The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-08-09

tainty that l cannot share with
any one. But there is one thing on
which you may advise me. | have
Il have received a letter, and |
am at a loss whether l should
show it to the police. should like
to leave it in your hands, Utterson;
you would Judge wisely 1 am sure;
1 have so great a trust in YOU"
"You fear, l suppose, that it
might lead to his detection?" ask
ed the lawyer.
"No," said the other 81 cannot
say that l care what becomes of
Hyde; l am quite done with him.
l was thinking of my own charac-
ter, which this hateful business has
rather exposed"
Utterson Illuminated while; he
was surprised at his friends sell
fishness, and yet relieved by it.
WELL" said he, at last, 'let me
see the letter"
The letter was written in an odd,
upright hand, and signed Edward
Hyde;" and it signified, briefly
enough, that the writer's benefac-
tor, DR.. Jekyll, whom he had long
so unworthily repaid for a thous-
: and generosities, need labor under
no alarm for his safety, as he had
means of escape on which he plac-
ed sure dependence. The lawyer
liked this letter well enough; it
put better color on the intimacy
than he had looked for; and he
blamed himself for some of his
: past suspicious.
): "Have you the envelope?" he
, asked.
= 81 burned it," replied Jekyll, "be-
fore l thought what l was about
! ! But it bore no postmark. The note
: was handed in"
"Shall 1 keep this and sleep up
on it," asked Ctterson.
81 wish for you to judge for M
- entirely" was the reply. 81 hav
y lost confidence in myself"
~ "Well, / shall consider" return
y ed the lawyer. "And now one wor
- ~ more: it was Hyde who dictate
g the terms in your will about tina
disappearance 2"
T. The doctor seemed seized with
re qualm of faintness; he shut hi
mouth tight and nodded.
al 81 knew it," said Utterson. "H
meant to murder you. You hav
>" had fine escape"
ID 81 have had what is far more
n. the purpose" returned the doctC
m solemnly: 81 have had lesson
is oh, God, Utterson, what a lesson
es have had" And he covered h
Nv face for a moment with his hand
tie On his way out the lawyer sto
" ped and had a word or two wi
Poole. "By the BY" said he, the
he was a letter handed in to-da
ish what was the messenger like
of But Poole was positive nothing h
come except by post; "and OF
circulars by that" he added.
e This news sent off the visi
/ with his fears renewed. Plainly [
letter had come by the laboratC
door; possibly, indeed, it had b.
"A written in the cabinet; and if Il
were so, it must be differen
judged, and handled with the m
caution. The newsboys, as he we
were crying themselves hoarse
;SEg long the footways: Especial {
ton. Shocking murder of an M.
That was the funeral Grafton
one friend and client; and he co
not help a certain apprehens
lest the good name of anot
should be sucked down in the e
of the scandal. 1t was. at leas
ma ticklish decision that he had
make; and self-reliant as he
by habit, he began to cherish
., longing for advice. 1t was not t.
had directly; but perhaps, he
it might be fished for.
Presently after, he sat on
side of mis- own hearth, with
:. Guest, his head clerk, upon
bod other, ard midway between,
nicely calculated distance from
ss+.s fire, bottle of a particular
wine that had long dwelt unsul
ItC in the foundations of his he
ID The fog still slept on the win
bove the drowned city, where
lamps glimmered like carbun
and through the muffle and
1855 Their of these fallen clouds, the
.-- cession of the towns life was
rolling in through the great
teries with sound as of a mi
wind. But the room was gay
freight. In the bottle he
were long ago resolved; he imp
IA dye had softened with time, a.
- color grows richer in stained
dows ;and the glow of hot aut
afternoons on hillside whey
was ready to be set free an
dispense the fogs of London
TT sensibly the lawyer melted.
was no man from whom he
yood fewer secrets than Mr.. Guest;
he was not always sure tina
kept as many as he meant. {
had often been on business t,
nan doctors; he knew Poole; he
scarce have failed to hear of
Hyde's familiarity about the h
he might draw conclusions: "
Title not as well, then, tina. he 81
see letter which put that my
49, to rights? And above all
- Guest, being a great student
~ critic of handwriting, would
~ slider the step natural and
ing? The clerk, besides, was a
$ of counsel; he would scarce
of so strange a document wi
dropping remark; and by th
tan. ! mark Mr.. Utterson might
his future course.
"This is a sad business abol
DaDvers," he said.
eyes, sir, indeed. 1t has ellie
great deal of public feeling
>r~ turned Guest. 'The man, of c