The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-09-13

than the good which had just de-
posed. Again in the course of my
life, which had been, after all,
nine-tenths a life of effort, virtue
and control, it had been much less
exercised and much less exhaust
ed. And hence, as l think it came
about that Edward Hyde was SO
much smaller, slighter, and young
err than Henry Jekyll. Even as good
shone upon the countenance OF the
one, evil was written broadly and
plainly on the face of the other.
Evil besides (Which must still be-
lieve to be the lethal side of mani
had left on that body the imprint
of deformity and decay. And yet
when / looked upon that ugly idol
in the glass, / was conscious oil
no repugnance, rather of a leap OF
welcome. This, too, was myself. 1t
seemed natural and human. In my
eyes it bore livelier image of the
spirit, it seemed more express and
single than the imperfect and di-
vine countenance l had been hith-
erto accustomed to call mine. And
in so far l was doubtless right. l
have observed that when wore
the semblance of Edward Hyde
none could come near to me at
first without visible misgiving of
the flesh. This, as l take it, was
/ because all human beings, as we
meet them, are commingled out of
good and evil: and Edward Hyde,
alone in the ranks of mankind, was
pure evil.
l fingered but moment at the
mirror: the second and conclusive
experiment had yet to be attempt
ed; it yet remained to be seen If
l had lost my identity beyond re-
demption and must flee before day
light from a house that was no
longer mine; and hurrying back to
my cabinet, / once more prepared
and drank the cup, once more suf-
fered the pangs of dissolution, and
came to myself once more with
the character, the stature, and the
face of Henry Jekyll.
That night l had come to the
fatal crossroads. Had l approach
ed my discovery in a more noble
spirit, had l risked the experiment
while under the empier of gener'
Gus or pious aspiration, all must
have been otherwise, and from
: these agonies of death and birth
had come forth an angel instead
} of fiend. The drug had no in
eliminating action; it was neither
diabolical nor divine; it but shool
the doors of the prison-house o.
my disposition; and like the cap
tives of Philippi, that which stood
within ran forth. At that tim,
! my virtue slumbered; my evil, KEEP
awake by ambition, was alert ant
swift to seize the occasion; ant
| the thing that was projected wa
Edward Hyde. Hence, although
had now two characters as well a
two appearances, one was who'll.
evil, and the other was still the oil
, Henry Jekyll, that incongruou
compound of whose reformation
and improvement l had alread
; learned to despair. The movemen
was thus wholly toward the worse
. Even at that time I had not We
: conquered my aversion to the dry
: ness of a life of study. / woul
I still be merrily disposed at times
d and as my pleasures were Ito sa
e the least) undignified, and / We
Y not only well known and highl
e considered, but growing towal
y the elderly. man, this incoherenC
of my life was daily growing MOI
s unwelcome. 1t was on this sic
l that my new power tempted n
n until I fell into slavery. he
d but to drink the cup, to doff ;