Show F ANT OM AS RETURNS the the Exploits of Juve JuveS S N YO PS IS Juve the tire famous Paris detective and a young Journalist have found a clue to the by identifying theoretically as 08 Lady Bel- Bel tham th tire the body of a a. woman oman who was murdered d in the e apartments t of et one Dr C Lady aJ eB B husband u a de was 8 out nut put out of tho the way by Guru Gum otherwise according to Juve This Gurn Gum was the widowed English ladys lady's lover lo for whose sake she sho lured the tIre actor Val- Val grand to his death whereby Gurn Gum es escaped escaped escaped es- es the guillotine Closely linked with Gurn Gum and the ran ran- tomas crimes fin sd Is tIre the e Apache whose girl associate la Josephine J e is now working with the detectives though her loyalty to them Is more than doubtful On a Up tip from Josephine Juve and Fan- Fan dor have as they suppose cornered and his gang and the Apache II is making a desperate effort to escape Juve Tuve proceeded to empty the basket pulling out books linen rolls of paper all that one can trust to a big old basket meant to fall tall to pieces with age In the garret of a house one has lived in fifteen years The basket empty Juve looked at What Is la your height he lie asked If I remember aright the measure allows me five feet ten Inches Juve too took the length of or the crate crato There is a a. bit to the good he murmured and I am delighted for nothing would rave lave made me so wretched as to force you to spend a night huddled u up where you could neither lie He sit nor stand burst out You are axe a cheerful host Juve you bottle up your guests In cages now I Juve placed a mattress at the bottom bottom bottom bot bot- tom of the wicker case and laid two I blankets over that then put a pillow on top Patting the bedding to make it smooth he declared with a laugh sleep splendidly if the tire word were not to snore snore ostensibly bly by I r should have contrived for you means of protection like those I destined destined destined des des- tined for myself He lie had taken off his Jacket and waistcoat and now brought Tout out of a box three belts each half a foot in in breadth and studded outside with sharp p points ints Look he ire cried I shall be wholly protected when I am swathed In them Oh he added I 1 was going to forget my leg guards Juve took out two other rolls roll likewise likewise like like- I wise furnished with spikes Pander looked in amazement at this thU gear while Juve observed laughingly It will cost me a pair of sheets and probably a fresh mattress By tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow tomor tomor- row my bedding will be bo transmuted Into lace his collar growled S What does that mean man Ju Juve You have lost your head Quito Quits the contrary To preserve it itI itI I am arraying myself like a knight of the middle age These defensive works have a double object to make snake me sac safe against and his executioner execution er and allow me moreover to make sure of the nature quality status and temperament of the executioner in question Inspected the two or more inches in length in-length length that studded the outer surface of his brassards and greaves Juve gayly explained This contrivance is not new The famous L Liabeuf knowing how Invariably Invariably bly policemen seize people by the arms when arresting them hit on the plan of wearing under his Jacket arm arm- guards like these similarly garnished garnished garnished gar gar- with nails When the officers wanted to seize him they tore their hands The detective all at once laid a finger finger finger fin fin- ger on his lips Ups That will do the clock marks twenty past 11 11 and I 1 am In the habit of being In bed at half past Is bound to know it When he comes himself or by his proxy he must not notice anything out of ot the way Get into your wicker case and shut the lid down I leave the window window window win win- dow slightly open It is one of my habits and not to make suspicious I alter my ray ways In nothing I The reporter somehow or other en- en i himself in his iris case ease i Juve likewise got to ged Just as he ire I was putting out the lamp he gave the warning Look out now let us not close an eye tonight or utter a word Whatever happens refrain retrain stir stir- ring When I call make a light at once and come to me It Juves Juve's call rent the stillness of ot the night The leaped from his wicker oa cage e but hl hI his his- action was so ao II I I I I 1 I I i i I headlong that he knocked against the stand on which the lamp was It fell to the floor Pander sought for his Iris matches In vain nin darkness still reigned Light up bellowed Juve once more A noise of struggle the thud of a ai fall fail on the flooring maddened the rei re re- re porter In the darkness he heard Juve groaning scraping the floor with his hia boots making violet efforts to resist some mysterious assailant Be quick implored the pain wrung voice of the detective trod on the lamp which broke He tripped knocked his hia head rebounded then suddenly uttered a cry Ills His hands outstretched in the tho gloom had brushed a cold body which slid gnarled under his palms Help Quick Desperate at this mishap of ot which in some moments he would probably see tho the appalling results Pander plunged haphazard about the disordered disordered dered dared chamber wrapped in darkness Suddenly he rushed into the tire study found another lamp which he lit in haste and hurried back I A fearful tearful sight wrung a cry of terror from him irim Juve on his iris knees on the i floor was WM covered with blood But the at once reassured his his' friend Its all right H he cried in a It voice olce of triumph Do not alarm yourself Someone has bled but not I. I The detective leaped to the slightly open window and leaned out into the I dark night opening his eyes wide and I probing the darkness his ear alert came camo to his side I Listen said Juve Do you hear that low hissing that dull rustling I which gradually dies for It is moving away Yes and and I heard It Just now before e you called to me So did I T declared the detective I It was as the executioner coming the same way It Is now making off The detective shut the window 1 pulled th the curtains and unfastened one by one his hia leg armor annor his belt his brassards He lIe laid those protectors on tho the ta table table ta- ta ble spikes In air He lIe examined the stains of blood the shreds of ot flesh I that had remained on the tho points and In Intha Intha tha tho spaces between betteen the nails naUs I We have no more to fear he said In his ordinary tones the stroke nas IUS failed tailed Juve dried cried seething with I impatience nc I For my sake do not go po o on speaking In riddles Ten Tell me wh wirl has Just happened J Juva Jua shrugged his shoulders with T 1 smile J When we found ourselves fact fac with the tho first crime In the Block we were unable to decide a or CJ In what manner that Mme Rn Raymond mond whom wo vo then toe toc for Lady had been done death Flesh swollen bones broke limbs pulped she was Just like bran doll Her face had simply be bei distorted by applying pitch Remen Remer ber her during that night hi hiden hiden den behind the curtains In study we heard and fa fat tal did we not We did admitted C Con C Con on Juve To be continued tomorrow |