The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-08-06

R MR, UTTERS0N was a lawyer
M who believed in letting people |
AsA 20 10 the devil in their own
way. He and Richard Enfield, a 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 byway.
Enfield told OF seeing q man In this
street run into little girl, knock her
down and walk over her body. at
sounds nothing to hear. but 1t was
heilish to see" he said. Il collared
the man and held him, and though he
made no resistance he gave me look
50 ugly that il set me in a sweat. He
offered 10 pay damages and came TO
this hauEe TO get the money. He gave
me 10 pounds in gold and a check
signed by a man knew. A forgery
Not q hit Of it-perfectly good !"
MFR. Gtterson asked the name Of the
man. Enfcld with some hesitation
said: "His name is Hyde"
''Yol see / don't ask you the name
of the man who signed the check, for /
know Il aiready," said UttersOn.
That night the latter opened his safe
and took from II a win which he re-
exaIalned 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 Jekylrs shoes
without delay. AS he studied 1t the
lawyer said: 81 thought 1t madness
now begin 10 fear Il 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 a small plainly dressed
man approached and drew n key from
his pocket. His look suggested de-
fOrmity but did not show II. UttersOn
accOsted him and said: "Now ! shall
know you again. II may be useful"
Hyde gave his address In Soho, ad-
mltted knowing Jekyll, and dis
appeared within. Utterson turned
away convinced that this IOathsome
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 UttersoD said: IT saw
Mr.. Hyde go In by the old dlssectlng
room door, Poole. is that right when
Doctor Jekyil is awayT
"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
slBgularly inhuman murder case. A
hodsemaid, looking from a window,
saw u man who resembled Mr.. Hyde
strike down her master, venerable,
white-haired man, and trample his
body under foot in q heilish fury. The
old man was Sir DanYers Carew.
The case came TO Utters0n who
alone recognized the weapon which
the assassin had dropped. II was a
cane which he had himself presented
10 Henry JekylL II was another link
IN the chain, UttersOn took an officer 70
the address which Hyde had given.
The latter was not at home.
The house was empty, and nothing
suspicious was 10 be seen except a pile
Of ashes On the hearth as II many pa.
pers had been burned. Among these
the detective discovered q partially
burned cheekbOOk. Following this clue
they located several thousand pOsnds
~ certain bank.
Hyde did not claim the money. He
had gone away. swiftly and safely,
The next step was 10 visit the SIMS,
ter house. which was IN truth a part
Of JekyIl's property and known as
''The Laboratory Light fell through
d fuzzy eupsla. AZ the farther end
digit Of stairs led 10 large room
lighted BY three iron barred windows
which I0okeS Oh fiJe court A fire