Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1916-09-28

the direction of the solution of the
mystery.
Hardly was Juve out of the house
than Lady Beltham rushed to the
mysterious guest, who was unac-
quaintcd with the incident of the hat.
In II few words she told him what
had happened. The news galvanized
the man to instant action. His anger
was intense, but he did not allew it to
delay the execution of the plan he had
instantly formed.
Seating himself at the desk, the
man wrote with feverish haste:
"Ma. ger, South Steamship Co,
"Dcar Sir:-please send immedi-
ately to my apartment, Al Rue Lev
er, for three trunks. Ship them i'm
medately to johannesburg, where I
will take charge of them. Ask the
janitresS for the keys of the apart
mcnt GURN"
Wishing to learn more of Gurn be-
fore the man returned from his visit
to Lady Beltham, ,Juve took taxicab
for the apartment in the Rue Levert.
The jaAitress was not disposed to give
him much information Mr.. Gurn
visited the apartment but rarely. He
Travelled great deal, and at that very
time was absent from the city. Realiz-
ing that the woman was only telling
what she had been coached to say.
I,y oh
sisted upon having the apartment
opened for him. The trembling
woman did as he commanded.
The apartment seemed to be unin-
habited. There were some large
trunks, and Juve had just begun to
look at them curiouSly when two bag
gage men arrived from the office OF
the South Steamship Company. They
started to take the trunks, but Juve
stopped them. The men were in
| sistent, and it was not until the jani-
tress had rushed to the street and re-
turned with Il policeman that they
ceased to dispute JuveS authority.
DismiSSing the man, Juve ordered
the policeman to break open the
trunks. He expected to find valuable
information regarding the mysterious
visitor to Lady Bcltham's villa. On
opening one of the large hat trunks,
the policeman started back aghast. In
the bottom of the trunk was doubled
up the body of Il man. Upon eXami-
| .: "a. q
had been Strangled, had been dead
several days.
| Juve Immediately began careful
search of the apartment. In a desk,
which he pried open, he found snly
package Of plain white cards, nothing
else. He knew the cards only too
well. He had seen one just like them
at the Royal Palace Hotel. Warming
one in his hand, there soon appeared
the one word
FANTOMAS.
He had discovered tremendously
important fact; Gurn and Fantomas,
the murderer and the thief, were one
and the same man.
! Despite the fact that Juve had dis
covered Gurn to be identical With
Fantomas, ii was several months be-
fore that information was of the least
value to him. Yet all that time he.
closely watched the villa of Lady Bel
than at Neuily. Fandor was his con-
stant companion. Neither grew dis
couraged as time passed, for both were
certain that Fantomas was either
there or else would be unable to stay
laway. With the patience Of two
great tiger-catS of the jungle, they
watched and waited.
At last just at night fall the watch
ers were rewarded. In the gathering
dusk man was seen upon the terrace
a woman joined him and flung her
self into his arms. Juve and Fandor
Immediately came to the conclusions
that the mysterious man had been
hiding in the villa, but was afraid to-
remain there longer. Now that he
was about to seek another hiding place
he was taking n long farewell of
Lady Beltham. Beside Fandor, Juve
. had two policemen under his direction
Ordering the policemen and the jour
nalist to wait at the gate through
which ii was plain the man planned
to emerge, Juve himself crept along
the wall to keep him in sight
AT last the mysterious guest of the
villa tore himself from the embrace
of the woman who besought him to
remain. He walked down the steps
of the terrace and looked about him
before inserting the key in the door
in the wall. Re-asSured by the tran
guilty of the scene, he hesitated no
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