The diamond drill., 1920-11-20


Ing deathIy sick. He held out a cold
hand
Utterson asked II he had heard the
news. Jekyll replied that he had heard
IL cried In the street. Utterson said;
"Carew is my client. but so are you.
and l want to know what am doing.
Are you hiding this murdereri"
JekylI swore that he was not but
added: "He Is safe-quIte safe. He
will never more be heard OF"
He showed Utterson a letter from
Hyde in queer. upright handwriting.
AS he went out Utterson asked Poole
about the man who had brought the
letter to his master. Poole was sure
no letter had been handed In. The let
ter must have come In by the way OF
the laboratory. Utterson's clerk. an
expert In handwriting. put the two let
ters side by side. After careful study
he said: 'sThe two hands are In many
points identical. They are differently
sloped, that is ALL"
Utterson's blood ran cold In his
veins. "Henry Jekyll has forged In de-
fense OF feroclous murderer" he
said.
In less than week Lanyon took 10
his bed and died. A day or two after
the funeral. letter from the dead man
came by messenger TO the lawyer.
mIssiye marked "Private. Not to be
opened till the death or disappearance
OF Henry Jelxyll.'
Utterson did not open the letter but
went at once to call upon Jekyll. lie
saw only Poole who said his master
was hardly ever seen outside the room
In the laboratory. and that he had
grown very silent and morose.
One evening as Utterson and Enfield
went across the court In the rear OF
the Jekyll house they saw the doctor
sitting at one of the windows taking
the air with an infinite sadness of
mien. like some dIsccnsolate prisoner.
Utterson. shocked at his looks. urged
him to come down and walk with him.
Jekyll refused sadly. Suddenly as they
both stood looking at him his smile
vanished and an expression OF abject
terror and despair came upon his face.
He turned away. The window was
thrust down. Utterson turned and
looked at his companion Enfield. Both
were pale. there was an answering
horror In their eyes.
One night Poole suddenly appeared
at Utterson's house. He came TO say
that for a week his master had been
shut up In his cabinet and that he was
alarmed. II can't bear IL any longer"
He could not explain his fears but
begged the lawyer to 90 back with
him. His face was white and his voice
broken.
Utterson found the entire household
IN Jekyll's house In state Of panic.
They're all afraid" said Poole.
Follow me-" he added; IL want you
10 hear, and want you to be heard
but don't 20 in. SIR"
They knocked on Jekyil's door but |
A voice said: II cannot see anyone"
When they returned to the kitchen
Poole asked: "Was that my masters /
Toicer Utterson admitted IL was
changed. Poole then opened his heart.
i believe my master has been made |
away with" he said.
Poole thought II strange that the
murderer stayed. He said that mo
nan In the cabinet room had a,,een crv.
ng out night and DAY for help, and |
,au ,hroysrn out papers on which were
written orders for certain drugs.
Utterson examined some of these
,apers which were agonIzed pleas for
| special kind OF salt which he had !
ised and wanted again. They were
Ill In Jekyll's hand as Poole admitted.
lie also explained that once he had
'aught sight of the man inside. "The
iair stood up at sight OF him. II that
vas my master why had he a mask on
iIs facef'
Poole said: "That thing was not
ny master. My master was tall
Inc man--this Is kind of dwarf"
They decided TO break down the
IOor.
Poole said "Once I heard II weep
ng." This added to the terror and
MYSTERY.
They stood before the door and Ut
erson demanded entrance. A voice
rom within cried: "For Gods sake
ave mercy"
THAT Is not Jekyll's voice--It is
iyde's." shouted Utterson, and swung
'is AZ against the door.
Shattering the lock they rushed I'm.
)n the floor lay the form Of man
ontorted and twitchIng. They drew
ear and turned the body on its back.
I was Edward Hyde. and by his side
vas an empty vial. He was dead.
JekyIl was not TO be found. but the
ead Hyde was dressed In what
eemed 70 be suit Of Jekyll's clothes
nuch too large for him.
On the table was a confession adj
ressed 10 Utterson. and a will drawn
q his favor. Lanyon's letter ex-
lnined the mystery HYDE had coma