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A Royal Prisoner By: Marcel Allain (1885-1969) |
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A ROYAL PRISONER BY PIERRE SOUVESTRE AND MARCEL ALLAIN NEW YORK BRENTANO'S 1918 COPYRIGHT, 1918, BY BRENTANO'S CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. A ROYAL JAG 3 II. MOTHER CITRON'S TENANTS 12 III. THE TRAGEDY OF THE RUE DE MONCEAU 21 IV. WHO DO THEY THINK I AM? 33 V. BY THE SINGING FOUNTAINS 42 VI. THE INVESTIGATION BEGINS 49 VII. THE KING RECEIVES 63 VIII. MARIE PASCAL 69 IX. A PARTY OF THREE 76 X. WULFENMIMENGLASCHK 86 XI. ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY SEVEN STATIONS 98 XII. CAMOUFLAGE 110 XIII. THE KINGDOM OF HESSE WEIMAR 118 XIV. QUEEN HEDWIGE RECEIVES 127 XV. THE MYSTERIOUS PRISON 137 XVI. THE THEFT OF THE DIAMOND 146 XVII. ON THE RIGHT TRAIL 155 XVIII. A SLEEPER 165 XIX. FREE! 174 XX. FREDERICK CHRISTIAN 180 XXI. HORRIBLE CERTAINTY 190 XXII. BETWEEN US THREE FANTÔMAS! 195 XXIII. OFFICIAL OPINIONS 210 XXIV. JUVE'S LIES 218 XXV. "I WANT TO LIVE!" 224 XXVI. THE ACCUSING WAISTCOAT 227 XXVII. THE EXPLOSION OF THE NORD SUD 234 XXVIII. INNOCENT OR GUILTY? 243 XXIX. COMPROMISING DISCOVERIES 250 XXX. SHADOWED 256 XXXI. THE DEATH WATCH 264 XXXII. THE ARREST OF FANTÔMAS 270 A ROYAL PRISONER CHAPTER I A ROYAL JAG "After all, why not celebrate? It's the last day of the year and it won't come again for twelve months." It was close upon midnight. Jerome Fandor, reporter on the popular newspaper, La Capitale , was strolling along the boulevard; he had just come from a banquet, one of those official and deadly affairs at which the guests are obliged to listen to interminable speeches. He had drowsed through the evening and at the first opportunity had managed to slip away quickly. The theatres were just out and the boulevard was crowded with people intent on making a night of it. Numberless automobiles containing the fashionable and rich of Paris blocked the streets. The restaurants were brilliantly illuminated, and as carriages discharged their occupants before the doors, one glimpsed the neat feet and ankles of daintily clad women as they crossed the sidewalk and disappeared inside, following their silk hatted escorts, conscious of their own importance. Many years of active service in Paris as chief reporter of La Capitale had brought Jerome Fandor in touch with a good third of those who constitute Parisian society, and rarely did he fail to exchange a nod, a smile, or half a dozen words of friendly greeting whenever he set foot out of doors. But in spite of his popularity he led a lonely life many acquaintances, but few close friends. The great exception was Juve, the celebrated detective. In fact, Fandor's complex and adventurous life was very much bound up with that of the police officer, for they had worked together in solving the mystery of many tragic crimes. On this particular evening, the reporter became gradually imbued with the general spirit of gaiety and abandon which surrounded him. "Hang it," he muttered, "I might go and hunt up Juve and drag him off to supper, but I'm afraid I should get a cool reception if I did. He is probably sleeping the sleep of the just and would strongly object to being disturbed. Anyway, sooner or later, I'll probably run into some one I know... Continue reading book >>
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