+------------------------------------------------------------+ | Transcriber's Note: | | | | Obvious typographical errors have been corrected in | | this text. For a complete list, please see the bottom of | | this document. | +------------------------------------------------------------+ FANTÔMAS PIERRE SOUVESTRE AND MARCEL ALLAIN _Translated from the original French by_ CRANSTOUN METCALFE _Introduction to the Dover Edition by_ ROBIN WALZ DOVER PUBLICATIONS, INC. Mineola, New York _Bibliographical Note_ This Dover edition, first published in 2006, is an unabridged republication of the work first published by Brentano's Publishers Inc., New York, in 1915. _International Standard Book Number: 0-486-44971-8_ Manufactured in the United States of America Dover Publications, Inc., 31 East 2nd Street, Mineola, N.Y. 11501 CONTENTS Introduction to the Dover Edition v CHAPTER PAGE I. The Genius of Crime 1 II. A Tragic Dawn 12 III. The Hunt for the Man 26 IV. "No! I am not Mad!" 34 V. "Arrest Me!" 45 VI. "Fantômas, it is Death!" 52 VII. The Criminal Investigation Department 68 VIII. A Dreadful Confession 82 IX. All for Honour 92 X. Princess Sonia's Bath 104 XI. Magistrate and Detective 117 XII. A Knock-out Blow 125 XIII. Thérèse's Future 133 XIV. Mademoiselle Jeanne 140 XV. The Mad Woman's Plot 146 XVI. Among the Market Porters 156 XVII. At the Saint-Anthony's Pig 163 XVIII. A Prisoner and a Witness 174 XIX. Jérôme Fandor 184 XX. A Cup of Tea 190 XXI. Lord Beltham's Murderer 196 XXII. The Scrap of Paper 205 XXIII. The Wreck of the "Lancaster" 210 XXIV. Under Lock and Key 216 XXV. An Unexpected Accomplice 223 XXVI. A Mysterious Crime 228 XXVII. Three Surprising Incidents 237 XXVIII. The Court of Assize 247 XXIX. Verdict and Sentence 255 XXX. An Assignation 265 XXXI. Fell Treachery 276 XXXII. On the Scaffold 288 I. THE GENIUS OF CRIME