THE MODERN JEKYLL AND HYDE.

Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 2660, 19 May 1908, Page 7

THE MODERN JEKYLL AND HYDE.

Mr. George T. Wavelaid, an American, has proved himself a veritable Dr. Jek.vll and Mr. Hyde. Mr. Wavelaid, who in his youth is stated to have been wild and wicked, met with a severe accident when he was 21, and 'suffered a complete loss of memory. Otherwise his heailth was good, but his friends had to take him in hand and teach him the things he had learnt as a child, so that when he had reached the ago of 28 he was fairly well informed, and in every way norma], except for his absolute lack of memory of his earlier years. As time went oti,' Mr. Wavelaid conceived a wild desire to get back his menx>ry of earlier days. lie called in eminent specialists, and convinced them, in. ! accordance with his own idea, that a portion of his ,sku!ll was pressing on his brain. An operation was and when 1 the unnatural pressure was removed . his memory speedily returned. A STALL STQRY.

But. alas ! his spiritual natures came back also : and whereas since his accident he had become a polished gentlemab. he reverted to ..his youthful wayward wickedness, and a hopeless conflict commenced between his earlier and later selves. On the one side he was a libertine, on the other a gentleman ; on one a jeering infidel, on the other a consistent Christian ; on one a kind and tender friend and relative, on the othej- a heartless oppressor of all within his power. Ilis reason was beginning to totter, and he realised that in order to escape madness he must undergo another operation. He hastily summoned the experts, and by a care-fully-prepared gold iflate they restored the pressure on his brain- as it had been before the last operation.- It was successful. Memory of the old time was again- lost, and with it went the depraved nature and the tendency to evil. Mr. Hyde was banished for ever, and Dr. Jekyll is left to continue a decent and honorable existence.—"P'T'O"'