis fncef"
Poole said; ''rhat thing was not
ny master My master WIS tail
Inc nan--ihis H. kind of dwarf"
They decided % break down the
ioor.
Poole snld: "Oncc ! heard II weep
ng." This added Ia the terror and
mystery.
They stood before the door and Ut
erson deinnnded entrance. A voice
rom within cried: For Gods sake