The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-08-02


in the middle of the lane, incredi- |
bly, mangled. The stick with which
the deed had been done, although !
it was of some rare and very tough
and heavy wood, had broken in the
middle under the stress of this in
/ sensate cruelty, and one splintered
half had rolled in the neighboring
gutter; the other, without doubt,
had been carried away by the MUIR
derer. A purse and a gold watch
were found upon the victim but no
4 cards or papers, except a sealed
and stamped envelope which he
had been probably carrying to the
post, and which bore the name an
address of Mr.. Utterson.
1 This was brought to the lawyer
the next morning before he was
out of bed and he had no sooner
! seen it and been told of the cir
cumstances than he shot out a sol
enmn lip. "I shall say nothing till
have seen the body" said he;
"this may be very serious. Have
the kindness to wait while I dress
And with the same grave counten-
ance he hurried through his break
fast and drove to the police sta
, ton, whittier the body had been
carried. AS soon as he came into
the cell he nodded.
eyes" said he, 81 recognize him.
l am sorry to say that this is Sir
: DoDxarc CareyU"
"Good God, sir" exclaimed the
, officer, ''is it possible ?" and the
next moment his eyes lighted up
! with professional ambition. This
.. will make a deal of noise he said.
"And perhaps you can help us to
E the man" And he briefly mar
, rated what the maid had seen, and
showed the broken stick.
Mr.. Utterson had already quail
ed at the name of Hyde, but when
the stick was laid before him ne
could doubt no longer; broken and
. battered as it was, he recognized
! it for one that he had himself pre-
/ scented many years before to Hen
j ry Jekylf.
= ais this Mr.. Hyde a person OF
: small stature?" he inquired.
: Particularly small and particu
larlv wicked-looking, is what the
: maid calls him." said the officer.
! MI. Utterson reflected; and then
. raising his head, eff you will come
with me in my cab," he said, T"
> think can take you to his house.
I 1t was by this time about min
il in the morning, and the first fol-
. of the season. A great chocolate
n colored pail lowered over heaven
o but the wind was continuall
. charging and routing these EN-
+ battled vapors; so that as the ca
d crawled from street to street, Nj
,e Utterson beheld a marvellous nun
Sc Der of degrees and hues of tw
light; for here it would be dan
- like the black end of evening; an
xE there would be glow of a ric
= lurid brown, like the light of SON
strange conflgration; and here, f,
a moment the fog would be quir
/ broken up, and haggard shaft
daylight would glance in betwee
the swirling wreaths. The dism
quarter of Soho seen under the.
changing glimpses, with its mudc
x ways, and slatternly passenger
e and its lamps, which had nev,
been extinguished or had bee
= kindled afresh to combat tn
mournful reinvasion of darkness
seemed, in the lawyers eyes, Ill
a district of some city in a nigh
mare. The thoughts of his min
besides, were of the gloomiest dy
and when he glanced at the cor
- panion of his drive he was co
scious of some touch of that terri
of the law and the laws office
which may at times assail t
most honest.
AS the cab drew up before t
address indicated, the fog lifted
d little and showed him a din
street, a gin-palace, a low Fren
:, clearinghouse, a shop for the ret
of penny numbers and twopen
n salads, many ragged children hu
y died in the doorways, and ma
- many women of many differe
Municipalities passing out, key
hand, to have morning gla:
and the next moment the fog s.
FwN tied down again upon that part,
brown as umber, and cut him I
from his blackguardly surrour
ings. This was the home of Hen
Jekyll's favorite; of a man W
was heir to quarter of a mill
sterling.
An ivory-faced and silvery-ha
ed old woman opened the door.
- had an evil face, smoothed by
pocrisy, but her manners were
cellent. Yes, she said, this v
Mr.. Hyde's, but he was not
home; he had been in that nj,
very late, but had gone aW
ID again in less than an hour; TIL
. was nothing strange in that;
habits were very irregular, and
was often absent; for instance,
LII was nearly two months since
had seen him till yesterday.
"Very well, then, we wish. to
lie him rooms" said the lawyer;
when the woman began to decl
! it was impossible, 81 had bet
tell you who this person is"
7 added. "This is Inspector NJ
q comen of Scotland Yard"
A flash of odious joy appea
upon the woman's face. GA
said she, che is in troubled w
has he done?"
Mr.. Utterson and the insept
ma exchanged chances. "He d,
seem very popular charact
. observed the latter. "And now.
good woman, just let me and {
gentleman have a look about
In the whole extent of