The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-08-16
The Strange Case of
DR.. JEKYLL and MIR. HYDE
By r. L. SteDensOn

seemed to testify to some deep
seated terror of the mind. 1t was
unlikely that the doctor should fear
death; and yet that was what Ut
terson was tempted to suspect.
eyes," he thought: che is a doctor
and must know his own state and
that his days are counted; and the
knowledge is more than he can
bear" And yet when Utterson re-
marked on his i'll looks it was with
an air of great firmness that Lam
yon declared himself a doomed
man.
"I have had shock" he said,
"and l shall never recover. 1t is a
question of weeks. Well, life has
been pleasant; / liked it; yes, sir, /
used to like it. I sometimes think
if we knew all, we should be more
glad to get away"
"Jekyll is i'll too" observed Ut
terson. "Have you seen hinA2"
But Lanyon's face changed, and
he held up a trembling hand. 81
wish to see or hear no more of
Doctor Jekyll," he said in loud,
unsteady voice. 81 am quite done
with that person; and~I beg that
you will spare me any allusion to
one whom l regard as dead"
"Tut-tut," said Mr.. Utterson;
and then after considerable pause
Cant ] do anything?" he inquir-
ed. eve are three very old friends,
Lanyon; we shall not live to make
others"
"Nothing can be done," returned
Lanyon; task himself"
"He will not see me-" said the
lawyer.
81 am not surprised at that
was the reply. "Some day, Utter
son, after / am dead, you may per
haps come to learn the right and
wrong of this. l cannot tell you
And in the meantime, if you can
sit and talk with me of other
things, for Gods sake stay and dc
so; but if you cannot keep clear OF
this accursed topic, then, in Gods
name, go, for l cannot bear it."
AS soon as he got home Uttersor
sat down and wrote to Jekyll, com,
planning of his exclusion from the
house, and asking the cause of thi!
unhappy break with Lanyon; anC
the next day brought him a Ions
answer, often very pathetically
worded, and sometimes darkly mys
terious in drift. The quarrel will
Lanyon was incurable. 81 do no
blame our old FRIEND" Jekyll wroti
"but l share his view that we mus
never meet. / mean from hence
forth to lead life of extreme Sc
clusion; you must not be surprised
nor must you doubt my friendship
if my door is often shut, even t,
you. You must suffer me to g,
, my own dark way. l have brough
on myself punishment and dan
ger that ] cannot name. If / am tn
, chief of sinners, l am the chief o
! sufferers also. / could not thin
. that this earth contained a plac
for suffeirngs and terrors so Ill
= manning; and you can do but or
9 thing, Utterson, to Tighten this de-
I tiny, and this is to respect my S
| lence." Utterson was amazed; IL
| dark influence of Hades had bee
| withdrawn, the doctor had return
ed to his old tasks and antilles;
| week ago the prospect had smile
| with every promise of a cheerfl
and an honored age; and now
! a moment friendship and peace {
Z mind, and the whole terror of h
life were wrecked. So great and III
I prepared a change pointed to ma,
ness; but in view of Lanyon's mai
ner and words, there must lie fl
/ it some deeper ground.
| A week afterward DIR. LanyC
took to his bed and in somethir
less than a fortnight he was dea
- The night after the funeral,
which he had been sadly affecte
Utterson locked the door of
business room, and sitting the
by the light of melancholy cano
drew out and set before him an e
velope addressed by the hand a
sealed with the seal of his de-
friend. Private: for the hands
). G. ]. Utterson, Alone, and in ca
- of his predecease to be destroy
p unread" so it was emphatical
- superscribed; and the lawy
- dreaded to behold the contents.
have buried one friend to-day"
thought; what if this should CO
me another?" And then he CO
- demned the fear as a disloyalt
and broke the seal. Within the
was another inclosure, likewi
sealed, and marked upon the GOV
as mot to be opened till the dea
or disappearance of DIR. Hen
Jekylp Utterson could not trt
his eyes. Yes, it was disappearan,
$50 here again ,as in the mad will
$50 had long ago restored TO its g
thor, here again were the idea
disappearance and the name
Henry Jekyll bracketed. But in t
will, that idea had sprung fir,
the sinister suggestion of the m
d Hyde; it was set there with a pl
- pose all too plain and horrih
Written by the hand of Lany,
what should it mean? A great c.
n iosity came on the trustee, to d
regard the prohibition and dive
once to the bottom of these m,
% teries; but professional honor a
faith to his dead friend were str
gent obligations; and the pacl
slept in the inmost corner of
7 private safe.
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