The Penn's Grove record., 1920-07-30
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n Err. UTTERSON was a lawyer
I'VE who believed in letting people
Ava go to the devil in their W
way. He and Richard Enfield, a man
about town, who was at once his dis
tat k;nsInan 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 a man III this
street run into a little girl, knock her
down and walk over her body. ut
sounds nothing to hear, but it was
hellish to see," he said. 81 collareG
the man and held him, and though he
made no resistance he gave me a look
so ugly that it set me in a sweat. He
offered to pay damages and came to
this house to get the money. He gave
me 10 pounds in gold and a chez
signed by a man I knew. A forgery:
Not a bit of it--perfectly good!"
Mr.. Utterson asked the name OF the
nan. Enfield with some hesitation
said: Ellis naIne is Hyde"
You see I don't ask you the name
of the man who signed the check, for
know if already said Utterson.
That night the latter opened his. safe
ard took from it a will which he re-
examined with are. 1t provided that
in case of the death of Henry JeEyll
all his possessions were to pass to Ed
ward Hyde. and n case of the disap-
pearance, or unexplained absence for
IL rec months of said Jekyll, Edward
HYDE should step into Jekyll's shoes
without delay. AS he studied it the
lawyer said: 81 thought it madness,
now begin to fear it is disgrace"
he decided to talk with Doctor Ian
y0n. a great physician and an old
friend of Jekyll.
81 see very little of Henry now"
said Lanyon. HE began to go wrong
seine ten Il 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 n night a small plainly dressed
man approached and drew a key from
MS pocket. His look suggested de-
fGrmity but did not show it. Utterson
accosted him and said: snow I shall
know you again. 1t may be useful"
Hyde gave his address in Soho, ad-
n:itted knowing Jekyll, and dis
appeared within. Utterson turned
away convinced that this loathsome
little man had some dark hold
uoon 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
a ~singularly inhuman murder case. A
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 a 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 vas Il
cane which he had himself presented
to Henry .Jckyll. 1t was another link
In the chain. Utterson took an officer to
the address which Hyde had given.
Inc latter was not at home.
The house was empty, and nothing
suspicious was to be seen except a pile
OF ashes on the hearth as if many pa
rers had been burned. Among these
the detective discovered a partially
burned checkbook. Following this clue
they located several thousand pounds
ct At certain bank.
Hyde did not claim the money. He
hid gone away. swiftly and safely.
The next step was to visit the si1,S
ter house, which was in truth a par
OF Jekyll's property ind known
"~The Laboratory" Light fell through
q foggy cupola. At the farther end
flight of stairs led to a large rOor
lighted by three iron barred window
which looked on the court. A f.
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