Chapter I: Front Matter

THE MASTER CRIMINAL

BY THE SAME AUTHOR

GUTTER TRAGEDIES
CHILDREN OF EARTH
THE FOLLY OF THE WISE
THE MOTOR PIRATE
THE CRUISE OF THE CONQUISTADOR
THE LADY OF THE BLUE MOTOR

THE MASTER CRIMINAL

BY G. SIDNEY PATERNOSTER

_Author of "The Cruise of the Conquistador," "The Lady of the Blue Motor," "The Motor Pirate," etc._

ILLUSTRATED BY CHARLES JOHNSON POST

NEW YORK THE CUPPLES & LEON CO. PUBLISHERS

COPYRIGHT, 1907, BY G. SIDNEY PATERNOSTER

_All Rights Reserved_

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. "LET THEM GET WHO HAVE THE
POWER, AND LET THEM KEEP WHO
CAN" 7

II. CONCERNING THE GREUZE, SOME GENTILES
AND A JEW 22

III. THE MAKING OF A CRIMINAL 33

IV. THE REFLECTIONS OF LYNTON HORA 42

V. THE COMMANDATORE MAKES A DEDUCTION 52

VI. WHEREIN A KING'S MESSENGER IS DESPOILED
OF HIS DESPATCHES 62

VII. MERIEL MAKES AN IMPRESSION 76

VIII. A SUCCESSFUL SPECULATION AND ITS
RESULTS 87

IX. CONCERNING A GREAT MAN'S VEXATION 97

X. A NEW VIEW OF THE FLURSCHEIM ROBBERY 105

XI. GUY FINDS A NEW HOME 116

XII. INSPECTOR KENLY'S LODGER 128

XIII. POISONED WORDS 137

XIV. THE SHADOW-MAN 146

XV. INSPECTOR KENLY FINDS A CLUE 157

XVI. GUY MAKES A RESOLUTION 168

XVII. STAR-DUST 177

XVIII. CORNELIUS JESSEL DREAMS OF A FORTUNE 190

XIX. INSPECTOR KENLY REPORTS 201

XX. GUY'S LAST THEFT 213

XXI. EXPECTATION 224

XXII. TEMPTATION 235

XXIII. A FRIEND IN ADVERSITY 248

XXIV. INSPECTOR KENLY CONTEMPLATES ACTION 258

XXV. THE PARTING OF THE WAYS 269

XXVI. CAPTAIN MARVEN'S SURPRISE PACKET 280

XXVII. DUTY CALLS 289

XXVIII. THE FRUITS OF A CRIMINAL PHILOSOPHY 300

L'ENVOI 312

THE MASTER CRIMINAL