![]() ![]() ![]() Learn about the island’s history, beginning with Native Americans and spanning the Revolutionary War and antebellum eras to the heyday of the Jekyll Island Club. In addition to the sprawling 157-room Jekyll Island Club Hotel overlooking Jekyll River, there are a number of spectacular Victorian-era “cottages,” horse stables, a museum, shops and the Georgia Sea Turtle Center spread out over 240 acres of manicured grounds within the Jekyll Island National Historic District. Operated by a state-appointed authority, similar to the one that manages Stone Mountain, Jekyll Island has a park-like feel to it. Today, Jekyll is a lovely, well-preserved historic resort run by the state, and is surprisingly affordable, considering its luxurious touches and moneyed past. The Jekyll Island Club Hotel, originally built in 1888 as a retreat for America's wealthy elite, now is a world class vacation resort as seen at sunset. The island was such a seat of wealth and power, the Federal Reserve was first conceived here and Theodore Vail, president of AT&T, participated in the first transcontinental telephone call from the island. He’s an extraordinary-looking man, and yet I really can name nothing out of the way.By the time the turreted Queen Anne-style club opened in 1888, it had 53 members, including Marshall Field, Henry Hyde, J.P. He must be deformed somewhere he gives a strong feeling of deformity, although I couldn’t specify the point. I never saw a man I so disliked, and yet I scarce know why. Enfield admits, "There is something wrong with his appearance something displeasing, something downright detestable. Hyde, in such a strangely evil way, the reader is almost overcome by suspicion of this man. The check is in the name of a well respected man of the community which Enfield refuses to name.įinally Enfield describes the little man, named Mr. Finally the man retreats to the strange house which juts out on the street and comes back with gold and a check to cover the expense of the doctor and other such things. ![]() The man quickly apologizes and tells them he will pay damages, asking them to name any amount of money. Enfield helps catch the little man and brings him back to the corner, where a doctor and the girl’s parents have gathered. Enfield accounts, "Well, sir, the two ran into one another naturally enough at the corner and then came the horrible part of the thing for the man trampled calmly over the child’s body and left her screaming on the ground." Soon there is a big scene around the girl’s body. He says that one time in the middle of the night he saw a small girl and a little man converging perpendicularly at the crossroads of a street. Enfield reveals to Utterson a very haunting tale which relates to this building. Walking one Sunday, the two men pass "a sinister block of building" which interrupts the natural flow of houses on the street. Despite the busy nature of both man’s professions, both never postpone their weekly Sunday afternoon walk through town. Richard Enfield, also in the Character Profile section. The second characterization is that of Mr. For a more detailed character outline, see the Character Profile section. He is said to possess a "rugged countenance," yet somehow he is "loveable" and well received by all the people he meets. Utterson, the main character and protagonist for much of the story. Stevenson’s first chapter is a combination of three character profiles added to a brief account of a horrible atrocity. ![]()
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