The Exploits of Juve

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There has been some confusion about the authors of this book. The cover credits Pierre Souvestre and Marcel Allain, but the title page lists Émile Souvestre and Marcel Allain. Pierre Souvestre (1874-1914) and Marcel Allain (1885-1969) were contemporaries, while Émile Souvestre (1806-1854) was the great-uncle of Pierre and died before Marcel Allain was born.

THE EXPLOITS OF JUVE

Being the Second of the Series of the "Fantômas" Detective Tales

by

EMILE SOUVESTRE and MARCEL ALLAIN

New York Brentano's 1917

Copyright, 1917, by Brentano's

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. THE COMRADES' TRYST 1

II. ON THE TRACK 14

III. BEHIND THE CURTAIN 22

IV. A WOMAN'S CORPSE 33

V. LOUPART'S ANGER 42

VI. THE LÂRIBOISIÈRE HOSPITAL 50

VII. A REVOLVER SHOT 58

VIII. THE SEARCH FOR THE CRIMINAL 64

IX. IN THE REFRIGERATORY 70

X. THE BLOODY SIGNATURE 75

XI. THE SHOWER OF SAND 81

XII. FOLLOWING JOSEPHINE 90

XIII. ROBBERY; AMERICAN FASHION 99

XIV. FLIGHT THROUGH THE NIGHT 107

XV. THE SIMPLON EXPRESS DISASTER 113

XVI. A DRAMA AT THE BERCY WAREHOUSE 118

XVII. ON THE SLABS OF THE MORGUE 131

XVIII. FANTÔMAS' VICTIM 142

XIX. THE ENGLISHWOMAN OF BOULEVARD INKERMANN 147

XX. THE ARREST OF JOSEPHINE 153

XXI. AT THE MONTMARTRE FÊTE 165

XXII. THE PUGILIST'S WHIM 176

XXIII. "STATE'S EVIDENCE" 185

XXIV. A MYSTERIOUS CLASP 192

XXV. THE TRAP 204

XXVI. AT THE HOUSE OF BONARDIN, THE ACTOR 212

XXVII. THE MOTHER SUPERIOR 222

XXVIII. AN OLD PARALYTIC 230

XXIX. THROUGH THE WINDOW 238

XXX. UNCLE AND NEPHEW 245

XXXI. LOVERS AND ACCOMPLICES 256

XXXII. THE SILENT EXECUTIONER 268

XXXIII. A SCANDAL IN THE CLOISTER 280

XXXIV. FANTÔMAS' REVENGE 291

EXPLOITS OF JUVE

I

THE COMRADES' TRYST

"A bowl of claret, Father Korn."

The raucous voice of big Ernestine rose above the hubbub in the smoke-begrimed tavern.

"Some claret, and let it be good," repeated the drab, a big, fair damsel with puckered eyes and features worn by dissipation.

Father Korn had heard the first time, but he was in no hurry to comply with the order.

He was a bald, whiskered giant, and at the moment was busily engaged in swilling dirty glasses in a sink filled with tepid water.

This tavern, "The Comrades' Tryst," had two rooms, each with its separate exit. Mme. Korn presided over the first in which food and drink were served. By passing through the door at the far end, and crossing the inner courtyard of the large seven-story building, the second "den" was reached--a low and ill-lit room facing the Rue de la Charbonnière, a street famed in the district for its bad reputation.

At a third summons, Father Korn, who had sized up the girl and the crowd she was with, growled:

"It'll be two moons; hand over the stuff first."

Big Ernestine rose, and pushing her way to him, began a long argument. When she stopped to draw a breath, Korn interposed:

"It's no use trying that game. I said two francs and two francs it is."

"All right, I won't argue with a brute like you," replied the girl. "Everyone knows that you and Mother Korn are Germans, dirty Prussians."

The innkeeper smiled quietly and went on washing his glasses.

Big Ernestine glanced around the room. She knew the crowd and quickly decided that the cash would not be forthcoming.