The producers news., 1929-08-30
The Strange Case of
DR.. JEKYLL and MR.. HYDE
By r. L. Stevenson
By r. L. SteUenSOn

IN MS VlcLlm room. well, let our
name be vengeance. Call Brad
shaw"
The footman came at the sum-
mons, very white and nervous.
"Puli yourself together, Brad
shaw" said the lawyer. "This
suspense, l know, is telling upol.
all of you; but it is now our inten-
tion to make an end of it. Poole,
here, and 1 are going to force oul
way into the cabinet. If all is
well, my shoulders are broad
enough to bear the blame. Mean
while, lest anything should really
be amiss, or any malefactor seek
to escape by the back, you and the
boy must go round the corner with
pair of good sticks, and take
your post at the laboratory door.
We give you ten minutes to get to
your stations"
AS Bradshaw left, the lawyer
looked at his watch. "And now,
Poole, let us get to ours" he said;
and taking the poker under his
arm, led the way into the yard.
The scud had banked over the
moon, and it was now quite dark.
The wind, which only broke in
puffs and draughts into that deep
we'll of building, tossed the light
of the candle to and fro about their
steps, until they came into the
shelter of the theater, where they
sat down silently to wait. London
hummed solemnly all around; but
nearer at hand, the stiffness was
only broken by the sounds of a
football moving to and fro along
the cabinet floor.
$50 it will walk all day, sir, !"
j whispered Poole; cay, and the bet
ter part of the night. Only when
a new sample comes from the
chemist, there's bit of a break.
All, it's an ill-conscience that's
such an enemy to rest! All, sir,
there's blood foully shed in every
step of it! But hark again, lit
tie closer-put your heart in your
ears, Mr.. Utterson, and tell me, is
that the doctors foot?"
The steps fell lightly and oddly,
with a certain swing, for all they
. went so slowly; it was different
indeed from the heavy, creaking
/ tread of Henry Jekyll. Utterson
sighed. "Is there never anything
else ?" he asked.
; Poole nodded. "Once," he said
! "Once l heard it weeping"
! weeping? how that?" said the
: lawyer, conscious of a sudden thrill
, of horror.
"Weeping like a woman or lost
5 SOUL" said the butler. 81 came
? away with that upon my heart
that l could have wept too"
? But now the ten minutes drew
!. to an end. Poole disinterred thu
5 ak from under stack of packing
|. straw; the candle was set upon tn
e nearest table TO light them to tn
e attack; and they drew near wit
,e bated breath to where that patien
foot was still going up and dowl
up and down, in the quiet of til
Z night.
: "Jekyll," cried Utterson, with
loud voice, 81 demand TO see you
He paused a moment, but thel
came no reply. 81 give you ia
warning, our suspicious are arou
ed, and l must and shall see you
he resumed; eff not by fair mean
then by foul-if not of your col
n sent then by brute force"
= "Utterson,' said the voice, IF,
Gods sake, have mercyl"
"Ah, that's not Jekyll's voice
it's Hyde'sI" cried Utterso
"Down with the door, Poole"
Poole swung the ak over
shoulder; the blow shook the bull
a ing, and the red baize door leap
- against the lock and hinges.
dismal screech, as of mere amin
terror, rang from the cabinet.
went the ak again, and again I
panels crashed and the fra
bounded; four times the blow f,
but the wood was tough and
n i fittings were of excellent wo
manship; ard it was not until
- fifth that the lock burst in sun,
ss'T and the wreck of the door fell
IA ward on the carpet.
~ The besiegers, appalled, by tn
~ own riot and the stiffness that
succeeded, stood back a little /;
peered in. There lay the cabi
before their eyes in the on
w lamplight, a good fire glowing
chattering on the hearth, the |
tie singing its thin strain, dr.
er or two open, papers neatly
forth on the business table,
nearer the fire, the things laid
a for tea: the quietest room,
would have said, but for the g
ed presses full of chemicals,
- most commonplace that night
London.
Right in the midst there lay
r body of man sorely contorted
still twitching. They drew I
- on tiptoe, turned it on its back
beheld the face of Edward Fl
He was dressed in clothes far
. large for him, clothes of the
an tors bigness; the chords of
face still moved with sembl;
of life, but life was quite g
and by the crushed vial in his
tile and the strong smell of ker
that hung upon the air, Ute,
- knew he was looking on the |
of self-destroyer.
a
n eve have come too late"
- said sternly, whether 10 saw
punish. Hyde is gone to his
count; and it only remains 70
f to find the body of your mas
The far greater proportion
ana the building was occupied by
- theater, which filled almost