Show I i Fant mas Returns The Exploits of Juve Jove Good said Juve Juve Wait for her I here in the garden As for us and he turned to the tha sergeant let us go BO in inI in- in side I I The two with Dixons l keys eys opened the main entrance door to the ground floor noor observed nothing out of the this way and went vent up Ui 11 to the first floor foor Ther There There- the marks of ot some on ones one's s 's passage were very clearl clearly to be seen seen Tuve was too familiar with such sueh scenes not to suspect the aim of th the He TIe e advanced into the hum ilum- lumber ber her room and suddenly exclaimed Of course counsel They were after atter the strong box The safe a pretty large one built bui Into the wall waI had been burst open or or rather torn away in places ed wn wn- i in iii f others Juve was aware aware at the tho thE first firt glance that this was waa the work of a mas mas- ter tel The Inside of the chest was practically practically empty Juve carefully examined the floor fool packed up two or three papers took took some measurements which he ho Jotted down in his notebook and arid went downstairs downstairs downstairs down down- stairs again Verdier who was wa mounting mount mount- ing lag guard addressed him Mr M Inspector the doctor sa says sas s 's Mr Dixon Is awake Juve T respecting the closed door had hadi the ladder put put- putto to the window then made his lila way Into the boxers boxer's room In Jn two words Juve Juye introduced him him- self He Ho gave a sigh of ot relief at the doctors doctor's report These are only contusions M. M lr Juve serious enough but nothing more Mr Dixon may may congratulate himself on owning muscles of exceptional vigor But for tor that to judge by the grip he must hays have undergone his hia body would be a shapeless pulp At these words Juve pricked his hia ears The mysterious death of ot Lady recurred to his memory Mr Dixon tell tel me the details of the night you yu have passed through You probably dined in Paris Pans last evening No SNo sir I dined at home alone atone After Atter dinner what did you do doY ty ty charwoman went away I fastened faa fas- the shutters and doors and same ama up here What time was it when you OU went to toed bear ed Ten At it t latest latest I went fast asleep but in the middle of ot the night I was was was' waked by strange noises It I seemed to tome tome tome me there was a scratching door I gave a shout and banged with wih my fist fiston fiston st ston on the partition Sometimes rats corns come up the drains I simply made mada a noise to frighten them And afterward I was waked up again This time I cearl clearly caught the tho sound round of stealthy steps in the passage on the tho landing of the first floor Its It's Is I's hero here that the tho In Incident incIdent incident in- in becomes unintelligible I was going to get up when suddenly I felt fel something weighing on my bed and ald seeming to draw of off the clothes I was suddenly bound like a sausage my my arms tight to my body From then on oh for tor ten minutes I had to contend with all 01 the power power of ot my muscles against a frightful and mysterious grip which which- J kept on continually growing closer Juve merely asked That which was gripping you yott yot could you determine the nature of ot it I remember feeling a marked sen sea of dampness and cold Dr Dr- made little nods of ot approval J A wetted lasso exactly A dipped In its water tautens of ot itself Itsel risked asked again Not to be crushed had you to make make- a a great geat effort efort A more than human humn effort as th the doctor was witness winess I If I had not boasting apart possess possessed exceptional lI l- l I strength I should have be been n flattened Juve saw more mora and more In the tIm unsuccessful un un- ve un successful attempt oil ori or the American and ad d the fhe achieved death of Lady the same fame mechanism The similarity of ot the two crimes allowed M. M 11 Juve to to tomake tomake make further deductions He reckoned It I was was not by chance that Dixon had met Josephine at at the Crocodile wh white white- white ha the presence of both and Lou Lot Loui part in that establishment was stU less accidental They had wanted tt in get rid of ot Dixon by a a. process still un tb UJ- UJ known to Juve but which he wo would ld discover dis dis cover J Had you a fat sum of ot money In your our strong-box strong asked Juve The American gave a violent start They have burgled me me eh eh 1 Juve nodded In the affirmative Dixon v stammered feebly Twenty thousand dollars they have taken from me me Gently Genty genty gently observed the doctor doctor doc doe tor You will make yourself feverish asked Hastening his question queston the d detective To be T |