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There is , however , possibly a serious side to the question , for some of the children , indeed all who have been missed at night , have been slightly torn or wounded in the throat . The wounds seem such as might be made by a rat or a small dog , and although of not much importance individually , would tend to show that whatever animal inflicts them has a system or method of its own . The police of the division have been instructed to keep a sharp look - out for straying children , especially when very young , in and around Hampstead Heath , and for any stray dog which may be about . “ The Westminster Gazette , ” 25 September . Extra Special . THE HAMPSTEAD HORROR . ANOTHER CHILD INJURED . The “ Bloofer Lady . ” We have just received intelligence that another child , missed last night , was only discovered late in the morning under a furze bush at the Shooter’s Hill side of Hampstead Heath , which is , perhaps , less frequented than the other parts . It has the same tiny wound in the throat as has been noticed in other cases . It was terribly weak , and looked quite emaciated . It too , when partially restored , had the common story to tell of being lured away by the “ bloofer lady . ” CHAPTER XIV MINA HARKER’S JOURNAL 23 September . — Jonathan is better after a bad night . I am so glad that he has plenty of work to do , for that keeps his mind off the terrible things ; and oh , I am rejoiced that he is not now weighed down with the responsibility of his new position . I knew he would be true to himself , and now how proud I am to see my Jonathan rising to the height of his advancement and keeping pace in all ways with the duties that come upon him . He will be away all day till late , for he said he could not lunch at home . My household work is done , so I shall take his foreign journal , and lock myself up in my room and read it . . . . 24 September . — I hadn’t the heart to write last night ; that terrible record of Jonathan’s upset me so . Poor dear ! How he must have suffered , whether it be true or only imagination . I wonder if there is any truth in it at all . Did he get his brain fever , and then write all those terrible things , or had he some cause for it all ? I suppose I shall never know , for I dare not open the subject to him . . . . And yet that man we saw yesterday ! He seemed quite certain of him . . . . Poor fellow ! I suppose it was the funeral upset him and sent his mind back on some train of thought . . . . He believes it all himself . I remember how on our wedding - day he said : “ Unless some solemn duty come upon me to go back to the bitter hours , asleep or awake , mad or sane . ”
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