Show I F A N TOM A S jL g Fi Second Second Instalment of T The e Telegrams Telegrams Telegram's Great New Mystery ry Seri Serial l lf f fi By T Two F French Tench Fiction Ion Masters Marcel All Attain a In and P. P Pierre S I 7 f l i 10 I t Ar Gf you u trying to anticipate Detec Detec- 1 I fira Juve Ju in the solution solution-of of this baffling baffling L fling ling mystery J Among Jong ong oth other r things the 1 has these points point's to remember r r t enne Ram Rambert ert chose a slow train t L Paris in preference to to-an to an express train ln leaving five minutes earlier on l f track Charles Rambert knew J ft the Marquise de the night r V of 01 Ji her er r death had lottery tickets in her I d desk sk Did any anyone one else know it A Ar r t vv- vv trace trace of blood was found in in Charles V r Rambert's room and between theaR the f aR cl chateau and th the r railroad a fragment torn from a large map p of the district r j The door of the marquises marquise's bedroom was v was not forced showing she opened It itI I I Y t to some one she knew and did not f ar Some one jumped from a window jh J in the chateau during the night Yet Yett t C all al the th occupants of it are accounted for 1 r. r t. t P by special arrangement American with Brentano's New York l 1 publishers of ot the English translation L Synopsis of Preceding li f v Instalments of Fant mas' mas masL I I E JL M. M Etienne Rambert a a. wealthy wealth Frenchman of ot GO 60 CO whose large Interests 4 In Spain and ana South America keep him much from home Is going down from Paris i Paris to the Chateau of ot Beaulieu where fr a his son Charles aged 18 Is staying as a a. af ai t i f guest of ot the Marquise l de an anold old old friend On the eve of ot his arrival the I I marquise gives a dinner party part at which th the guests are arc young oung Charles R ert c r r Therese 16 the mar lse's ise's granddaughter the Baronne de V a Paris society woman who is rusticating rusticating ing In the neigh neighborhood President B Bonnet Bonnet Bon Bon- n- n k net a retired magistrate magistrate- and the Abbe K Sleat the lo local al priest The talk centers about a mysterious I and terrifying criminal tp whom the I nickname has been given In I his exploits Charles Rambert displays an excited Interest which draws down the j jt I t disapproval of ot his eld elders rs After the gU guests leaves the marquise calls Charles j I 1 into her bedroom for tor a moment and j jt b t 1 casually speaks of a lottery ticket In her herK herp p 0 K desk which would be worth a million I francs if it It drew the the capital capital prize tr q iy Early arty next morning Therese and andjA jA ip Charles go to the station and meet 1 M M. i H o Rambert's train tra A As the they approach the 3 i 0 chateau l chateau on their return they find It In confusion Old Dollon the steward tells that 1 the marquise has been most brutally mur murdered ered during the night M. M 1 de Presles the examining tl t 5 magistrate g arrives Both Bon In fa manner and andt motive the crime m seems Inexplicable Ie The t h marquise t ts s h had no known g enemies and d r y f- f there Is no sign of robbery robber Furthermore Further- Further more it seems impossible that any marauder marauder ma- ma can cau have entered the chateau yet I S' S only the only persons legitimately Ih elde its Us I fa I walls that night were wre the marquise Y y l. l Charles Rambert Therese and two ol old t I i women servants Baffled M. M de Presles i e Bends to Paris for a detective I I That hat T night In his b bedroom droom Etienne f lambert Rambert almost overcome by emotion II k suddenly accuses Charles Charles' having committed com corn matted the murder The boy is prostrated prostrated pros- pros L with horror at such an accusation L coming from his own father r. r G The The- Theelder elder Rambert In a dramatic f r scene Immediately on his arrival al at the theft ft ch chateau reveals an insanity taint in the 55 mother of of his son Charles whom he privately privately vatel accuses' accuses of ot the l crime I i. i standing the young mans man's passionate protest protest pro- pro i. i test of innocence Then for forr fora a moment o. o suspicion strangely veers toward Mlle Mile Therese a is Is' Is the dread name t that lat r now rises In every ones one's thoughts as InSpector Inspector Inspector In- In Juve Is suddenly called willed back to Paris to investigate the disappearance of ot Lord Juves Juve's first discovery Isa Is ghastly one that one that of a corpse packed n n a. a trunk about to be shipped from the then I f apartments of a certain certai n eui elusive elusive Monsieur s gurn Gum I l j Of or Of course I had heard of of Lord Lord thams tham's disappearance but i am a I t business man sir not a a. detective W Lord Belth m might have disappeared ii t voluntarily or the reverse I was not r j r asked to ta say which When I got hi his cletter letter I simply carried out his his' his orders ordell I. I should do the same again St St. j Are I i 1 you satisfied that the order was o. sent by Lord I Lord had been a client of ot S ours ours for s several veral years we have had I i i many similar dealings with him This S' S s. s last ast order appeared appeared entil entirely ly above sus He Ife fe took a letter out of his I pocketbook and