Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1920-08-07


words what he
saw and thought and felt. He wrote
until his health gave way again ana
again, and then he wrote of that.
"A Mr.. UTTERSON was a lawyer
wi. who believed in letting let 1as, people oIae
Az - 60 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
sinister, windowless, twO-story build
Ing in 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
hellish to see," he said. II 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 check
signed by a man knew. A forgery?
Not bit of it-perfectly goodw
Mr.. Utterson asked the name Of the
man. Enfield with some hesitation
said: "His name is Hyde"
"You see I don't ask you the name
of the man who signed the check, for
know it already" said Utterson.
,fvh lot
and took from 1t will which he re-
examined with care. 1t provided that
in case Of the death of Henry Jekyl
all his possessions were to pass to Ed
ward Hyde, and in case of the disap-
peafahte, 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 it is disgrace"
He decided to talk with Doctor Ian
yon, 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 a key from
f1 TOD do
formity but did not show 1t. Utterson
accosted him and said: snow I 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 go in by the old dissecting
room door, Poole, is that right when
Doctor Jekyll is away?"
"Quite right, sir. Mr.. Hyde has a
key"
Utterson went home with a feeling
that some danger menaced his friend
Jekyll.
| A year later London was startled by
singularly inhuman murder case. A
housemaid, looking from window,
saw a man who resembled Mr.. Hyde
strike down her master, venerable,
whte-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. 1t was a
cane which he had himself presented
to Henry Jekyll. 1t was another link
In the chain. Utterson took an officer to
the address which Hyde had given
The latter was not at home.
The house was empty, and nothing
suspicious was to be seen except pile
of ashes on the hearth as if many pa
pers had been burned. Among these
| the detective discovered a partially
burned checkbook. Following this clue
they located several thousand pounds
at a certain bank.
Hyde did not claim the money. He
had gone away, swiftly and safely.
The next step was to visit the SIMS
ter house, which was in truth a part
of Jekyll's property and known as
"The Laboratory" Light fell through
foggy cupoa. At the farther end q
fight of stairs led to large room
lighted by three iron barred windows
which looked on the court A fire