landed handed ii- ii H to Juve e Here Is order sir str yi YOU u a porn porn- onh p pare pare re it with documents documents' filed in our office Is there any further occasion oc oc- oc- oc casion for me to remain here Mr was on the point of withdrawing when the detective stayed him Did you know Lord 7 No he be always sent his hI's orders by letter once or twice he spoke over the tel telephone phone but l never ever came to our office fi Thank you very much said Juve Tuve and Mr withdrew With meticulous meticulous' Juve care Juve replaced every article he had moved He lie shut the lid of 01 the trunk leisurely buttoned his overcoat and spoke t to th gen gendarme gen darme darmo Stay here bere until I send a a man Atthe Atthe At the door he called calle l' l the the concierge Kindly go down before me madame Return to your lodge and imd please do donot donot donot not say say a saya a a word about what has happened happened happened hap hap- to anyone whatever You can trust rust me sir Juve walked awa away with head bowed in thought There could be no d doubt the body in inthe inthe inthe the trunk was that of L Lord rd I Juve knew the Englishman quite well Who Vho was th the murderer Everything points to Gurn Gum he thought and yet about this murder com committed in the middle of Paris in a crowded house where nobody heard or suspected anything anything anything any any- thing there is is' Isan an audacity a certainty of impunity and a multiplicity of ot precautions precautions precautions pre pre- cautions that are typical of ot Fan Fan- tomas He lie clenched his fists as he repeated re the name of ot that mysterious criminal Did r really corn com mit this this' murder And if he did sh shall shallI ll I ever succeed in learning learning the secret of that tragic room i CHAPTER VIII I A Drea Dreadful ful Confession While Juve Juye was devoting his skill and daring to the new case in in- Paris Paris at Beaulieu the whole machinery ry- ry of the law motion for the for dIscovery very and arrest of ot Charles Rambert 4 4 With a mighty clatter and racket came down the slope and stopp stopped d before re old mother cottage He lie was mo mounted upon a tricycle tri fri cycle ccle of prehistoric design picked up for a song at some local market unless sorrier some charitable person gave g gave v it to it-to to him This tricycle was by by no means me-ans me the I whole of f his his Attached by a stout rope was a wicker perambulator on four wheels his sleeping car Stored away In Jt was his ver very primitive primitive primi primi- I tive the bedding Under which he often orten slept in the open air Behind the f i sleeping car was the restaurant car an anold anold anold old soap box mounted on four solid wooden wheels In this he kept his provisions mixed up In agreeable con con- fusion Bouzille made mad quite qute long journeys In this train of his and was well known throughout the southwest of France of 01 Old 1 mother had gad ad recognized the cause of th the racket The Thee healthy I life of the country had kept the old woman strong and active in spite of her 83 years and she came door and hal hailed ed the tramp In threatening tones So Its It's you you is it you thief you robber rob rob- robI I ber bel of the poor What hat do you want now pray Slowly anc and sheepishly Bouzille ap approached approached ap- ap looking out for for a whack with the broom the old Dont be cross he pleaded I want to come to an arran arrangement ement with you you all according said the old woman Rascals like you always manage mariage malinge mari man age to do honest folk Mother rother turned back into her c cottage Bouzille without ceremony ceremony cere cere- mony walked up to to- the hearth where a scanty wood fire was burning and put down Ills his pack so as to be able to rub his hands more freely Miserable weather Mother Chi Chi- The obstinate old lady stuck to her one idea If it Isn't miserable to steal my f r c rabbit Is th the finest t wea cl that ever I I V H You make make a lot of fuss fuss about about a Your trifle the protested rabbit rabbit would f. f have havo fetch fetched d a couple of shillings two fowls worth pence eighteen each If Ir you will give glye me some dinner I will put Jut in a good mornings morning's work work for you youIt you ou It was was 8 S The proposal represented represented represented rep rep- resented four hours' hours work but before striking the tIie bargain argain she insisted on seeing the fowls Extracted from the pack tied pack tied together by the feet and half suffocated the unfortunate creatures creatures crea crea- tures were not much to look at but they would be cheap Its It's a go she said Chop me some I wood first and then go down clown to the i river for th the rushes I put in to soak Bouzille pleased at the prospect o of ofa ofa I Ia a good dinner opened the cottage door doom 1 and tew logs within range of the ai ax Mo Mother her 1 began begaii egal- egal t to throw down some Borne grain to the skinny skinny- I and famished fowls that fluttered around herI herI herI her I thought you were in prison Bouzille Bouzille Bou- Bou she said over stealing stE-aUng my rabbit rabbit rab rau- bit and that affair at the chateau of ot I Beaulieu Those are two quite different 1 stories Bouzille replied You I mustn't mix mE them up together on any any account AS AST ASfor for the chateau job every i tramp in the district has been run in I was WitS copped by 1 Morand the I. I morning after the murder Mother former idea still I dominated I ISo ehr mind So they theo didn't punish you for forr stealIng stealing steal steal- ing my my rabbit Well VeIl th they y did lid and they didn't said Bouzille scratching his head l Morand an old friend of mine mine- minet t took ok me to the lockup lockup at t S Saint h t and that same night Sergeant Doucet shoved another man into the clink with me a raving lunatic who started smashing everything up and tried to tear my on Continued on page e 6 Continued from page 4 eyes o out t. t The infernal internal row we made made brought in the sergeant and he took me to one side and told told- me to hook it and not let him see Bee me again While he was waR chattering Bouzille had finished his Job He gave a meaning meaning mean- mean ing ine and wink licked his tongue tong i Ill Til make the fire up Mother 1 Chi CM- Im I'm getting jolly hungry So you ought to be toe at past half-past 11 1 the old woman replied Well ha have ve dinner and you you can get the rushes rushes out afterwards Mother Iother wa was the freeholder Of t a little cottage separated from the b of the Dordogne by the high higi road b v t tween en Martel and Montvalent She arned a little money by making bas bas- ts but she was crippled with rheu- rheu and was wa-s miserable every time e e had to go down to the river to lill out the bundles 0 of rushes that she silo v It there to soak Whoever wanted d ij make malte a friend of ot the old woman y ly had haq to vol volunteer to get the thes out for herAs her l As s' s lie ate Bouzille told Mother rd d of or his plans for the coming 1 ring l Yes Yes he said since Im I'm not doing K v time this winter Im I'm going to I a long journey He stopped inching for a second and paused for hater kiter ef effect I I am going to Paris ther Cl rd 1 How HOV long will it take you to get o inquired the old woman woman i iris in- in ing ris Impressed ly That depends If I got run in on on i J way YI I I couldn't say how low long it uld ld take The he meal over the old woman was I filing g up her dishes when Bouzille ohad So 0 had gone down loWn to the river to h h- h th the rushes suddenly called I iii mother rother Mother Chi- Chi Chit rd rd Come and look Ive I've earned r h he summons summons was so urgent the so sQ amazing that the old lady fd d to the river bank banle She saw the lamp mp tip to his waist in the water ying ing with a long stick to drag out out A the current a large object which was wc s not identifiable a at a first glance A A. few minutes later he emerged drippin drip drip- pin from the from the water towing a large bundle hundle to the safety of the bank Mother rother drew nearer greatly interested and then recoiled B B Bouzille had fished ou out a corpse It W w s a ghastly sight The body ofa of ofa ol ola a v vey ty y ung man almost a a. boy wit with L long slender limbs the face was s so a swollen and torn as to be shapeless On One leg was Je-was was almost entirely torn from Iron L the trunk On the shoulders and back bad backof r of the neck nedjo were vere vere bruises and stains o of f bl blood blood- 01 Bouzille observed that there ther a were werf large splinters of wood sticking i in some some of the wounds I 1 see what it is he said he m mus must st t have got caught in a mill miU wheel That's what cut him up Mother shook h her r head Suppose it was a murder Its no good looking at him any more said bald Bouzille I dont don't recognize nize him hes he's not from the country sure the old woman agreed Hes He's dressed like a gentleman The two looked at each other in silence Bouzille was not nearly so complacent as he had been a few minutes min mm- utes lites before i-e. i The reward of ot 25 francs prompted him to go at once to inform the police the Idea of ot a crime di die die- him greatly Another murder In n the neighborhood would vex the authorities and put the police in a bad temper lIe He reached a sudden decision Ill put him back into the water But other Mother stayed him You mustn't suppose somebody has seen seen- ps is already It would land us In no no end of trouble H Half u an hour later convinced that it was washl melancholy duty Bouzille got astride his tricycle and slowly pedaled off coil towards Saint S a a New ew Years Year's day Is melancholy and tedious for everybody whose public or private ate relations do not make it inter inter- sting esting The alteration in the tha date for one thing is provocative of ot thought Juve comfortably installed in his own study was realizing this just a as ov cV evening ning was vas falling on na this first of ot Januar January He was a at confirmed bachlor bachlor bach- bach lor lor and lived in a little flat orv on on the floor Ioor of an old house lious In the Rue Bonaparte He had not gone out toIa tolay tolay to- to Ia lay but he was not idle For a whole he had been engrossed in the wo cases on which he was engaged he case and the ase 3 ne e two were very dissimilar et et his instinct persuaded him th they thOy y from one hand Convinced hat bathe h he was dealing with a mysterious and dangerous individual he ho strove to give form and substance to the adVersary |